Karnataka

Mangalore, Jun 6: In wake of controlling diseases like malaria and dengue and as a preventive measure to check mosquito breeding grounds in the district, Sadashiva Prabhu, Mangalore Assistant Commissioner, has urged officials to consider holding back of licences of restaurants, shops and commercial establishments if they are found violating waste management norms. Speaking at a meeting of

Mangalore Jun 6: Couple of days ago, a talented actor committed suicide and speculations are that her fading career compelled her to take this extreme step. Speaking on this backdrop, 'Bad Man of Bollywood' Gulshan Grover has said that few young stars have a tendency to get disappointed with life as stardom gets faded away. They fail to realize that ups and downs in film industry are inevitable

Bangalore, Jun 6: With a section of BJP reportedly making moves to bring back B S Yeddyurappa into the party fold, Karnataka BJP President Prahlad Joshi today warned of disciplinary action against party spokesperson and MLC G Madhusudhan for writing to the central leadership seeking the former Chief Minister's return. "The leader (Madhusudhan) writing a letter to BJP President Rajnath Singh was a

Udupi, Jun 6: Actress and KJP leader Shruti has entered into wedlock, for a second time, with Chandrashekhar Chakravarthi alias Chandrachud. After having got separated from her first husband and Director S Mahendar, Ms.Shruthi tied the knot for the second time at about 9:30 am on Thursday. The simple wedding ceremony held at Kollur Mookambika temple in Udupi district was attended by her relatives

Panaji, Jun 6: The contentious issue of building a Ram temple at Ayodhya will not be on the BJP's priority list when its leaders converge in Goa for the national executive meeting, party spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here Thursday. Naqvi was speaking to reporters at the party's state headquarters in Panaji ahead of the three-day conclave which gets underway Friday. "The priority before the

Puttur, Jun 6: No talks of political partnership between the BJP and the KJP or merger of the two have taken place so far, said Shobha Karandlaje, former minister and KJP leader. Speaking to media persons in Puttur, Ms. Karandlaje sought to put an end to the speculations and rumours of the union of the KJP with the BJP. “I am not aware of any talks of understanding between the KJP and the BJP. Our

Mangalore, Jun 6: Acting on a complaint of illegal stocking of kerosene oil and diesel in a shop at Hoige Bazar, officials of Department of Food and Civil Supplies conducted a raid on Wednesday. A certain Damodar Karkera of Hoige Bazaar had complained that kerosene oil and diesel were being stored illegally in a shop next to his house in Hoige Bazar. Officials of the Department raided the shop

Riyadh, Jun 6: Expatriates are likely to find it more difficult to stay in contact with their loved ones at home with the banning of Viber by Saudi Arabia's telecommunications regulatory authority. The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) announced the ban on its website on Wednesday. The ban was introduced because monitoring is difficult for the state and it deprives

Bangalore, Jun 6: The debate over the government's decision to ban gutka has continued both in the Legislative Assembly Council. However, Karnataka government has reiterated that the ban imposed on gutka would stay, rejecting the demand of the opposition BJP which argued that the move would hit arecanut growers in the State. At the end of a debate on the issue in the state Assembly on Wednesday

Bangalore, Jun 5: A 93-year-old man was rescued by the City police from the terrace of his house near Banashankari Temple where his family had allegedly chained him for the last one-and-a-half years. The nonagenarian was hardly fed, and left to defecate in a narrow open space. Anantaiah Setty was on Wednesday found chained below an elevated platform erected for the overhead tank. H?S Revanna, DCP