Karnataka

Mangalore, December 4: The entire administrative machinery of the state has slumped after the split in the ruling party, which may collapse at any given moment, said Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee president B Ramanath Rai. Addressing media persons here on Tuesday, he said that the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were not worthy of contesting for the next Assembly

Mangalore, December 4: Much to the delight of his fans, Kannada film actor Darshan paid a visit to the city of Mangalore on Tuesday to promote his latest film 'Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna' which was released last month. Fans surrounded Darshan when he arrived at the 'Central' cinema theatre situated in Hampankatta, where the movie is being screened. The place was thronged by his fans eager for a

Mangalore, December 4: “When religious passions were inflamed and there was tremendous pressure to convert India into a Hindu state during the Partition in 1947, it was the greatness of our leaders who resisted it and made the state a secular one,” said Justice Markandey Katju. He was speaking on 'Constitutional Jurisprudence' at the sixth of a series of Silver Jubilee Endowment Lectures organised

Mangalore, December 4: Activists of Democratic Youth Federation of India staged a flash protest in front of a police station, here after one of their activists was reportedly dragged to the station by a constable for asking him not to create problem to the movement of traffic in Bunder on Monday. Muneer Katipalla, District Secretary of DYFI said that activist Dayanand was dragged to the station by

Bangalore, December 4: Karnataka, which will go to the polls in May next year, is set to witness 'son rise' of a different kind. A record number of children of top political leaders are expected to test their luck in the 2013 assembly elections. Former Chief Ministers H.D. Kumaraswamy and N.Dharam Singh, Union Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, former Union Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief, and former

Mangalore, December 4: A 21-year-old man allegedly killed his elder brother over a trifling matter at Baruva in Belma village under Konaje police station limits on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Praveen D'Souza (25). The accused Naveen D'Souza (21) was later arrested by Konaje police. Family sources said Praveen was unemployed and he used to quarrel with his younger brother

Bangalore, December 4: Mangalore city shares the dubious distinction of having the state's highest crime rate -- the incidence of crime for every 1 lakh of population - in 2011. But, Bangalore city is ahead in terms of the number of crimes, according to a study by the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB). The good news is that there's been a decline in the overall incidence of crime in the state

Mangalore, December 3: Senior scholar and writer Bannanje Govindacharya was on Monday conferred with 'Polali Shastri Award' at a function organized by Kalkura Prathishtana and Polali Shastri Smaraka Samiti (PSSS), at Sharada Vidyalaya in the city. Delivering the felicitation address, scholar and critic Dr M Prabhakar Joshi said that Govindacharya was second to none in the sphere of Madhva

Mangalore, December 3: Two Cruise vessels M.V. Sevenseas Voayager with 650 cruise passengers and 454 crew and M.V. Seabourn Odyssey with 438 passengers and 339 crew called at New Mangalore Port on 3-12-2012. M.V. Sevenseas Voayager is on her 3rd voyage and M.V. Seabourn Odyssey is on her maiden voyage to New Mangalore Port. So far 7 cruise vessels called at the Port during the current fiscal year

New Delhi, December 3: Key witness and approver in the 2006 Malegaon blast case Abrar Ahmed's revelation that he was pressurized by Maharashtra ATS to take names of the Muslim accused in the case, has ironically become a “hurdle” for National Investigation Agency's (NIA) probe of the case. Post-Swami Aseemanand's confession of a Hindu hand behind the blast, the NIA was investigating how the nine