Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 17: Chief minister BS Yediyurappa is under immense pressure to nominate his deputy Laxman Savadi to the legislative council to enable him to continue in office. Savadi, a former MLA, took oath as minister in August, hoping the party will give him a ticket to contest the byelections from Athani. However, the party denied him the ticket and instead promised him a berth in the upper

Mangaluru, Dec 16: Exhorting the people to learn the religion with an open mind, Islamic orator Muhammad Kunhi said that acquiring knowledge about one’s own religion will help to eliminate misconceptions about other religions. In an interaction programme with the local newsmen organised by the Highland Islamic Forum (HIF) as part of its campaign to spread the message of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) at

Bengaluru, Dec 16: Students of IIM Bangalore on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urging the central government not to curtail the democratic right of citizens to peaceful protest and termed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as an 'unjust law.' Students, staff, and faculty at the institute wrote the open letter in solidarity with students around the country protesting

Mangaluru, Dec 16: Dozens of activists of the Campus Front of India (CFI) courted arrest in the city during an aborted protest against the police atrocities on the students of Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University. To register their protest against the brutality exhibited by the Delhi police, the CFI activists, comprising students of various colleges, blocked the

Udupi, Dec 16: The house of the District and Session Judge was burgled and valuables worth around Rs 4.80 lakh were stolen, police said on Monday. According to police, in her complaint, wife of district and session Judge C M Joshi Shailaja Joshi stated that on November 28 she wanted to deposit her gold ornaments in the new bank locker from her house. When she went to take the gold from the

Bengaluru, Dec 15: Local residents here on staged a protest against the increasing number of crimes against women in the country. The protestors titled the protest as '#NirbhayaDishaMe', as a reference to the rape and murder of the two victims in Delhi and Telangana respectively. Speaking to ANI, Chetan, an actor and social activist, said: "This protest is not only about the cases, but it is also

Bengaluru, Dec 16: The BJP government of Karnataka has reportedly planned to withdraw around 130 cases related to violence and attempt to disturb peace during Tipu Jayanti celebrations across Karnataka in past few years. The cases were filed between 2015 and 2018 when Sangh Parivar activists had unleashed violence to disrupt ipu’s birth anniversary events organised by the then state government

Madikeri, Dec 15: After two year of lull due to natural calamity, the tourism activity in Coffee land Kodagu district is showing revival signs with increase in the turnout of Tourists. The mountain mist begins to surround Kodagu with the onset of winter, a notable change is witnessed in the tourism activities in the district. Tourism in the district, which was affected by back-to-back floods and

St Agnes College organised the Agnesian Centenary Run that included Cyclothon, Marathon and Walkathon on 15 December 2019 as a curtain raiser event for the Centenary Year Celebration. Around 1100 participants of different age groups took part in the various event. Ms Rochelle D’silva, Wing Commander Indian Air Force was the Chief Guest of the event. Sr Dr M Jeswina AC, Principal of St Agnes Degree

Mangaluru, Dec 16: Even as the marine fisheries sector facing a decline in catch, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), through its marine fisheries policy for Karnataka, has provided advisories to address the issue for sustainable management in the state. The suggestions have been made by scientists – including Prathibha Rohit, A P Dineshbabu, Geetha Sasikumar, P S Swathi