Karnataka

Myanmar, Mar 30: The Muslims of Sit Kwin were always a small group who numbered no more than 100 of the village's 2,000 people. But as sectarian violence led by Buddhist mobs spreads across central Myanmar, they and many other Muslims are disappearing. Their homes, shops and mosques destroyed, some end up in refugee camps or hide in the homes of friends or relatives. Dozens have been killed. "We

Mangalore, Mar 30: Bills like Lokpal are not the answer to the widespread corruption in our society. It is the nurturing of children and creation of an entirely new generation of corruption free society that needs to be worked on, said Prof. B M Hegde, Former Vice Chancellor, Manipal University. He was speaking after releasing the book 'Corruption: India's Painful Crawl to Lokpal' authored by

Udupi, Mar 30: A young businessman from Udupi died in an accident that occurred between a tipper and a two-wheeler on National Highway 66 near here on Thursday night. The victim has been identified as Abdussaleem (26) a resident of Ambagilu Santhosh Nagar in Udupi. Another person riding pillion on the two-wheeler, Ameer Ali (20) is said to have been gravely injured and has been receiving treatment

Mangalore, Mar 30: The Sullia police slapped a case against Hindu Jagarana Vedike state convener Jagadish Karanth for reportedly making a communally provocative speech at a Hindu Samajotsava held at Kallugundi last week. According to the FIR, the case was filed on a complaint made by one Mohammed Ufaiz, a local resident. The complainant stated that Mr Karanth and four others tried to spoil

Mangalore, Mar 30: As part of 'Samrakshan', the corporate social responsibility initiative of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), as many as ten projects have been shortlisted for the fiscal year 2013-14, to commemorate ten years of association between Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and MRPL, said Managing Director of MRPL P P Upadhya. Briefing reporters at a press

Mangalore, Mar 30: The Mangaluru branch of Indian Medical Association (IMA) jointly with Asian Reproductive Medicine Centre (ARMC) conducted a Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme on 'Infertility' at Dr. A. V. Rao Conference Hall, IMA House, Mangalore recently. A team of Infertility specialists from ARMC led by its Resident Director Dr. Gaurav Gujarathi and comprising Dr. Raghavendra

Bangalore, Mar 30: Housing Minister V Somanna and Agriculture Minister Umesh Katti, the two staunch loyalists of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa have announced that they would continue in the BJP?and contest the May 5 Assembly elections on BJP tickets. During the past few days, there were speculations that the two ministers would quit the BJP to join Yeddyurappa's KJP. On Friday, Somanna

Davangere, Mar 30: Even as former minister M P Renukacharya on Friday announced that he would soon join the Karnataka Janatha Party (KJP) at a massive rally to be attended by 60,000 of his supporters, senior party?leaders, including former minister Shobha Karandlaje, have reportedly opposed his entry into the party. Addressing presspersons here, the expelled BJP leader said he took the decision to

Mangalore, Mar 29: Mangalore MLA U T Khader has urged the State Election Commission to set up a public grievance cell as problems being faced by people are going unattended under the pretext of election moral code of conduct. Addressing media persons at a news conference held at the district Congress office in Mangalore on Friday, Mr. Khader said that people in the district are up against several

New Delhi, Mar 29: Congress is apparently having a tough task in finalising the names of candidates for the May 5 assembly elections in Karnataka. "The Congress victory in the recently-concluded urban body polls has created a huge demand for tickets from the party as there is a clear impression that we are coming to power," said a senior party leader. "There are a number of potential candidates