Karnataka

Mangalore, July 31: Sriramulu, the political heavyweight from Bellary, who will emerge as the next chief minister of Karnataka after elections, will ensure that incidents like pub attack and homestay attack are not repeated, said Girish Rai, Convenor of the Sriramulu Sankalpa Yatra convention to be held in Mangalore on August 2. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Monday, Mr

Mangalore, July 31: “I would think twice about enrolling my children in some of the colleges in Mangalore,'' Commissioner of Police and father of two children Seemant Kumar Singh said on Monday. Making this admission two days after vigilantes attacked young revellers at a birthday party, the Commissioner highlighted what he described as petty politicking and a heavily polarised environment. “This

Mangalore, July 31: Close on the heels of young boys and girls being attacked at a homestay birthday party in Padil by Hindutva activists, another incident of moral policing has been reported in the city on Tuesday. However, this time, it is the police themselves who donned the role 'moral policemen'. A group of students who were waiting for a bus at the city's service bus stand were made to

Mangalore, July 31: In simultaneous raids, Lokayukta sleuths searched the residences and office of two senior government officers on Tuesday in three different parts, and unearthed assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. Accused have been identified as Rathnakar Naik, Deputy Director, Food and Civil Supplies, Chikmagalur, and Raghupal G, ATPO, Mangalore City Corporation, in three

Bangalore, July 31: Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, on Monday, strongly condemned the incident of assault on girls and boys by Hindu Jagaran Vedike activists in Mangalore and promised toughest action against those involved. Replying to the discussion on the incident in the Legislative Assembly, Shettar said the government had been taking steps to ensure punishment to the perpetrators. As many as

Bangalore, July 31: Two days after thugs brutalised some young men and women at a homestay in Mangalore, the Opposition Congress squarely blamed the ruling BJP for the recurrence of such barbaric incidents in the district. Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday said in the Assembly that the government's failure to take stringent action against the habitual offenders was the main reason for a

Manipal, July 31: A painting of Tirthak Saha, a third semester student of International Centre for Applied Sciences (ICAS), a constituent of Manipal University, depicting earth in peril won the first prize at a national-level competition. According to a press release issued by Manipal University here on Monday, the painting depicted the warming earth and melting Polar ice caps amidst the doomsday

Karwar, July 31: Four children's fishing adventure on a lazy Sunday afternoon ended in a tragedy when two of them drowned in a canal in the Seabird Naval Base (INS Kadamba) in Karwar. The four friends, all 12 years old, had sneaked into the high security naval base for their fishing expedition through a pipe which takes rain water to the sea. But in the heavy flow of water, Amit Chipkar and Satish

Mangalore, July 30: Seemant Kumar Singh, Mangalore City Police Commissioner, on Monday said that he does not hold media as a whole responsible for the attack which took place on young boys and girls at a homestay in Padil in the presence of their cameras. Addressing media persons at his office after a memorandum was submitted to him by the Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists' Association

New Delhi, July 30: Slamming the Karnataka government for failing to stop attacks by Hindu outfits on young boys and girls in the State in name of moral policing, the Centre today demanded firm action against the "hoodlums" for such acts. I&B Minister Ambika Soni said incidents of moral policing like the one in Mangalore last Saturday have been enacted earlier too and inaction by the state