Karnataka

Bangalore, Feb 21: Ruling BJP suffered a fresh setback in poll-bound Karnataka with two more Ministers quitting the Jagadish Shettar cabinet today, amid indications that they would join the Congress. Forest Minister C P Yogeeshwara and Small Scale Industries Minister Rajugouda alias Narasimha Nayak tendered their resignations to the Chief Minister today. Earlier, they also met Governor H R

Mangalore, Feb 21: Promising young writer Wilma Lavina D'Souza, widely known as Wilma, Bantwal in Konkani literary circles, selected for Kittall Yuva Puroskar - 2012. Kittall Yuva Puroskar carries a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and a citation. The selection was made by the jury committee chaired by poet-thinker Titus Noronha comprised of Melvyn Rodrigues, Sahitya Academy awardee, Kavita Trust president

Sullia, Feb 21: A wild elephant, separated from its herd, ran amok killing a 45-year-old man near here. The deceased is Ramakrishna Bhat, a farmer. The incident took place on Wednesday night at Hosoli near Harihara-Pallathadka in Sullia taluk. Wildlife officials including ACF Dinesh and Ranger Subbaiah visited the spot. They said this is yet another case of elephants being forced to venture into

Mangalore, Feb 21: N Prakash, Deputy Commissioner, DK, officially took charge as the interim administrator of the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) on Thursday in view of the scheduled polls. Speaking to media persons after completing the documentation formalities and taking charge as the interim administrator of the MCC, Mr. Prakash said that the Corporation will continue with its routine duties

Mangalore, Feb 21: Dr. Kadri Gopalnath, veteran saxophone artiste, A B Subbaiah, renowned hockey player from Coorg and Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambhara, litterateur, will be conferred with honorary doctorates at the 31st Convocation of Mangalore University on February 23. Addressing a news conference in Mangalore on Thursday, Prof. T C Shivashankara Murthy, Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore University, said

Bangalore, Feb 21: A journalist with Deccan Herald English daily and a scientist with Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), who were arrested last year by Bangalore police along with more than a dozen Muslim youth in a controversial anti-terror operation, have been kept out of the chargesheet filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the case on Wednesday for lack of evidence

Mangalore, Feb 21: The second day of the nation-wide strike called for by the trade unions, on Thursday missed the fizz as the port city hardly had compliance to the bandh. Things were close to normal with shops open and vehicles plying as usual on the streets. The bandh was largely successful yesterday but most shops re-opened today. Buses and auto-rickshaws were also seen plying on the city

Bangalore, Feb 21: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its Bangalore special court has filed a chargesheet against 12 youth, who were among 15 Muslim men arrested in September 2012 in a controversial operation. The 15 men were picked up from Bangalore, Hubli, Hyderabad and Nanded in Maharashtra. Though the police had initially claimed that the arrested youth had allegedly planned to kill

New Delhi, Feb 21: The Karnataka government has denied before the Supreme Court the existence of any mosque near the disputed cave shrine of Guru Dattatreya Bababudangiri Swamy dargah in Chikmagalur. In a written response, the State government rejected the allegations made by 'Sajjada Nasheen' (descendent of 'sufi pir') who had claimed that the government was carrying out demolition of the masjid

Mangalore, Feb 20: Following high drama in the morning over the selection of members for the newly formed district-level election committee constituted to select candidates for the upcoming urban local body elections, members of the Congress party including the rebel-in-chief former Mayor Ashraf staged a 'unity' show in front of the media. Addressing media persons at the district Congress office