Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 31: Calling upon the community members to ensure that their children receive good quality education, Minister for Health U T Khader has said that education holds answer for all the problems faced by the community at present. Conferring the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azaad and Sir Allama Iqbal Awards to four students from Muslim community at Kankanady Jamiathul Falah community hall, Mr

Mangalore, Aug 30: The Government of Karnataka is committed to the development of Tier II and Tier III cities in the State and will take steps to see to it that these cities witness social and economic development. The development phase will change Karnataka and will make it a world leader in Information Technology, said S R Patil, Minister for Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science and

Mangalore, Aug 30: Highlighting the woes of arecanut growers in the state affected by fruit rot disease, former chief minister of Karnataka D V Sadananda Gowda has urged the state government to provide compensation to the affected growers along with necessary measures to help the farmers to cultivate alternative crops. Addressing mediapersons at a press conference here on Friday, he said that due

New Delhi, Aug 30: The government on Friday raised the import tariff value of gold to $461 per ten grams and of silver to $803 per kg as prices of the precious metals touched all-time high this week. Tariff value -- the base price on which the customs duty is determined to prevent under-invoicing-of gold and silver stood at $432 per 10 grams and $697 per kg, respectively earlier. The notification

Bangalore, Aug 30: Karnataka Janata Paksha supremo B S Yeddyurappa today installed his close associate and former Minister Shobha Karandlaje as working President of the party. Karandlaje, who had served as Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and later as Energy Minister in the previous BJP government, is an ardent follower of Yeddyurappa, who quit the BJP last December and floated the

Mangalore, Aug 30: Statistics is not knowledge in itself, but rather a tool to arrive at knowledge, said retired Director of Mangalore International Airport M R Vasudeva. Speaking after inaugurating the two-day state level seminar on 'Statistical Methods For Practice' organised by Department of Statistics at St Agnes College, Mangalore, on Friday, he said that statistical thinking would be the way

Mangalore, Aug 30: Mayhem broke out on the streets at about 12.30 a.m. on Friday, when a mob of close to 50 activists belonging to Bajrang Dal converged near Kumpala Balakrishna Mandir and began pelting soda bottles at shops and houses in Kumpala. Allegedly in a drunken stupor following Mosaru Kudike celebrations in the city, the mob fatally assaulted a member of Hindu Janjagruti Vedike with

Kasargod, Aug 30: The police have arrested two persons from Allahabad in connection with the murder of an NRI businessman, A B Abdul Salam Haji, 58, in his house at Vellappu, near Thrikaripur, recently. Three persons had been earlier arrested in connection with the case. Mohammed Askar and Mohammed Shihab, brothers from Mechery in Thrissur, were arrested by a team deputed by the Kannur and the

Puttur, Aug 30: The body of a 60-year-old widow, who was brutally hacked, was found in front of her house at Moojibalila, Puttur taluk on Thursday evening. However, police believe that the murder may have happened on Wednesday night. The body of Chinnamma, who had been staying alone after the death of her husband ten years ago, was found by neighbours around 6 p.m. on Thursday, said Kadaba police

Mangalore, Aug 30: Custom officials at Mangalore International Airport arrested a passenger and seized 165 grams of gold worth Rs 3.83 lakh on Thursday. The accused was identified as Anwar Sadath of Kollambady in Kasargod. Sources from the office of the Commissioner of Customs informed that the accused arrived by Air India Express flight from Dubai on Thursday morning. The gold was concealed in