Karnataka

Tiruchy, Dec 14: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was a good choice for the post of Prime Minister and his party was willing to whole heartedly support her candidature, said JDS supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. Deve Gowda, who visited Srirangam on Friday to attend the national conference of Kamaraj Foundation of India, told media persons that he would be happy to see a person from

Paris, Dec 14: France should reverse decades of strict secularism to integrate its immigrant population better, allowing Muslims to wear head scarves in schools and promoting Arabic teaching, according to an iconoclastic report commissioned by the prime minister. The document, part of a government review of integration policy, sparked an outcry among conservative opposition politicians and unease

Karkala, Dec 13: A teenager died on spot after a car in which he was travelling slid off the road and rammed into stone barrier on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Shruthesh (16), son of Shantharaj from Hirebail, Kalasa. He was studying in first year PUC at Bhuvanendra College, Karkala and was staying in the nearby Bhujabali Brahmacharya Ashram. On the tragic day he was with his parents

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 13: A middle aged home-maker, who forced Left protestors to make way, Friday became the rallying point of her neighbours who are fed up of a blockade outside the official residence of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Sandhya took on the Left protestors Thursday after she found herself surrounded and unable to go home. Friday morning, following her protest a day before, she got

Uppinangady, Dec 13: In a tragic incident, a 14-year-old boy drowned in a river while he was wading in it after taking part in a sports event at his school in Uppinangady on Thursday. The deceased is Mohammed Mubarish, the only son of Abu Saalih residing near Adekal in Hirebandadi village close to Uppinangady. He was a Class 9 student in Uppinangady PU College. After participating in sports

Moodbidri, Dec 13: The organizers of 'Alva's Vishwa Nudisiri Virasat' have decided to honour 10 nonagenarian litterateurs and other achievers of the state as a mark of respect for the valuable contributions made by them. Nadoja Venkatasubbaiah, Mysore University former vice chancellor Javaregowda, Kaiyyara Kinhanna Rai, Chennaveera Kanavi, Patil Puttappa, Yenagi Balappa, H S Doreswamy, Sudhakar

Mangalore, Dec 13: Condemning the state government's proposal to impose a ban on arecanut, former union minister B Janardhan Poojary urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to form an all-party delegation and meet the Prime Minister pressing for the withdrawal of the same. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he said that all political leaders including leaders of the opposition party should

Mangalore, Dec 13: Many consider number 13 to be unlucky but for the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, 13 may turn out to be lucky because it was on December 13th that districts made a united effort to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest yoga class held ever. On Friday, approximately 75,000 students in 49 centres in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts participated

Mangalore, Dec 13: An awareness programme on 'Nuclear Energy for a Better Society' organized by St. Aloysius College, Mangalore in association with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai was inaugurated by Dr. Sharad Kale, Head, TT & CD, BARC, Mumbai on Thursday at Eric Mathias hall, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore. The programme sought to elaborate on the various applications of nuclear

Bangalore, Dec 13: Home Minister K J George has rewarded two traffic cops for a strange reason. The two men stopped the minister's private car and made him pay fine for an old traffic violation involving his Audi. Around 7.30 pm on December 7, George's Audi stopped at the traffic signal at D'Souza junction in Ashoknagar traffic police limits. Assistant Sub-Inspector H?R?Srinivas and constable P