Karnataka

Mangalore, Jan 26: The nation needs to remain alert and defeat terrorist forces fanned by religious fanaticism which are plotting to destroy the country, said C T Ravi, District-in-charge minister, Dakshina Kannada. Delivering the Republic Day address after hoisting the national flag at the formal programme held at Nehru Maidan on Saturday, Mr. Ravi emphasized on the need to tackle terrorism and

Mangalore, Jan 26: A bank has lodged complaint against a duo who took a loan of Rs 2.25 crore producing fake documents. Indian Bank, K S Rao Road branch Manager has filed a complaint against Narayan Shrma and Gopalkrishna Bhat for duping the bank. The duo had shown the stocks at the go-down of Bharat Axim Company, located at Mysore Belagola Industrial Area as surety to avail loan of said amount

Mangalore/Bangalore: Jan 26: Speaker K?G?Bopaiah, who had remained 'untraceable' for the last three days, emerged at the Mangalore airport Friday night. Bopaiah's sudden vanishing act had created a political flutter when 13 BJP?MLAs, including two ministers, went to his office in Vidhana Soudha on Wednesday to submit their resignations. They had even urged the Governor to summon the Speaker to

New Delhi, Jan 26: As many as seven eminent people from Karnataka, including cricketer Rahul Dravid and aerospace scientist from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advance Scientific Research in Bangalore Roddam Narasimha, have been honoured with Padma awards under different disciplines. Dravid, who scored close to 24,000 international runs before announcing his retirement early last year, was chosen for

Mangalore, January 25: Three-day Beach Utsav was inaugurated on Friday at Panambur Beach, Mangalore, as a part of Karavali Utsav 2012-13. Speaking after inaugurating the festival, N Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, said that although Goa has a coastline of 120 kms, it has developed its beaches in an impressive manner and a similar effort needs to be made to develop the

Washington, Jan 25: Air India has been rated world's third least safe airline after China Airlines and TAM Airlines, according to a report from a website that monitors plane crashes around the world. India's national carrier is ranked 58th among 60 listed airlines by Hamburg based Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre (JACDEC). Finnair is now the world's safest airline, followed by Air New

Mangalore, Jan 25: The NITTE Celebration Run is back in Mangalore with Half-Marathon and 10 km Run in its second edition jointly being organised by Life Is Calling (LIC) sports and Dakshina Kannada Athletic Association (DKAA) on February 24 at Mangala Stadium. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, Director of Life Is Calling P B Mithra said that the event will have both competitive and

Mangalore, Jan 25: While the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah's office published a press release that he would resume work on January 28, Congress veteran leader B Janardhan Poojary announced a reward of Rs 5,000 for whoever gives him information on the whereabouts of the Speaker within four hours. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, the former Union Minister said that

Bangalore, Jan 25: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Friday met Governor H.R. Bhardwaj and said he has not been asked to prove his majority though 13 BJP legislators have quit the assembly. "The governor brought to my notice the resignation of the 13 legislators. I have assured him that I have the majority and that there is no problem for the government," Shettar told reporters. Ahead of

Mangalore, Jan 25: Voter turnout will not improve unless there is a conscious effort put in by people to politically educate children and create an atmosphere of political awareness at homes, said Dr. P L Dharma, Head of the Political Science Department, Mangalore University. He was speaking at a programme organized by the district administration as part of Election Commission of India's 'National