Karnataka

Belgaum, Nov 27: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had to face some tough questions from a section of his party legislators, especially Muslims, as it did not like the government getting involved in controversy over the move to ban superstitious practices, implementing Shaadi Bhagya scheme and excursion for backward classes and minority students. At the Congress legislature party meeting held here on

Mangalore, Nov 26: Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik has urged the Karnataka state government to provide a grant of Rs 5,000 each to Ayyappa devotees from Karnataka who undertake the annual pilgrimage to Sabarimala in Kerala, and also provide grants to set up Ayyappa Bhavan in each district for the benefit of those devotees. Speaking to mediapersons at a press conference here on Tuesday, he said

Mangalore, Nov 26: Rotary Club, Mangalore Central in collaboration with Shri Bhoothanatheshwara Trust, will organise the 15th Annual Orphanage Olympics 2013, a day-long sports and cultural event for orphanage school children, in Shri Bhoothanatheshwara Trust premises, Badaga Yedapadavu on Sunday. Addressing mediapersons here on Tuesday, organising committee secretary of the event Rajgopal Rai said

Mangalore, Nov 26: Condemning the CPI(M) for allegedly maligning the holy place of Dharmasthala Kshetra, Akhila Bharathiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Tuesday welcomed CBI probe in Soujanya rape and murder case that occurred over a year ago in Belthangady taluk. Briefing mediapersons at a press conference here on Tuesday, Ramesh K, secretary of ABVP state unit said that ABVP welcomed CBI probe

Mangalore, Nov 26: Under the leadership of Communist Party of India (Marxist), dozens of protestors, including women, participated in the mass protest rally demanding CBI investigation in Soujanya rape and murder case and other 463 cases of unnatural deaths that have taken place in Dharmasthala and Ujire in the past three decades. The mass protest rally began from the town of Dharmasthala on

Kaup, Nov 26: Confusion broke out in Kote GP premises following the issue of lowering of the national flag which was flying high till about late on Sunday night in the Gram Panchayat premises. Kote Gram Panchayat President even got into a heated altercation with the Kaup police in this regard. It is alleged that the police had assaulted the GP president, which led to serious episodes later on. In

Bantwal, Nov 26: The youth who went missing from Bantwal area two days ago have been found dead and their dead bodies have been recovered from river Nethravati in Konaje police station limits on November 25. Sumithra (19) and Shivaraj (18) are the deceased. Sumithra, a resident of Panjikallu, daughter of Krishna Mulya was working as an assistant to a lawyer in B C Road. Shivaraj was the resident

Bangalore, Nov 26: Five persons were killed and two others injured when a dilapidated house collapsed and brought down some other adjoining ramshackle residential units here today. Bodies of the victims -- two labourers from Uttar Pradesh, a two-year-old child and two women -- were recovered from under the debris, police and fire officials said. The injured were admitted to a nearby hospital. The

Bangalore, Nov 26: Three youths were killed on the spot and seven persons, including two senior citizens, were critically injured when a car hit a median before barging into the opposite lane and rammed two more vehicles on Sumanahalli Outer Ring Road in Kamakshmipalya on Monday evening. The police identified the dead as Bhavyashree (23) of Kengeri, Prasad (21) of Jalahalli and Naveen. Bharath

Bangalore, Nov 26: KJP leader B S Yeddyurappa on Monday launched an indefinite dharna in the well of the Legislative Assembly, demanding that the government extend'Shaadi Bhagya' scheme to BPL families of all the communities and restore the supply of food grain to APL card holders under the public distribution system. He refused to budge despite Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa, Chief Minister