Karnataka

New Delhi, Mar 6: The unemployment rate in India rose to 7.2 percent in February 2019, the highest since September 2016, and up from 5.9 percent in February 2018, according to data compiled by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) that was released on Tuesday. The unemployment rate has climbed despite a fall in the number of job seekers, Mahesh Vyas, head of the Mumbai-based think-tank

Bengaluru, Mar 6: Pledging to intensify the fight to reclaim the encroached wakf properties across Karnataka, the Social Democratic Party of India has launched a Wakf Bachao Andolan (Save Wakf Movement) in the state. Presiding over the inaugural function of the movement at Darusslam Auditorium here on Tuesday SDPI state president Ilyas Mohammed Thumbey said that his party would create awareness

Belagavi, Mar 6: Posting pro-Pakistan slogans Facebook wall of a Muslim man after hacking his account and subsequent protests by BJP and right-wing outfits in Ramdurg town were pre-planned according to former Ramdurg MLA Ashok Pattan. On Sunday night, police arrested Nagaraj Mali for hacking the Facebook account of Pattan’s supporter Mohammad Shafi Benne and posting pro-Pakistan slogans on Friday

Mangaluru, Mar 6: Six persons including former minister B Ramanath Rai have been booked by Bantwal Town Police following directions from a local magistrate court in connection with seizure of Rs 62 lakh during the Assembly elections last year. The other accused are Uday Hegde, proprietor of Nirman Constructions, Sudhakar Shetty, proprietor of Mugarodi Constructions, Varun and Preetam Devadiga

Bengaluru, Mar 6: Coming down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “lowering the dignity of PM post”, Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda has declared that he would support Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s claim for prime ministership. However, Gowda said there were too many prime ministerial aspirants in the Mahagathbandhan — the grand alliance of anti-BJP forces — and that

Udupi, Mar 6: A clash erupted in front of the Fisheries Department Office at the Malpe Fisheries Harbour here yesterday between the fishermen operating deep sea trawl boats and the fishermen operating purse seine boats. The deep sea trawl boat fishermen were staging a protest in front of the Fisheries Department Office after closing the gate of the harbour. They were protesting against what they

Managaluru, Mar 5: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping and water Resources Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for construction of fishing harbour project at Kulai and various road development projects in the district through video conferencing. The project is taken up at a cost of Rs 196 crore. The Union government has sanctioned 50 per cent of the total

Bengaluru, Mar 5: The video footage of a month old controversial speech delivered by former BJP leader Belur Gopalakrishna has not started going viral on social media after the Bharatiya Janata Party tweeted a clip of it demanding legal action against him. Speaking at an event organized by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee on February 4, Mr Gopalakrishna, in a bid to condemn those who

Mangaluru, Mar 5: In the one sided final match Alva’s Moodbidri team defeated DNI Home Theater by 110 run and lifted the prestigious Torpedoes T10 Bash Elite National Cricket Championship. In the Corporate section League leader Indian Port lift the Trophy, Laxmi Memorial Educational Trust won the runnerup trophy. Alva’s and DNI team won the cash prize 1 lakh and 50,000 respectively, Corporate

Bengaluru, Mar 5: A 42 year-old man from Uttar Pradesh got a new lease of life as a 28 year-old boy from Tumakuru in Karnataka donated his heart and doctors successfully transplanted his heart at M S Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre- a unit managed by Narayana Health in the City. The youth had met with a road accident on March 3. Though he was immediately taken to a local hospital in Vellore, he was