Karnataka

Shivamogga, Oct 31: Congress leader and minister of irrigation and medical education D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party was hesitating to seek vote in the name of Narendra Modi as the people have already realised he is unfit to become the prime minister of this great country. “The BJP local leaders are seeking votes in Yeddyurappa’s name in Shivamogga and Sriramulu’s

Bengaluru, Oct 31: Former Ranji off-spinner Prakash Rathod and social worker U B Venkatesh, both from Congress party, were on Tuesday nominated to the Karnataka Legislative Council by Governor Vajubhai Vala, as per the recommendations made by State government. The names of Mr Rathod and Mr Venkatesh were recommended for nomination by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. Meanwhile, Ms Vinisha Nero, was

Neglecting his limping leg, a 53-year-old coolie worker raced 6 kms to alert railway authorities of a broken track and averted a major railway mishap at Udupi last Saturday. By the time the railway team reached the spot, the earlier gap in the track had already widened and the train bound from Goa was on arrival. Diagnosed with a nerve issue in his right-leg over a year ago, Krishna Poojary was at

Bengaluru, Oct 31: A 30-year-old software engineer allegedly committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of his paying guest accommodation at Neeladri Layout near Electronics City, southeast Bengaluru, on Monday evening. K Settu Kumar from Chennai was an employee of a leading IT firm in Electronics City. He is suspected to have taken the extreme step as he was saddled with loans totalling Rs 1.5

Mangaluru: The foundation laying ceremony of the Hikmah’s new eco-friendly campus, The Shepherd International Academy (SIA), was held at Arkula in Mangaluru on Monday, 29th October, in the presence of dignitaries and huge number of well wishers. The Academy is a unit of city-based Hikmah Educational Trust. The chairman of the A K Group of Companies M Ahmed unveiled the new Campus name by pressing

New Delhi, Oct 30: The Karnataka government headed by H. D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Centre seeking financial assistance amounting to Rs 2,434 crore under the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for drought relief measures. During severe drought and devastating floods between July and August, the state registered a loss amounting to Rs 16,662.48 crore. In its

Newsroom, Oct 30: Tauseef Ahmed, an animal rescuer and activist from Mangaluru has won the highest honour at the India for Animals (IFA) national conference organised by FIAPO at Hyderabad recently. He won the award in 'Best Street Care and Rescue' category amongst numerous nominations from the best of the best rescuers all across India. The 31-year-old has been actively working for animals in and

Udupi, Oct 30: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday came down heavily on Bharatiya Janata Party for “misleading people of coastal Karnataka in the name of ‘dharma’ and attempting to turn region into a hotbed of communal politics”. He was addressing an election rally for the forthcoming Shivamogga by-elections, at Trasi in Kundapur taluk which falls under Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency. The

Newsroom, Oct 30: Once deprived of basic amenities, a philanthropist, named Azhar Maqsusi, now provides food to 300-400 people daily at the Gandhi General Hospital and Dabeerpura area in Hyderabad. "I have faced a lot of struggle in my younger age. My father passed away when I was just four years old. There were many days when my family and I used to sleep hungry. Later I started working and one

Newsroom, Oct 30: Ten years after the deadly terror attack in Malegaon, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, framed charges against seven accused including Colonel Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya for terror conspiracy, murder and other related offences. The court has fixed November 2 as the next date of hearing. Judge Vinod Padalkar, presiding over the special