Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 19: Coming down heavily on BJP Candidate N Yogish Bhat for his reported false allegation against his Congress counterpart J R Lobo of filing false affidavit, Union Minister M Veerappa Moily said that Bhat is jobless. Mr Bhat had alleged that Mr Lobo had committed offence by concealing about a pending Lokayukta case against him in the affidavit filed by him. However, standing by Mr

Mangalore, April 19: Implementing the report on mining scam in the state submitted by Former Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde is one of the many key points before the Congress party, if it comes to power, said M Veerappa Moily, Union Petroleum Minister. Addressing media persons at a news conference held at the party's election campaign office in Mangalore on Friday, Mr. Moily said that the BJP

Mangalore, Apr 19: Retaliating to the statements made by senior Congress leader that the BJP has been broken into three factions, BJP District Spokesperson Monappa Bhandary has said that the statement is rather ridiculous because it comes from the leader of a party, which itself is a broken house after distribution of tickets. Taking on the statement of Union Minister Veerappa Moily, Mr Bhandary

Mangalore, Apr 19: Graduation ceremony and decennial year celebration of Athena Institute of Health Sciences was held at Town Hall, Mangalore. Inaugurating the events, Laxmi Memorial Education Trust President A J Shetty, lauding the nursing profession said that it is a noble and respectful profession because it is a service to humanity. “Nurses should discharge their duties with utmost care and

Mangalore, Apr 18: Indira Hospital located at Falnir, Mangalore started operating its new dialysis centre from Friday, with two dialysis machines, to help provide service to the deserving patients unable to afford treatment. Managing Director of the hospital Dr Syed Nizamuddin told media persons that the dialysis centre contained two dialysis machines, out of which one would be solely for

Mysore, Apr 19: Congress leader and Member of Parliament A?H Vishwanath has alleged that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is behind the bomb explosion in Malleshwaram near the BJP office in?Bangalore. Addressing the media on Thursday, he demanded a CBI probe or a joint investigation by the CBI and CID, into the matter. The investigations should be completed before the elections, he added. He said

Mangalore/Udupi, Apr 19: As many as 12 nomination papers in Dakshina Kannada and one nomination paper in Udupi district have been rejected during the scrutiny process of the nomination papers filed by the candidates contesting the assembly election. A total of 87 candidates in Dakshina Kannada and 97 candidates in Udupi had submitted their nomination papers. According to information available at

Mangalore, April 19: Two women including a Mangalore based teacher were brutally murdered over a domestic dispute in Bangalore. Noted veena player B M Chandrashekhar has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his wife Preethi (38), a native of Mangalore and her cousin Veda (37). Chandrashekar and Preethi were married for three years and had no children. For Chandrashekar, it was his

Bangalore, April 19: A five-year-old girl was killed on Thursday morning after being struck in the throat by a flying shrapnel from a BBMP work site next to her grandparents' house at Indiranagar in Basaveshwarnagar police limits. According to police, Akshitha, a native of Shravanabelagola in Hassan district, had come to stay with her grandparents during summer vacation. The accident occurred when

Bangalore, Apr 19: Young and suave Priya Krishna, seeking re-election as Congress candidate from a city constituency for May 5 Assembly polls, has retained his status of the richest candidate with assets of over Rs. 910 crore. Krishna, in the fray from Govindrajnagar segment, appears to be the "most eligible bachelor" among the candidates who have filed their nominations. His wealth was declared