Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 23: Members of the district unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) took out a procession in the city in commemoration of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh's death anniversary on Friday. Speaking after the culmination of the march in front of Deputy Commissioner's office, Muneer Katipalla, President, DYFI, DK, said that Bhagat Singh dreamed of a communal free India but today

Bangalore, Mar 23: Janata Dal (Secular) State president H?D?Kumaraswamy has said corruption was a non-issue in the forthcoming Assembly elections and that his party was not keen on making it a major election plank. Kumaraswamy, who has travelled several thousands of kilometres across the State in the last three-and-half months as a prelude to the poll campaign, said he was neither attacking the

Bangalore, Mar 23: Sri Ram Sene leader Pramod Mutalik, on Friday, said he has decided to take a plunge into politics and is aspiring to contest the upcoming Assembly elections as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from one of the constituencies in Belgaum district. He said he has already communicated his wish to the BJP. However, the party has not given any assurance to him. He has not

Mangalore, Mar 23: The two new leaders of Janata Dal (Secular) in Dakshina Kannada - B Nagaraj Shetty and M G Hegde - who had joined the party recently have tendered their resignation to their party posts. The former BJP leader Mr Shetty was serving as the State vice president of JD(S), while former Congress leader Mr Hegde was serving as the Secretary of the JD(S). The development comes in the

Mangalore, Mar, 22: Chalking out a new strategy to bounce back in impending Karnataka Assembly elections after recently ULB poll defeat, Bharatiya Janata Party in coastal district of Dakshina Kannada has decided to organise a mega convention in the city next week. Senior BJP leaders of Karnataka including chief minister Jagadish Shettar, Bangalore M P Ananth Kumar, deputy chief minister Eshwarappa

Bangalore, Mar 22: Those who have not registered their names in the voters' list so far, may do so till April 7 to be eligible to exercise their franchise in the Assembly polls to be held on May 5. According to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (OCEO), Karnataka, all those who have crossed 18 years of age as on January 1, 2013, can submit the filled-in Form 6 and enrol their names online

Mangalore, Mar 22: Dr. Abubakkar Siddiq, Associate Professor, Dept. of Commerce and Management, University College, Mangalore will be presenting a research paper at an international conference in Malaysia. Dr Siddiq's research paper entitled “The Role of Voluntary Consumer Organizations in Consumer Protection- An Empirical Study in India” will be presented at the “International Conference on

Mangalore, Mar 22: The model code of conduct for Assembly elections has been imposed in the district, said N Prakash, Deputy Commissioner, DK. Addressing a news conference at his office in Mangalore on Friday, Mr. Prakash said that as per the orders of the Election Commission of India, the model code of conduct for Assembly elections has already been enforced in the district and will continue

Mangalore, Mar 22: A J Hospital and Research Centre has been conferred with National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) accreditation. Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore on Thursday, Dr. Prashanth Marla, Medical Director, A J Hospital and Research Centre, said that the hospital had already received ISO certification in the past. But NABH

Bangalore, Mar 22: The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (OCEO), Karnataka, has made it mandatory for all candidates contesting the coming Assembly elections to conduct transactions pertaining to their election expenses through a single bank account so that the election expenditure can be closely monitored. Disclosing this to reporters on Thursday, Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha said