Karnataka

Mangalore, July 17: Sandalwood heart-throb Rakshita has announced that BSR Congress Party would hold 'Swabhimani Sankalpa Yatre', campaign rally from Karwar to Ramnagar, between July 29 and August 5. Addressing a media conference in the city on Tuesday the actress-cum-politician, said that the eight-day long rally would cover 1,300 kms to meet people in Coastal Karnataka, Malnad and Bayaluseeme

Bangalore, July 17: The ruling BJP in Karnataka today suffered an embarrassment after party MLA Haladi Srinivasa Shetty resigned from the Assembly over denial of ministerial berth in the Jagadish Shettar Cabinet. The MLA from the coastal town of Kundapura in Udupi district met Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah at the Vidhan Soudha, the state secretariat, and tendered his resignation. "The Speaker has

Mangalore, July 17: Congress workers led by Ivan D'Souza held a protest outside the Passport Seva Kendra in Mangalore on Tuesday criticizing its functioning and lack of facilities at the centre. Speaking on the occasion Mr. D'Souza said that more than 350 appointments are given every day but no adequate facilities have been created for the benefit of the people who come to the Centre. People are

Uppinangady, July 17: Muslim girl students of Ramakunjeshwara First Grade College continued their protest into the fifth day on Tuesday. A delegation of Muslim Central Committee paid a visit to the College now is holding talks with the College management. The students are protesting against the College's decision to ban headscarves. Since they were not allowed to protest inside the campus, they

Mangalore, July 17: Even though the bundh of unaided schools entered a second day on Tuesday in different parts of the state, the call given by Karnataka Unaided School Management Association (Kusma) failed to evoke any response in twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. The Kusma had declared that it would shut down schools from July 16 to 22 protesting against the confusion in the

Mangalore, July 17: A decision with regard to abolishing the practice of 'Made Snana' ritual in temples would be taken soon by the government, Kota Srinivas Poojary, the newly appointed state minister for Muzrai and Ports and Inland Water Transport said. Speaking to mediapersons after he was given a rousing welcome by BJP activists at the Dakshina Kannada district party office in Mangalore on

Mangalore, July 17: The Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has planned to recruit guest teachers for government schools facing shortage of teachers in the district, president of the panchayat K.T. Shailaja Bhat said here on Monday. At the monthly meeting of the panchayat council, she said that she had written to the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri to allow the

Mangalore, July 17: Vittala Malekudiya, who spent more than four months in jail on charges of links with naxals during the second semester of his Mass Communication and Journalism course, has been denied admission to third semester by Mangalore University. According to Dr Waheeda Sultana, Chairperson, Department of MCJ, Vittala had been denied admission on grounds of shortage of attendance.

Udupi, July 17: Amasebailu police arrested six persons, who were engaged in transporting meat of sambar deer which was hunted at Mookambika reserve forest, near Kerekatte here on Monday. The arrested are Seetharam Hegde of Hoasangadi, Aslam, Abdul Majeed, Mohammed Gaus, Parwez and Zakaria, all from Bhatkal. The police have seized sambar deer meat, two guns and a cash amount of Rs 5000 from the

Mangalore, July 16: The Kannada translation of Human and Civil Rights Defenders' Resource Manual published by Shanti Prakashana, Mangalore, was released on Monday, July 16. Speaking after releasing the book, Moulana Ejaz Ahmed Aslam, National Secretary, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), said that every human being has been granted certain rights by Almighty God, the Creator Himself, which cannot be