Karnataka

Bangalore, Jan 31: Seers of influential Lingayat mutts are understood to have been trying hard to broker a truce between KJP leader B S Yeddyurappa and Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, both Lingayats, and ensure the latter presents the 2013-14 budget without any glitches. The seers, especially those belonging to two powerful mutts, are said to be against Yeddyurappa's efforts to reduce the Shettar

Bhatkal, Jan 31: In yet another case of sexual assault on minor, an 11-year-old schoolgirl from Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada was taken to Bangalore and raped. A missing complaint was lodged at the town police station about the class 6 girl, who left home last Sunday evening, saying she was going for tuitions. On the way to the tuitions, she came in contact with Toushif from Shirali. He lured her into

Mangalore, Jan 31: The second leg of the Congress Padayatra 'Congress Nadige Samarasyada Edege,' from Ullal to Udupi, which commenced with much pomp and high spirit on Tuesday, seemed to have lost the same spirit on the second day. On Wednesday, the party leaders accompanied by party workers continued the Padayatra from Kuloor in the morning to reach Mulki in the evening. The number of

Bangalore, Jan 31: The High Court, on Wednesday, ordered notice to social media websites including Facebook and the State and Union governments over a petition seeking to prevent the misuse of Section 66 (a) of the IT Act 2000, which led to the arrest of several persons for posting comments on some of these websites. The petitioners Rohan Bhammer and Varun Nair had moved the High Court seeking to

Mangalore, Jan 30: In a repeated act of moral policing a group of miscreants belonging to a Hindutva outfit stormed in to an ice cream parlour in the city and harassed a group of young boys and girls without any provocation. Justifying the attack one of the attackers, who claimed himself to be a member of Bajrang Dal said that immoral activities had been going on on the terrace of the Roxx ice

Bangalore, Jan 30: Amid the looming threat of more resignations by ruling BJP ministers and legislators loyal to B S Yeddyurappa, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today said his government is stable and that he did not expect further resignations. "I am in touch with all BJP legislators and they are not going to tender resignations from assembly membership," he told reporters here, even

Mangalore, Jan 30: V K Nayak, Managing Director of Baikampady based import substitute oriented industrial unit CNC Ball Screws & Bearing Co. Pvt Ltd has been felicitated and conferred with the prestigious national level "Mahatech Lifetime Achievement Award" in appreciation of his three decades of unstinting, invaluable contribution to the industrial growth of the country and in recognition of his

Mangalore, Jan 30: The second edition of the Kannada translation of Quran, translated by Abdussalam Puthige and published by Madhyama Prakashana, Bangalore, will be released on February 1. Disclosing this at a news conference on Wednesday, Yasin Malpe, Convenor, Forum for Humanity, Udupi, said that the programme will be held at Town Hall in Mangalore at 6:45 pm. Pejawar seer Vishwesha Teertha

Mangalore, Jan 30: 'Ajisai' (Ice Breaker), 'Sagiso' (Best Manager), 'Asagao' (Marketing), 'Bijozakura' (Human Resource) and 'Oniyuri' (Finance) were the buzzwords at the two-day national level PG fest 'Innovision – 2013'. Well, Mangalore got a pinch of Japan with the beginning of the fest themed 'Hanakotoba', named after the Japanese form of the language of flowers. The event was inaugurated on

Mangalore, Jan 30: A protest demanding naming of the Mangalore International Airport after Ullal's freedom fighter queen Rani Abbakka was held in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Wednesday under the agies of Veerarani Abbakka Utsava Samithi, Ullal. Speaking on the occasion, K Jayaram Shetty, Former MLA and Honourary President of the Samithi, said that Rani Abbakka was the