Karnataka

Bangalore, May 10: Getting online appointments for passport applications just got easier as more slots are finally open at the Passport Seva Kendras for regular applications either through normal or tatkal process. January this year, the Regional Passport Office (RPO) had started booking about 350 slots per day for Haj pilgrims due to a new rule that says travellers need to possess a passport to

Mangalore, May 10: Members of Christian community in Dakshina Kannada, who have borrowed money from public sector banks to build houses, will get an interest waiver upto Rs 1 lakh under the state government's Christian Development Scheme. Interest accumulated after 2007 will be paid under the scheme to the bank directly through Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation (KMDC) Limited. KMDC

Harish Kumar, a resident of Morgan's Gate, Ashwin, a resident of Kudroli, and Vinod Raj, a resident of Vamanjoor have bagged a total of eight medals in the men's category. In the women's category Amita Poojary and Deepa Kulal, both graduation students in a private college in Mangalore and Neha H of SDM College, Ujire, have won a total of 11 medals. The huge crowd gathered at the Mangalore Central

Mangalore, May 10: Close on the heels of the free-for-all fist fight within the barracks of the district jail, nine under trials identified as 'trouble mongers' were shifted to central jails in Dharwad and Bellary by the department of prisons. As per the direction of deputy inspector general of police (Prisons) VS Raju six of them were sent to Dharwad central jail and the rest to Bellary jail. The

Udupi, May 10: A possible terror attack was foiled on Wednesday with the recovery of huge quantity of explosives and detonators from a car near Brahmavar in Udupi district. The Brahmavar police seized explosives from Ganesh Prasad, a resident of Shiriyar village, at Jambur in Yedthady village coming under the limits of Brahmavar police station. It is learnt that Ganesh Prasad was an activist of a

Mangalore, May 10: The national level conference on Data Science and Business Analytics was held at AIMIT campus of St Aloysius College on Wednesday. Denzil Lobo S.J., Director, AIMIT in his inaugural speech spoke about the processing power of our brain and said, “the most sophisticated computers even today cannot compare with the working of brain of an ant in its ability to process and store

Mangalore, May 10: The eight-day long eight-day fast-unto-death agitation demanding better facilities at the Employees State Insurance hospital and dispensaries in the city ended on Wednesday with assurance by ESI officials of consideration of demands. The members of Akhila Bharatha Karmika Sangha (ABKS) led by Sudatta Jain decided to withdraw the stir after interacting with ESI Hospital director

Karwar May 10: A forest officer, who was brutally attacked by a government employee and his friends and relatives at Dandeli of Uttar Kannada district on Sunday, died on Tuesday night. Madan Naik (54), Assistant conservator of forests (ACF), who was posted in Dandeli, was allegedly assaulted by a government employee and his friends and relatives on Sunday afternoon, when he tried to stop the group

Bangalore, May 9: Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today set in motion the process for selection of pilgrims for Haj pilgrimage with a plea to those visiting the holy shrine to pray for the welfare of the state. "People say it brings good things when you meet people who go for Haj yatra. I request you to get the blessings of the Almighty Allah for Karnataka", Gowda told the gathering

Mangalore, May, 9: The Karnataka state unit of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad will be organising 'Srishti-2012' a state level project exhibition and completion for engineering students from May 12 to 14 at Shayadri Engineering College near here. Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, Kumar Alva, General Secretary of 'Srishti-2012, said that nearly 2000 students from more than 75