Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 8: An FIR has been registered against Congress stalwart and Water Resources Minister D K Shivakumar following a complaint lodged by a BMMP official in connection with putting up banners despite in violation of ban. Shivakumar was earlier in trouble when the ED filed a money laundering case against him and his associates and the I-T department informed the High Court that he made a

Mysuru, Oct 8: Three youths from Karnataka have been arrested in Mozambique for overstaying their visa and trying to bribe local officials to be part of the plan. The youths – indemnified as Sijju, Praveen and Madhusudan – belong to Hakki Pikki community, a nomadic tribe, from Pakshirajapura village in Hunsur taluk of Mysuru district. The youths reportedly went to Nampula, a province in the

Bengaluru, Oct 8: The lull was brief. Dissent is again brewing in the Congress following the Election Commission’s announcement of byelections to the three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats in Karnataka. Leaders are peeved since the announcement has provided an opportunity for the party high command to postpone the much-awaited cabinet expansion. While some leaders, who were aspirants for

Bahrain, Oct 7: U T Khader, Minister for Urban Development and Housing, government of Karnataka, has urged the Kannadigas around the world not to forget the Kannada language and culture. He was the chief guest at the two-day International Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held at The Indian Club in Bahrain October 5 and 6. The event was organised by Kannada Sahitya Parishat, in association with Kannada

New Delhi, Oct 7: Increasing population and limited participation in higher education are mainly blamed for the backwardness of Muslims, but a new report questions this argument, saying the community's population in Kerala rose by 15 lakh between 2001-2011 despite being economically better and literate. Though the economic status and the literacy level of Muslims in Kerala are better, still the

Mangaluru, Oct 7: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, a speeding KSRTC bus today knocked down a motorbike killing its rider and pillion-rider at Jakribettu in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The victims have been identified as Charan (18), a resident of Kudupu, and Naushad (18), a resident of Dandegoli near Vamanapadavu in Bantwal. Both of them were crushed under the wheels of the reckless bus

Mysuru, Oct 7: The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), a premier CSIR Lab in Mysuru, which had already developed ‘Ragi Mudde’ (Ragi Balls) making machines and same has been extended to the Karnataka government run Indira Canteens in the State and supply 35 more such machines. Each machine produces around 250 Ragi balls in an hour and only one person was needed to operate a

Mangaluru, Oct 7: The Dakshina Kannada district police has arrested a man on the charges of impersonating as an accused in a court. The incident took place at the JMFC court in Sullia on Friday when the judge was hearing a case related to an assault that took place in June, 2017. The court first took the roll call for the presence of three accused from the one group - Siddique, Nawaz and Haris -

Mangaluru, Oct 7: In order to exert pressure on the district administration and college managements to take the recent suicide of students seriously and initiate measures to prevent such incidents, the activists of All College Students’ Association staged a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Saturday. The protest follows three cases of suicide of students in Dakshina Kannada

Udupi, Oct 7: Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis has said that house-to-house visits would be conducted under the Sparsh Leprosy Elimination Campaign in Udupi district from October 22 to November 4. She was chairing a meeting of the Department of Health and Family Welfare at the District Offices Complex here on Saturday. The campaign was being launched under the National Leprosy Elimination