Karnataka

Puttur, March 14: The presence of Bharatiya Janshakti Party chief Uma Bharati at the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha here fuelled speculation that the former Madhya Pradesh CM would rejoin her parent party BJP. Uma Bharti apparently is trying to seek blessings of the RSS leadership to pave her re-entry in to her parent party. Uma Bharati was suspended from the BJP in November 2004 till further

Mangalore, March 14: Father Muller Charitable Institution on Sunday celebrated its Institution day cum Graduation Ceremony. The Chief Guest was Dr Veerappa Moily, Minister of Law & Justice Government of India. Dr Ramananda Shetty, Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore was the guest of honour. In his speech Dr Moily said that Fr Augustus Muller started

Mangalore, March 13: DK Superintendent of police Dr AS Rao assured to discuss the issue of 'Made Snana' in Kukke Subrahmanya with the Deputy Commissioner of District, as a move to prevent the same. He was replying to a question by a by leader of Dalith Sangarsha Samithi at the grievances meeting related of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. “Before taking a decision to prevent Made Snana issue

Mangalore, March 13: The Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) will not put any kind of pressure on BJP led-state government, said national secretary of RSS, Suresh Joshi, on Sunday. On the concluding day of three-day Akhila Bharatha Prathinidhi Sabha at Puttur, he said BJP and RSS have sibling relationship. Both follow same ideology but there is no rule that both should go on a same track. “Differences

Udupi, March 13: Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily hit out at the Opposition over spectrum scandal saying “the BJP-NDA regime is the source of corruption.” Speaking to press persons Moily said: “The procedures for the distribution of 2G spectrum were designed during the BJP-NDA regime. The first-come-first-serve basis adapted in the 2G-spectrum distribution led to corruption and scams. Whereas

Uppinangady, March 13: Dr Ravindranath Shanbhag, the chairman of Udupi-based Human Rights Protection Foundation on Sunday urged the central government to ban use of endosulfan, failing which the NGOs will move the Supreme Court. He was speaking at a meeting held at Alankaru, after meeting the families of the victims of endosulfan and demanded that the Government should impose a ban on the chemical

Mangalore, March 13: A two-month old child was drowned when the child and its mother accidentally fell in to an open well at Yellyanadagodu of Kolya village in Bantwal taluk on Sunday.The deceased child has been identified as Danith, son of Surekha, who was rescued by the local people.It is reported that Surekha, drew water from the well and lost her balance while resting her arm against the

Moodbidri, March 11: Moodbidri Muslim Charitable Trust (MMCT) organized a free Heath Check-up Camp at Muhammadiya English Medium High School, Kotebagilu near here in association with AJ Institute of Medical and Dental Sciences Mangalore on Sunday from 9 am to 12 pm. Dental check-up, skin check-up, ENT and check-up for other health problems conducted during the camp. Briefing about the MMCT, SA

Mangalore, March 13: Expressing confidence that Mangalore Airport will get 'international' tag before December this year, Union Minister for Law and Justice M Veerappa Moily said that the number of passengers at the only airport of coastal Karnataka has been increasing with every passing year. He was speaking after inaugurating the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Mangalore Airport organized under

Mangalore, March 13: In a bizarre incident, four vessels caught fire at Kasba Bengre under mysterious circumstances on Sunday afternoon creating panic among the fishermen and local residents. The fire that started at around 3:15 pm, on board a trawl boat pulled ashore for repairs, spread to three mercantile ships parked alongside. The mishap completely destroyed two mercantile ships named