Karnataka

Bangalore, Jun 2: Home?Minister K?J?George said on Saturday that checking crimes against women — increasing alarmingly in the State — was his top priority. The State government was very concerned about women's safety as the number of crimes against them, especially rapes and sexual assaults, were on the rise. A few fundamental groups were targeting the fairer sex, he said. “We will take all

Tumkur, Jun 2: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is all set to cover the entire State under the Aadhaar scheme in the next six to nine months. Speaking at the inauguration of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme in LPG subsidy, UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani said on Saturday that the State government and the Authority would launch a massive enrolment drive in the next few

Padubidri, Jun 1: A goods train which was transporting coal from NMPT to UPCL detailed at Nandikur near here on Saturday morning. The UPCL had laid a separate track for the good train from NMPT. The mishap occurred when the good train was returning to NMPT after supplying coal to the UPCL at 6.30am. Two bogies have been derailed. However, no injuries have been reported. Goods train D4-12045

Mangalore, Jun 1: Director of Baba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, Sekhar Basu on Saturday underlined the importance of nuclear technology in facilitating the development of mutant crops with traits such as higher yields, better tolerance to diseases and stresses like drought and salinity. He said that the development of improved crop varieties was necessary since India had a large

Mangalore, Jun 1: Lashing out at Congress led-Karnataka government for implementing sudden ban on gutka, BJP leader and Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel warned that the move would spell doom for a large number of areca-nut growers, especially in coastal districts of Karnataka. Addressing a news conference in the city on Saturday Mr Kateel said that the government had many options like removing the

Tumkur, Jun 1: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today refuted reports that the state government intended to bring Udupi Krishna Mutt Temple under its control. "I have never said government will take control of the Udupi Krishna Mutt Temple. B S Yeddyurappa's government had handed over the Krishna temple to Udupi Mutt. Earlier it was under Muzrai Department," he told reporters on the sidelines

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 1: The southwest monsoon arrived in Kerala Saturday with showers reported from across the state in last two days, the India Meterological Department (IMD) said. "The southwest monsoon has set in over Kerala today (Saturday)," said L.S. Rathore, director general of the IMD. "The rainfall monitoring stations for the monsoon's onset over Kerala have reported fairly widespread

Mangalore Jun 1: Sekar Basu Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai inaugurated 'St Aloysius College Advanced Research Centre' here on Saturday in the college Teletorium. Speaking on the occasion Mr Basu said that research projects should increase in colleges and there must be collaboration with BARC for research. “Any endeavour involves risk and so does Nuclear projects. Nuclear

Mangalore, Jun 1: Mohammed Arif Padubidri, the chief reporter of Vijaya Karnataka Kannada daily, received 'Pa Go award' for rural reporting for his article 'Napkin Ghatakada Yashoghate'. The award was presented by senior journalist Chidambar Baikampady on Saturday at Mangalore Press Club. Receiving the award Mr Arif said that the award has come to him due to the blessing of several journalists

Bhatkal, Jun 1: A two-year old boy who was held by his father, near the emergency window of a train met his end after falling off the running train. The incident took place on Friday morning on the Kerala bound Viraval Express near Kadvinkatta dam under Venktapur Panchayat limit in Bhatkal taluk. The two-year-old baby, Naman was with his father Kaushal standing near the emergency window when