Karnataka

Bangalore, Aug 11: Many students of Bangalore's government schools cannot even identify 25% of the Kannada alphabets. This shocking revelation has been made by the Akshara Foundation, an NGO. The foundation collected data during academic year 2011-12 to analyze its library programme in these schools. Even though things have improved from the time the NGO stepped in with its reading programme five

Mangalore, Aug 10: As many as 24 houses constructed in the second phase of 'Hidayah Share & Care Colony', a project of Hidayah Foundation developed at Kavalakatte village in Bantwal taluk will be handed over to the poor families on Sunday. The programme will mark an Eid get-together for the community members and leaders at the same colony. Mangalore Khazi Thwaka Ahmed Musliar will inaugurate and

Mangalore, Aug 10: Students Help Centre will be organising a professional flagship initiative 'get the best out of graduation', a free training and counselling initiate for students who are pursuing / seeking admission to join Undergraduate / Post- Graduate academic / Professional courses. The programme will be held from August 15 to 30 at Speedex mentorship solutions, Ideal towers, Mangalore The

London, Aug 10: In a flip-flop, Islamabad's point man for Track-II dialogue with India, Shahryar Khan, has made a U-turn on his remarks acknowledging the presence in Pakistan of one of India's most wanted terrorists Dawood Ibrahim. Hours after saying that Ibrahim had been "chased out" of Pakistan and he may be in the UAE, Khan said he had no idea whether the gangster was in the country. "I have

Ahmedabad, Aug 10: A trip in the celebratory spirit of Eid turned out to be an experience in discrimination for many Muslims in Narendra Modi's Gujarat. The Himalaya Mall, among the five biggest malls in Ahmedabad, on Friday announced a fee of Rs 20 from visitors from the minority community, to be returned to them only if they bought anything from the mall, and retained if they didn't. Many felt

Mangalore, Aug 10: Campus Front of India has alleged saffron outfits of threatening Muslim youth, thereby keeping them away from education. State Secretary of Campus Front of India, Mohommad Thapsir speaking in a press meet here on Saturday said that certain communal forces are resorting to moral policing and assault on students specifically targeting the Muslim youth. This has to be stopped

Bangalore, Aug 10: The level of political debate in Karnataka has been touching new lows in every election. Amidst the intense campaign for the August 21 Mandya Lok Sabha byelection, former Janata Dal (Secular) MLA from Mandya city, M Srinivas, scraped the bottom of the barrel in public decency on Friday. At a meeting in Srirangapatna, in the presence of senior leader N Cheluvarayaswamy and JD(S)

Bangalore, Aug 10: Congress leaders have started lobbying for a party ticket for the upcoming byelection to a Rajya Sabha from the State, scheduled to be held on August 29. Senior leader and Congress general secretary B K Hari Prasad, former KPCC chief Allam Veerabhadrappa and former minister Rani Satish are among prominent leaders who are aspiring to contest the bypoll necessitated by the

Mangalore, Aug 10: Nine members of a family including three children were injured when the in auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling fell into a ditch at Bantwal, near here. The accident occurred because of the alleged reckless driving by the auto driver. All injured belong to one family and were on the way to a relative's house after offering Eid-ul-Fitr prayers on Friday. The injured have

Bangalore, Aug 10: The eldest daughter of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Bommanahalli Assembly constituency Satish Reddy allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence on Thursday. Even as the reason behind Gagana's step is yet to be ascertained, the way the family members got post-mortem done and cremated her within eight hours after the incident has raised several questions