Karnataka

Mangalore, Feb 28: Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) will bag at least 45 out of the 60 seats in the upcoming Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) elections, said D V Sadananda Gowda, Former Chief Minister. Speaking after inaugurating a public programme in connection with the party's poll campaigning of the upcoming local body elections at Town Hall in Mangalore on Thursday, Mr. Gowda said that people

Mangalore, Feb 28: The Dakshina Kannada unit of Social Democratic Party of India has fielded its candidates in 49 wards in six urban local bodies in the district in the upcoming ULB polls to be held on March 7. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, president of SDPI Dakshina Kannada district committee Abdul Jaleel K said that the party had fielded its candidates in eight wards of

Madikeri, Feb 28: Tension prevailed at Somwarpet town in the coffee district Kodagu in Karnataka Wednesday evening when two petrol bombs were found in a bus bound for Madikeri. The KSRTC bus from Harihar reached Somwarpet bus stop by 4.15 p.m. A student boarded the bus noticed smoke emitting from underneath of a seat. He alerted the bus conductor who found a box. The box was pulled out and a

Bangalore, Feb 28: On the day he turned 71, KJP President B?S?Yeddyurappa spoke about seeing his party ruling the State by the time he celebrates his next birthday. “It is not that I am after the post of chief minister. I want Karnataka to become a model state,” Yeddyurappa said at a programme organised by the Youth Wing of the KJP?to celebrate his birthday. The function held at a choultry in

Mangalore, Feb 28: In spite of a ban on the sale of liquor, tobacco and drugs in vicinity of schools and colleges, it was reported that liquor was being illegally sold near a school campus in Puduvettu village near Balthangady on the outskirts of the city. Without meeting any resistance from authorities, the illegal sale of liquor in the premises of Sri Dharmasthala Aided Higher Primary School in

Puttur, Feb 28: Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) is being touted as the major obstacle between the Congress and electoral victory in Puttur, where Congressmen have often ceded victory to BJP due to their indifferences in the past. This time, although a vibe of confidence is being felt in Congress circles in Puttur after having roped in Shakunthala Shetty on their side, they are far from

Mangalore, Feb 27: With the introduction of e-Initiatives by the state government, dealers now have greater convenience in carrying out their dealings and transactions, said VV Hodlur, Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (e-governance). Making a presentation on the latest e-Initiatives of the Commercial Taxes Department, Government of Karnataka, at a workshop organized by the Kanara Chamber of

Jubail, Feb 27: At least six school children were killed and more than 10 sustained severe injuries when a luxury sports utility vehicle rammed into a school bus on the Road No 1, in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. Officials said that sixteen boys and girls were on board the school bus belonging to Jubail International School, when it was struck by a speeding and lane-jumping Toyota

Bantwal, Feb 27: Various political parties keeping aside their political differences joined hands together to demand capital punishment to the guilty in Sowmya murder case. The leaders staged a protest rally against Sowmya's brutal killing, on Wednesday outside Taluk Office on Bantwal. Sowmya was strangled to death after she refused to yield to the sexual advances by the accused. Her body was

Mangalore, Feb 27: Director of National Institute of Technology Karnataka (Surathkal) Prof Swapan Bhattacharya has raised concerns over the way skill is being looked at by the society. Delivering the keynote address at the inauguration of the two-day Science Fair on the theme 'Materials for the future' organised by St Agnes College (Autonomous), he said that in a seamless global world, we live in