Karnataka

Al-Jubail, Sep 13: It was a surprise gift for Kannadiga students studying at International Indian School located in the Saudi Arabia's industrial city of Al-Jubail. Over 200 NRI students of Karnataka origin, who had opted Kannada as one of their subjects of learning in the school received their Kannada text books, thanks to the arrangements made by Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister U T

Bangalore/Mysore, Sept 13: Income Tax officers on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids on 32 places owned by former ministers Krishnaiah Setty, S?A?Ramadas and his brother Srikanth Das, and seized a large quantity of documents, cash and jewellery. The raids, which started at 8 am and ended at 2 pm, stretched across cities. Residences and offices of the trio and a few outlets of their relatives in

Bangalore, Sep 13: Passengers onboard an Airbus A 320 had a miraculous escape when the aircraft veered off the runway while landing, hitting the edge lights, before stopping at the Bangalore International Airport on Thursday night. Though no one was injured in the incident, authorities had to suspend air operations for more than two hours leading to a massive disruption of air travel across the

Mangalore, Sep 12: Street vendors rejoiced and celebrated the passing of the Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending Bill, 2012 in the Lok Sabha by bursting crackers and distributing sweets to passers-by under the banner of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) in front of District Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Thursday. Speaking on the happy occasion, CITU district

Bangalore, Sep 12: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, participating in the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting at Dalian in China, is exploring partnerships in interactions with global leaders, officials said Thursday. "The chief minister attended the plenary of the WEF annual meeting, unveiled by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in the presence of about 2,000 delegates from over 90 countries

Mangalore, Sep 12: Dakshina Kannada district stands first in the state in utilisation of funds under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme, thereby upholding its status of being an educational hub. Minister for sports and fisheries, Abhay Chandra Jain briefing reporters about SSA in Mangalore north block here on Tuesday said that the district has utilised 100 per cent funds under the programme

Mangalore, Sep 12: "Women's empowerment has to be coupled with change in mindset of men," said Mumbai based independent journalist, columnist and writer Kalpana Sharma. Delivering the inaugural address at the two-day national conference on'Education and Women Empowerment' organised by St Ann's College of Education (Autonomous), Mangalore and Department of Women and Child Development, Government of

Mangalore, Sep 12: With the fingers being pointed at Chhatisgarh, with regard to the Moodabidri Siddhantha Darshana Basadi theft case, Minister for Sports and Fisheries Abhayachandra Jain has said that the Chhatisgarh government has not been cordial in extending support for the investigation of the case. Mr Jain addressing the reporters in Mangalore on Thursday said that it has been learnt that

Karkala, Sep 11: Police arrested three persons for possessing single barrel breech (SBBL) gun without licence at Mala village under the Karkala Rural Police Station limits. Sanjeeva 38) of Kervarshe, Ganesh (30) of Nallur and Vishwanath (22) were arrested. They were arrested by the officials of the Forest Department at Mulloor Forest Check Post at around 6.30 p.m. on September 10 and handed over

Udupi, Sep 11: A precarious, yet rare guest had entered the house of one Kamala Shedthi at Kaadur village near Kokkarne on September 11, at wee hours. It was a rare Black Panther. When the news spread, the Forest Department rushed to the spot out of curiosity. They soon laid a trap and caught the rare guest. Disturbed by the barking of the pet outside, Kamala Shedthi and family members ventured