Karnataka

Bangalore, May 4: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of Karnataka, which identifies itself as savior of Hindu culture, has now promised to allow bars to serve liquor till midnight in the metropolitan city if returned to power in the May 5 assembly poll. The promise of extended night life is an apparent attempt to woo Bangalore's young voters in the state capital. The BJP, which had been strongly

Bangalore, May 4: Polling booth officials this time will inspect the left hand ring finger of voters instead of their left hand index finger, and put a mark with indelible ink. Revealing this to media persons, Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha said booth officials would mark indelible ink on the left-hand ring finger of voters on Sunday. Since elections were held to Urban Local Bodies

Mangalore, May 4: Politics is a cult in India and election, a festival. However, this assembly election has made history by throwing apart the usual norm of pomp and gaiety that election brings along because this election has been branded as the most 'low-key' polls ever held. With the poll show ending on Friday at 5 pm, political campaigning in coastal Karnataka this time was punctuated by a

Udupi, May 4: In a shocking incident, a group of unidentified miscreants allegedly attacked Satish Poojary, Janata Dal (Secular) candidate from Udupi Assembly constituency on Friday late night. Sources said that four miscreants way laid Satish Poojary, when he was on his way to one of his friend's house at around 11:00 p.m. near Malpe. They reportedly hurled abuses and assaulted him before fleeing

Puttur, May 4: A young boy of 15 died as the auto-rickshaw he was travelling in overturned in Panchodi village in Nettanige-Mudnur area in Puttur taluk on Friday evening. The deceased boy is Mohammed Mansoor, a student of Panchalingeshwar High School in Eshwaramangala. He was the son of Sirajuddin, resident of Bellichadavu in Nettanige-Mudnur area. The boy had recently passed out of Class IX. It

Mangalore, May 4: Prohibitory orders will be in force from May 3, 5 pm to 6 am on May 6, in view of conducting free and fair election, informed District Magistrate and Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada Harsh Gupta. As per the order, people should not move in groups (of more than five) at public places, around polling booths, roads and lanes etc during this period. Individuals cannot possess

Kasargod, May 4: A house-to-house survey of Non-Resident Keralites (NRKs) is under way in Kerala to create a thorough data bank for formulating policies for welfare of thousands of Malayalis working abroad, mostly in the Gulf countries.According to Department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs (NoRKA), this is for the first time that such a comprehensive head count of NRKs is being taken up in the

Mangalore, May 4: Panambur police successfully arrested two persons in connection with murder and robbery of drivers at Baikampady industrial area on the wee hours of Monday, April 29. The arrested are 17-year-old Muhammad Sadiq, resident of Krishnapura 2nd Block and 20-year-old Rolson Rebello, resident of Kesarugadde in Kalavaru-Jokatte. On April 29, two armed robbers had struck the industrial

Mangalore, May 4: City based timber merchant and real estate businessman Haji B Moideen Kunhi passed away in his residence on May 3. He was 66. He was suffering from illness since a year and was under treatment. Known as 'BMK', Mr Moidin Kunhi is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters. He had married sister of Yenepoya Muhammad Kunhi and Abdullah Kunhi.

Udupi, May 4: An engineering student from Srinivas Engineering College, Mangalore drowned at St Mary's island on Friday May 3. The deceased is 22 year old Thilakraj, son of Nagesh, a resident of Narikombu village in Bantwal taluk. stmarys Police said a group of 14 students including Thilakraj were playing in the water. At one point of time, a strong current dragged Thilakraj and Sudhesh into deep