Karnataka

Dubai, Feb 16: The scheme under which discounts are offered on airfares to non-resident Keralites (NoRKs) will be extended to more airlines, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. Addressing the Middle East regional meet of the Loka Kerala Sabha (LKS) in Dubai on Friday, he said the government would ink a pact in this regard with Qatar Airways this month. In 2018, a similar agreement had been

Dharwad, Feb 16: Rich tributes were paid to the 44 CRPF jawans killed in an attack by Pakistan sponsored Jaish-E-Mohemmed terrorist at Awantipore in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. Members of several organizations visited the Kargil War Memorial at the deputy commissioner’s office premises on Friday and offered floral tributes to the slain soldiers. Condolence meetings and candle light

Bengaluru, Feb 16: Seven Rohingya, who were trying to fly to Mauritius using forged Indian identity documents were arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Thursday night. Central Intelligence agencies had tipped off Alok Kumar, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) about the seven refugees, leading to their arrest. They have been identified as Asma Begum, Mohammed Tahir

Mangaluru, Feb 15: Protests and condolences poured in from across Dakshina Kannada for the CRPF personnel who were killed in an attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Several organisations, including the District Ex-servicemen Association, held condolence meetings and candlelight protests at the War Memorial in Kadri on Friday evening. District in-charge Minister U.T. Khader

Hassan, Feb 15: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said that he is working as Clerk for the people of Karnataka and not working to a particular party. Referring to BJP National President Amit Shah's statement at a BJP Booth level organisers meeting at Sindanoor in Raichur District Yesterday, Mr Kumaraswamy said that " I am not working as Clerk for Congress as alleged by him (Mr Shah) but for

Bengaluru, Feb 15: Two out of the four disgruntled Congress MLAs, against whom a disqualification petition is pending with the assembly Speaker, Friday met party leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah here and reportedly pledged loyalty to the party. "MLA Shri Nagendra and Shri Ramesh Jarkiholi met CLPleader Shri @siddaramaiah along with minister Shri Zameer Ahmed Khan," Karnataka Congress

Bengaluru, Feb 15: Terming the terror attack on CRPF personnel in Pulwama district "heinous", Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday consoled the family of the braveheart from Mandya, H Guru, who was killed in the incident. The chief minister instructed officials to speed up the process of compensation and directed them to verify the educational qualifications of Guru's wife so that

Mangaluru, Feb 15: To bring all the businessmen of Beary community on one platform and build a favorable and encouraging environment for business, the Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) will hold a membership drive from March 1 to March 31. BCCI's General Secretary Mohammad Imthiaz said in a statement that all those Bearys, who are interested in taking the BCCI to the next level and

Mangaluru, Feb 14: The Department of Commerce of St Agnes College, Mangaluru organized one day workshop “PERSONA-2019” on Thursday at the college campus. The workshop was organized with the purpose of preparing and training the students to cope with increasing pace and change of modern life in a constantly changing environment. Mrs. Soujanya Hegde, the Chief Guest, Dr. Sr. Jeswina A.C. the

Mangaluru, Feb 15: The Mangalore University has indefinitely postponed the inauguration of the Beary Study Chair in the wake of the demise of Abdul Raheem Teekay, who was one of the pioneers of Beary literary and cultural movement. The inaugural function was earlier scheduled for February 16. Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister U T Khader was supposed to inaugurate the Study Chair at