Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 18: Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara has assured Kashmiri students of ensuring their safety in Karnataka and asked them to contact the police in case of any emergency. He posted the message on Twitter following rumours about the safety of Kashmiri students across India. Dr. Parameshwara tweeted, “In trouble times, it’s imperative to stay united, Harassing, attacking and abusing

Mangaluru, Feb 18: The Shepherds’ International Academy, a unit of Hikmah Educational Trust, celebrated its 2nd annual day with great enthusiasm on 16th Feb 2019 at Town Hall here. The students and the parents observed two minutes silent prayers as a tribute and Homage to our martyred soldiers in Kashmir. A grand stage was set up with the professional sound system and the digital screen. A K Niyaz

Kasaragod, Feb 17: Two workers of the Youth Congress were hacked to death at Kanhangad near here late on Sunday. According to police, the deceased were identified as Kripesh (21) and Sarath (27). The incident occurred at around 2100 hrs at Kalliyot in Pulloor-Periya village near Kanhangad. A group of men, alleged to be CPI(M) activists, is said to have blocked the two youth Congress workers

Mudigere, Feb 17: Unidentified miscreants hurled bottles, suspected to be petrol bombs, at the forest department check-post at Basarikal in Kudremukh today morning. No one was injured in the attack. A few pages of the log book were burned in the fire. Police prima facie ruled out an attack by Maoists, who are active in the area, though combing operations are on. The bottles were found to contain a

Kalaburagi, Feb 17: Disgruntled Congress Legislator Umesh Jadhav, from Chincholi, offered to commit suicide if the allegation that he had taken Rs 50 Crore bribe to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Addressing a Press Conference at Wadi, about 40 km from here on Sunday, Mr Jadhav said " if they prove their allegation, I will commit suicide publicly". Strongly refuting allegations that he is

Mangaluru, Feb 17: The eleventh ‘shramadan’ of 5th phase of Ramakrishna Mission Swachhata Abhiyan was carried out in the Service Bus Stand near State Bank bus terminus and surrounding areas from 7.30 am to 11.30 am on 17th February. The cleanliness drive was jointly flagged off at 7.30 am by Dinesh Holla, Environmentalist & MCC Health inspector Bharath Kumar. Speaking on the occasion, Dinesh Holla

Mangaluru, Feb 17: M V Maran Nobility, LOA- 300, Beam- 50, DWT carrying 205938MT of Coal Cargo meant for JSW Steel and operated by M/S Oldendroff Carriers was successfully docked at New Mangalore Port Trust on Saturday. This is the first time recorded in the port’s history when a Vessel of this LOA and beam dimensions has been berthed in the port. The vessel was diverted from Jaigarh, with the

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Surya City Police in Bengaluru Rural District have filed FIR against three engineering students arrested for allegedly defending suicide bomber attack on a CRPF Bus at Pulwama in Srinagar-Kashmir in which more than 40 CRPF soldiers were killed and scores of others injured recently. The students, in retaliation to a message on Facebook by a student in Kashmir against the attack

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Amidst intensified lobbying for the ticket by multiple aspirants in each of Karnataka’s 28 Lok Sabha constituencies, the Congress leaders are working hard to finalize its candidates and announce their names by March 10. If sources are to be believed, the party may announce its candidates for Dakshina Kannada, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru, and Uttara Kannada constituencies too within a

India’s infrastructure major Adani Enterprise and private sector airport operator GMR Group are among the 10 entities that have submitted bids for six non-metro airports across the country for privatization. While the GMR already operates Delhi and Hyderabad airports, Adani Enterprise has been vying to enter the airport sector for some time now. International Airports of Mangaluru, Jaipur