Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 12: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will inaugurate the Celebration of 450 Years of The Holy Rosary Cathedral, Bolar on November 18, Sunday. The ceremony will be held at the Rosario Cathedral Grounds at 6.30 pm. Most Rev. Dr. Peter Paul Saldanha, Bishop of Mangaluru Diocese will preside over the ceremony. Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Mangalore

Bengaluru, Nov 12: A pall of gloom descended on Union minister Ananth Kumar's residence in the city on Monday as mourners turned up in large numbers to pay their last respects. Kumar, 59, died at a private hospital here in the early hours of Monday after battling lung cancer for several months, hospital authorities said. A steady stream of BJP leaders, relatives, family friends, party workers and

Newsroom, Nov 12: Even though Ananth Kumar, who breathed his last today, had bêtes noires within the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka, he was the only politician from this south Indian state who could make it big in the BJP’s Central political scape at a very young age. He was the youngest minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Cabinet when he got the ministerial opportunity for the first time in

Bengaluru, Nov 12: The Karnataka government on Monday declared a 3-day mourning and one-day holiday in honour of Union Minister Ananth Kumar, who breathed his last earlier this morning. Kumar's last rites would be performed with all government honour, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said. The national flag has been draped over the casket carrying mortal remains of Ananth Kumar here

Bengaluru, Nov 12: Veteran leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs H N Ananth Kumar passed away in the early hours of Monday after undergoing treatment for cancer at a private hospital in Bengaluru. He was 59. Kumar, one of the chief architects of Karnataka BJP, was battling cancer for the last several months. Kumar's

Udupi, Nov 11: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, a five-year-old girl was killed after she came under a parked passenger vehicle, which moved accidentally, in Sarkari Gudde in Katapadi. The incident took place around 2pm on Saturday, when the victim along with other children, was returning home after school. According to police, victim Afiya Banu, 5, a resident of Sarkari Gudde, who was an LKG student

Mumbai, Nov 11: National carrier Air India grounded its Director (Operations) Captain A K Kathpalia on Sunday after he allegedly failed in a pre-flight alcohol test, a senior airline official said. Capt Kathpalia was to operate the Air India's AI-111 flight to London from New Delhi on Sunday afternoon. He was earlier also grounded for a similar offence. "We have grounded Captain A K Kathpalia as

Puttur, Nov 11: A schoolboy lost his life after he was accidentally thrown out of a moving school van at Pundikai near Padumannur village in Puttur taluk laluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday. The victim has been identified as Gagan Alva (15), a Class 10 student of Gajanana English Medium School. Gagan who suffered grievous injuries due to the fall from the moving van, died on the spot

Bengaluru, Nov 11: Mining baron and former Karnataka Minister Galli Janardhana Reddy was remanded to Judicial custody till November 24 in connection with Rs 23 Crore 'Ponzy Scam'. Ist ACMM Court Judge Jagadish remanded Reddy to judicial custody when he was produced by the CCB Investigating officers who questioned him since yesterday after he appeared before them for questioning. Reddy was taken to

Mangaluru/Udupi, Nov 11: The Goa government’s six month long ban on import of fish from other states including Karnataka has hit the fishermen and fish traders in coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada. The ban comes against the backdrop of a scare in the coastal state that formalin, a potential cancer-causing chemical, was being used to preserved fish in Karnataka and