Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 18: Preparations are in full swing for the three-day 'Ramotsav' being organised on the occasion of Ram Navami at Nehru Maidan from Friday onwards, said vice-president of state Vishwa Hindu Parishad M B Puranik. Speaking at a press meet here on Thursday, he said that the 'Ramotsav' celebrations were being held annually for the twelfth year now. The values and principles followed

Mumbai, Apr 18: Gold prices continued their southward journey, hitting nearly 20-month low at the bullion market here Wednesday on steady selling by stockists and investors despite positive global cues. Silver also reflected the weak sentiment and plunged below the Rs 46,000 per kg mark on speculative selling pressure. Standard gold of 99.5 percent purity declined by Rs 220 to end at Rs 25,680 per

New Delhi, Apr 18: The Supreme Court Thursday cancelled all leases for iron ore extraction in 49 category C mines in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka. The apex court forest bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam said the proceeds from the sale of iron ore extracted from category C mines would stand forfeited and would go to special purpose vehicle constituted for the reclamation

Mangalore, Apr 18: Ministry of External Affairs has mooted several changes to the passport as to bring in enhanced security feature. In this direction, as per the changes proposed by the Ministry of External Affairs, the new Indian passports will henceforth contain phantom images of the passport holder in addition to the photographs currently appearing in the documents. Confirming this, Indian

Bangalore, Apr 18: More than a dozen Congress leaders including sitting and former MLAs have entered fray as rebel candidates in various constituencies across Karnataka. Prominent among those who are contesting as rebels include sitting MLA B K Sangamesh (Bhadravathi), former legislator K Chandrashekar (Basavanagudi), Ravindra Srikantaiah (Srirangapatna), G Padmavathi (Rajajinagar), Sushma Gopala

Mangalore, April 18: When the sitting MLAs and former MLAs boast of owning high end cars and jewellery worth several lakhs, U T Khader, a two time MLA from Mangalore constituency does not own even a single vehicle and even a piece of jewellery according to the affidavit filed by him while filing nomination from Mangalore constituency. Khader owns movable property worth Rs 6,68,344 and his wife

Bangalore, Apr 18: An estimated 2,295 candidates have entered the fray for the May 5 Assembly polls in Karnataka, as the process of filing nominations ended on Wednesday. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar (Hubli-Dharwad Central) was among those who filed nominations on the last day. As many as 586 nominations were received so far on Wednesday, taking the cumulative number to 2,947, with independents

Bantwal, Apr 17: Ramanath Rai, the candidate fielded by the Congress in Bantwal constituency for the seventh time has said that his fight is not against Rajesh Naik but he is up against Prabhakar Bhat. He was addressing the party workers' convention organized at B C Road, after filing his nomination on Wednesday. “Rajesh Naik has been fielded against me in Bantwal by the BJP. However, from an

Bangalore, Apr 17: Former Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh Governor V S Ramadevi, the only woman to head the Election Commission, died here today following cardiac arrest, family sources said. 79 year-old Ramadevi was not suffering from any ailment and was leading an active life despite her old age, the sources said. "In fact, she had lunch and spoke to some relatives over the phone before she

Mangalore, Apr 17: As part of a rather momentum-gaining Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) project in the backdrop of the upcoming Assembly elections, an awareness programme on compulsory and ethical voting was held in St Agnes College here on Wednesday. Scores of students took part in an oath-administering programme, vowing to take active participation in the