Karnataka

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

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging to recognise the contribution of the Karnataka government in the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka (AB-ArK) health insurance scheme. The Ayushman Bharat scheme was co-branded with Arogya Karnataka as the latter was first launched on March 2, 2018 by the state and later, the Centre

Newsroom, Feb 17: Tamil superstar Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar (STR) aka Simbu’s younger brother Kuralarasan, who is also an actor, has embraced to Islam. A video of Kuralarasan embracing Islam in the presence of his father T Rajendar, who is also a veteran actor and mother Usha has gone viral on social media. Kuralarasan acted in films like Alai and Sonaalthan Kadhala. He also turned composer

Raipur: Sheikh Bava Mangaluru, an NRI philanthropist and Finance Controller of Karnataka Cultural Foundation (KCF) International Council has been conferred with a Doctorate of Philosophy in Management. PhD Degree awarded to his study on Customer Loyalty in Public Sector Banks in India under the guidance of Dr Krishna Gopal Chouby, Research Advisor in Commerce from Faculty of Management in Kalinga