Karnataka

Mangalore, July 8: “Vondondu nadigu vondondu kathe” a book authored by Tharanatha Varkady was released at a function in SDM college auditorium here on Saturday. Speaking after releasing the book scholar Dr. Kabbinale Vasntha Bharadwaj said the new title would be very helpful for those who want to undertake further research on rivers. Writer Bhuvaneshwari Hegde introduced the book. Dr. N Narayana

Bantwal, July 7: In a heart-wrenching tragedy a 6-year-old son of a Nonresident Indian lost his life after he drowned in the overflowing Netravati River here on Saturday. Police have identified the victim as Abdul Shamit, a Class 1 student of a private school in Bantwal Lower Town. His father Abdul Jabbar is working abroad. As usually the boy had left his home in Nandavar early in the morning

Mangalore, July 7: The quality of discussion and values of democracy have deteriorated over a period of time in the last 60 years of Karnataka Legislative Assembly's history and voters too are partly responsible for this, said Siddharamaiah, Leader of Opposition, Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He was delivering a talk at the valedictory programme of a seminar on 'Sixty years of Karnataka

Mangalore, July 7: With Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda set to lose the chair to Lingayat leader Jagadish Shettar, the “conscientious citizens” former's home-district have launched a campaign to save their fovourite CM. Expressing frustration over the escalated campaign to overthrow Mr Gowda and to destabilize his government, Jaago Mangalore Association has called upon the people of the state

Mangalore, July 7: At least two persons of a same family were killed and two others critically injured in a head-on collision between a speeding city bus and a car in the city on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Harshit Alva (22) and Suguna Alva (64). They were travelling in the ill-fated Wagon R car. Harshith Alva Geeta Alva and Sharavu Alva (12), who were also travelling the same

Mangalore, July 7: The Prime Minister as well as other ministers in the Centre have given their nod for compensation to arecanut growers in the state. But the state government is too busy in internal conflicts and Chief Ministerial tussle to follow up the areca-nut growers' problems, said Siddharamaiah, Leader of Opposition, Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He was speaking at an anti-BJP awareness

Mangalore, July 7: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah on Saturday predicted that the change of guard in Karnataka would only worsen the infighting in crisis-ridden saffron party. His statement comes after BJP leaders are mulling for a change in leadership in the state by making a Lingayat strongman Jagadish Shettar as CM replacing Gowda. Responding to the queries of

Mangalore, July 7: Udupi based Gastroenterologist and Physician Dr Kote Shamsheer has been honoured with prestigious Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) by the UK based Royal College of Physicians. He is one of the youngest physicians to be awarded with this degree. Dr Shamsheer is son of K S Shekhabba and Ayisha of Hejamady in Udupi district. After completing his MBBS at Kasthurba

Mangalore, July 8: Chairman of the Legislative Council D.H. Shankaramurthy on Saturday discredited cynicism and arguments against democracy which was thriving and doing well in the country though much more could have been achieved. He was speaking after inaugurating a seminar on “60 years of Karnataka Legislative Assembly” organised by the Department of Political Science, St. Agnes College, here

Mangalore, July 7: Stepping up the pressure on DV Sadanada Gowda-led BJP government to solve the problems of education in Karnataka the activists of ABVP on Saturday staged a demonstration in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner in the city. The protest was part of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad's second round of statewide protest to press for the fulfillment of its 16-point demands