Karnataka

Kalaburagi, Sept 28: Opposition Leader in Lok Sabha M Mallikarjun Kharge has defended his party leaders including actress-turned-politician Ramya who had attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling him a chor (thief) in connection with the controversial Rafale aircraft deal. He said that none of his party leaders had attacked the Prime Minister personally. “Yes, we called him chor in

Bengaluru, Sept 28: The Nationwide Bandh call given by All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists against government's decision allowing online sales of medicine evoked total response in Karnataka with more than 20,000 Chemists throughout the State downing their shutters. The Karnataka Chemists and Druggists Association President R Raghunath Reddy talking to UNI here on Friday claimed that

Bengaluru, Sept 28: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara observed that meeting of top police officials of Southern States would help reducing crime and use of state-of-the-art technology to curb criminal activities. Speaking at the Southern Region Coordination Committee meeting of the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG & IGs) here on Friday, Dr Parameshwara, who is also

Bengaluru, Sept 28: Amid high Drama, coalition partners in Karnataka-- Congress and Janata Dal (Secular)-- bagged the Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) with Gangambike Mallikarjun and Romila Umashankar declared elected, respectively, amid walkout by opposition BJP members. The election witnessed heated arguments and scenes of BJP and Congress members

New Delhi, Sept 28: The Supreme Court Friday allowed entry of women of all ages into the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala. The five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in its 4:1 verdict, said banning entry of women to Kerala's Sabarimala temple is gender discrimination and the practice violates rights of Hindu women. It said religion is a way of life basically to

Mangaluru, Sept 28: A local court here has sentenced a man from Puttur taluk to rigorous life imprisonment after finding him guilty of murdering his own father nearly two years ago. The convict is Aboobakker aka Monu, a resident of Hirebandadi near Uppinangady in Puttur of Dakshina Kannada district. The verdict was pronounced on Thursday by the fifth additional district and sessions court judge

Dubai: Beulah Ruth Pinto, a 15-year-old girl hailing from Mangaluru, bagged the UAE’s 2nd most talented child award in a talent contest ‘BurJuman’s Rising Stars’ hosted by Burjuman Centre, Dubai. The finals were held on September 21. Beulah took part in the 4-16 years age category open for all languages, all nationalities, and any talent and got past the mega-audition among 500 participants across

Mangaluru, Sept 28: A 32-year-old man was arrested by sleuths of City Crime Branch (CCB) on Thursday when he was allegedly trying to sell the banned Methylene Dioxy Methamphetamine (MDMA) tablets. Mangaluru City Police Commissioner T R Suresh said that following a tip-off, the sleuths zeroed in on Muhammad Shafi, 32, a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal and seized 90grams of MDMA tablets valued at

Udupi, Sept 28: A unit of the thermal power plant of Udupi Power Corporation Ltd. (UPCL) stopped functioning due to a blast in its transformer at Yellur in Udupi district on Wednesday. Priyanka Mary Francis, Deputy Commissioner, said on Thursday that the blast occurred around 9.20 a.m. Sources said the exact cause of the blast was being examined by a technical team and that it was a minor incident

Mangaluru, Sept 28: Class Teacher, a Kannada book written by Kannada lecturer Kaleemullah, has been chosen for the Muslim Sahitya Prashasti instituted by Karnataka Muslim Lekhakara Sangha for 2016. A rank holder and gold medallist in M.A. Kannada, Mr Kaleemullah, has obtained M. Phil as well as doctor of philosophy from Kuvempu University. For past 22 years he has been working in Shivamogga