Karnataka

New Delhi, Feb 20: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today expressed regret over his 'Hindu terror' remark. His statement came on the eve of Budget session. "I had no intention to link terror to any religion. My statement given in Jaipur last month has created a misunderstanding," said Shinde. Home Minister was likely to meet Leader of Opposition at Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj over this issue and to

Bantwal, Feb 20: A man brutally killed his 75-year-old mother in a drunken rage and tried to destroy evidence of the crime by burning the body. The incident took place at Vitla Padnur village in Bantwal taluk under jurisdiction of Vitla police station on Tuesday night and came to light on Wednesday. Dombayya Poojary (51) killed his mother Sankamma. According to the sources, he used to fight, abuse

Mangalore, Feb 20: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials arrested yet another passenger for trying to smuggle gold. Abdul Ghani who was allegedly smuggling 300 grams of gold is the second person from Bhatkal to be arrested, the first one was arrested on February 16, just four days ago. Ghani, who landed at Mangalore International Airport from Jet Airways Dubai flight early Wednesday

Mangalore, Feb 20: In what can be called an episode of high packed drama, former mayor K Ashraf voiced strong objections at a press conference held by DK District Congress Committee, with regard to the selection of members for the newly formed district-level election committee constituted to select candidates for the upcoming urban local body elections. Expressing strong dissent on his exclusion

Mangalore, Feb 20: The Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee (DKDCC) on Wednesday announced the formation of a new committee headed by DKDCC President B Ramanath Rai to approve and select candidates from the party for the upcoming local governing body polls in the district. Prior to the drama that enfolded pertaining to exclusion of former mayor K Ashraf, B Janardhan Poojary announced that

Mangalore, Feb 20: Members of trade unions and bank employees got together in protest against the UPA government's anti-people policies under the banner of United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) as part of the 48 hour nation-wide strike called by central trade unions, in Mangalore on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, B Madhava, senior CPI(M) leader and Convener, UFBU, said that 11 national labour

Mangalore/Udupi, Feb 20: The 48-hour nationwide strike called by central trade unions hit normal life across Coastal districts of Karnataka on Wednesday with workers from varied sectors, including transport and banking, staying away from work to protest the UPA government's economic and labour policies. The strike call had been given by trade unions of all hues, including the Congress-backed INTUC

Bangalore, Feb 20: With the Assembly elections round the corner, the State BJP?is resorting to “rath yatra” politics again. Senior leaders of the BJP?will form five teams and take out “rath yatras” as part of its election campaign from March 15. The party plans to cover all the 224 constituencies in the State. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, BJP?State General?Secretary Raghunathrao

Mangalore, Feb 20: A 28-year-old youth from Idya near Surathkal, who went missing last week, was found dead with his body stuffed inside an oversized bag on the sea shore at Meenakali, Baikampady on the outskirts of the city. The body of Sandeep Poojary was in a decomposed state with his hands and legs tied. The local residents who noticed the bag lying on the sea shore under suspicious

Mangalore, Feb 20: With poll dates for the local governing bodies out, all the parties are vehemently trying to prove their worth. While the fight is going to be directly between the two national parties-the Congress and the BJP in Mangalore City Corporation. newly formed KJP and regional party JD(S) are trying to give a tough fight to the national giants. While the KJP is struggling hard to