Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 28: Mangaluru North MLA Dr Bharath Shetty has warned that he would demolish the toll plaza in Surathkal which falls under his constituency if the authorities collect toll from the local registration vehicles. The warning comes in the wake of the decision taken by the toll plaza contracting company to collect toll from local vehicles at the Surathkal toll plaza from March 1. “If toll

Mangaluru, Feb 28: The city police have arrested a teenage boy on the charge of consuming ganja or cannabis. The accused is Mohiuddin Shafeez (19), a resident of Kasba Bengre locality in the city. According to a press note, Shafeez was reportedly found consuming cannabis near a shop at Kasba Bengre. He was arrested by the sleuths of jurisdictional Panambur Police station. He was booked under

Mangaluru, Feb 27: Mangaluru City South MLA D Vedavyasa Kamath is supporting a group of environmentalists whose petition to the Forest Department has led to the stalling of work on the urban poor housing project at Padavu in Shaktinagar, according to his predecessor J R Lobo. Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, the Congress leader and former MLA said he worked tirelessly to get the approval of

Kozhikode, Feb 27: Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar has been made Grand Mufti, the top authority to give non-binding advice and opinion on Islamic jurisprudence and religious practices of the Sunnis in India. Musliyar, who has been the general secretary of the All-India Muslim Scholars Association for over a quarter century, was selected as Grand Mufti at the Gareeb Navaz peace conference held

Chamarajanagara, Feb 27: Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday conducted an aerial survey of the damages to the Bandipur national park and Tiger Reserve ad surrounding forests and said the forest fire was brought under control. The chief minister who inspected the burnt forests to the extent of over 8000 acres said the fire was contained with the help of Indian Air Force Helicopters

Kasaragod, Feb 27: About a dozen of two wheelers confiscated by Bekal police in various cases, were gutted in fire on Wednesday early morning. The two wheelers were dumped near the police station premises as mainour in criminal cases. Despite efforts by police personnel and locals, the fire could not be contained before all the vehicles were destroyed, police sources said. The reason for the fire

Bengaluru, Feb 27: In an attempt to create awareness about the importance of conservation of scarce resources Water, the Karnataka government will launch a massive 'Jalaamritha' scheme on Thursday. The Jalaamritha scheme, a comprehensive programme, consisting, creating awareness, re-energisation of tanks and bunds, efficient use of water and afforestation, has been announced by the Chief Minister

New Delhi, Feb 27: State-run BEML on Wednesday said it has bagged an order worth Rs 400 crore to augment the metro services in Bengaluru. "BEML has received a contract for seven metro train sets of six cars configuration to augment the metro services in Bengaluru valued around Rs 400 crore," the company said in a regulatory filing BEML manufactures rail coaches and spare parts and mining equipment

PM Modi failed to keep up his promise on Women Reservation Bill: Apsara Reddy Bengaluru, Feb 27: All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Apsara Reddy has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had failed to keep up his promise of getting Women Reservation Bill passed in the Parliament though he is completing five year term in the office. “Just speaking about women empowerment is

Mangaluru, Feb 27: City-based mind trainer, psychologist, success coach and academic director of P A Educational Trust Institutions Dr Surfraz J Hashim was conferred with “Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award” for his achievements and role in the field of education. The award was presented by Economic Growth Foundation during a seminar on “Education & Socio Economic Development” held at New Delhi on 22