Karnataka

Mangalore, February 29: A large number of workers took part in the public meeting to mark general strike called by various trade unions on Tuesday. Addressing them near Town Hall, Dakshina Kannada district unit secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and president of All-India Beedi Workers' Federation B. Madhava said the Centre had increased the price of petrol 17 times in one year

Mangalore, February 28: Normal life was disrupted in city on Tuesday due to the country-wide strike called by central trade unions to protest the 'anti-labour' policies of the UPA government at the Centre. All the city and service buses kept off the roads following reports of stone pelting on a few buses in different parts of the city in the early morning. Miscreants pelted stones at private

Mangalore, February 28: A scuffle broke out between a security guard and staff of a building in city in the wee hours of Tuesday resulted in the death of the guard. The victim has been identified as Hubli based Ganesh, who was posted on night duty at Essel Towers at Bunts Hostel. Sources said that six people, who had an office at the sixth floor of the same Essel Tower, approached the main

Mangalore, February 28: Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel found the progress of several schemes wanting at the meeting of the District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee chaired by him here on Monday. While construction of thousands of houses for the poor planned for the district in 2010-11 have not yet started, a Government Order affected the progress of water supply schemes. Several people had not

Udupi, February 27: Union minister for corporate affairs M Veerappa Moily has termed the impending by-election for Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency as a 'Dharm Yuddh' between good and evil forces. Addressing the Congress Workers Convention held at Kalsanka, here on Monday the litterateur-cum-politician said, both Congress party and voters should take it as a challenge to defeat the corrupt

Mangalore, February 27: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief Dr G Parameshwar has predicted an early dissolution of the BJP led State Government owing to its never-ending internal rift. He was speaking to media persons on Monday at Mangalore Airport before heading to Udupi to participate in a Congress convention. Dr Parameshwar said that the ruling party of state was least bothered about the

Bangalore, February 27: A court here today granted time till March 7 to the petitioner, who has sought prosecution of three former Karnataka ministers caught in the porn scandal, to file his objections to the police affidavit. 8th Additional City Metropolitan Magistrate Kiran Kini accepted the plea of petitioner Dharmapal Gowda seeking time to file objections to the February 15 affidavit filed by

Mangalore, February 27: The ninth annual Gurupooja was organised along with Satya Datta story and Maha Annasantharpana at Bharath Maidan, Jeppu near here recently. The event was conducted by Gurudeva Seva Samithi Jeppu. As part of the celebration the orphans were provided with uniforms and children with disabilities were given artificial legs and wheel chairs. Sri Gurudevananda Swamiji of Sri

Mangalore, February 27: Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Pratap Reddy said that people should understand the challenges and difficulties faced by the policemen while dealing with difference circumstances. Inaugurating a seminar on 'Police-Public Relations: Perspective of Youth' at Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work in the city Mr Reddy said one of main reasons for the gap between

Udupi, February 27: Congress candidate for Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bypoll Korgi Jayaprakash Hegde filed his nomination here at DC office on Monday. He filed his nomination exactly at 11: 15 am and handed over the nomination papers to DC Dr M T Reju. He was accompanied by dozens of Congress leaders including Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Labour and