Karnataka

Bangalore, Aug 13: The former Director-General and Inspector-General of Police Shankar Bidari, till recently with the Congress, will now head the State unit of the Samajwadi Party. An official announcement will be made on Tuesday, said party MLA C.P. Yogeshwar. Mr. Bidari joined the Congress in March during the run-up to the Assembly polls and sought ticket from Teradal constituency. He was

Mangalore, Aug 13: Stand up to the expectations of the people, said Dr M K Abdul Khader , Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University, giving a clarion call to the medicos to dedicate their life to humanitarian services. Addressing the inauguration of third batch of MBBS and fourth batch of BDS courses at Yenepoya Medical College on Monday, Dr Khader said that people respect doctors next to Gods and

Mangalore, Aug 12: Former Union Minister and Congress veteran B Janardhana Poojary has called upon the Billavas to excommunicate their community members who had fostered communal hatred. Speaking at a scholarship distribution programme, held at the Sri Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara temple hall, here, Mr Poojary, who is considered as one of the powerful politician from Billava community and coastal

Mumbai, Aug 12: A two-year-old Mumbai boy suffered cardiac arrest after eating peanuts. The incident happened July 30 when Krishna Yadav had to be rushed to the Seven Hills Hospital, Andheri east, after suffering breathlessness upon eating peanuts with some friends at his home. A team of doctors immediately carried out tests and gave their shocking medical conclusion - the child had suffered

Mangalore, Aug 12: A group of young and enthusiastic engineers of the final year mechanical engineering of St Joseph's Engineering College have brought in innovative modification in the conventional domestic gas stove, particularly the gas burner. Shreekanth N R, Bharathesha A B, Sharath Kumar K and Abhijith under the guidance of Prathviraj H, assistant Professor in the department of mechanical

Manipal, Aug 12: The judicial custody of the accused in the Manipal gang-rape has been extended till August 26. Yogish, Hariprasad and Anand, the prime accused were produced before the chief judicial magistrate court here on Monday along with Harindra and Balachandra, brothers of Hariprasad and Yogish who are facing charges of destroying evidence. The main accused will be sent to Shimoga jail

Bangalore, Aug 12: Sandalwood actress Ramya, who is contesting in Lok Sabha by-elections from Mandya district, has kick started campaigning activities after offering pooja at a temple. The actress was accompanied by actor and minister Ambareesh. The election will be held on August 21. The actress, who is yet to overcome the grief of her foster father RT Narayan's death, was seen shedding tears

Mangalore, Aug 12: The six Koraga families, which were evicted from their land to make way for B C Road-Mangalore four-laning works have started an indefinite stir on Monday outside Girijana Upayojana Kacheri at Kottara demanding fulfillment of their demands. Addressing the protesters, CPM Leader Vasanth Achari said that though the said Koraga families had handed over their land for the project in

Mangalore, Aug 12: Extending the purview of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the funds utilised under the scheme will now be used for revival of arecanut, coconut and jasmine cultivation in the district during 2013-14. MGNREGS will also support planting fruit bearing plants in schools. Addressing the workshop on rejuvenation of cashew crops and apiculture

Ullal, Aug 12: A man died on the track after being run over by a moving train, at Thokkottu, near Mangalore, on Monday. The incident must have occurred on Sunday night and with this, it is the third incident of death on railway track over the last one week. An identity card which was recovered from the body revealed that the deceased is Basanth K Sathlai, an employee of Eroped Technologies