Karnataka

Udupi, March 7: Minister for Medical Education Ramdas on Wednesday said that the results of election in five states have given a clear indication that BJP is a substitute to Congress in the next general elections. Speaking to media persons in the city, he said, voters have also rejected the notion that Rahul is the next prime minister of India. “But people have vote for youth power and BJP

Mangalore, March 7: The MCC Mayoral elections which saw the majority BJP's candidate being disqualified resulting in a Congress win, were conducted against the norms of election laws, alleged Monappa Bhandary, Spokesperson, DK District BJP. Addressing media persons at a press meet held at the party office in Mangalore on Wednesday, Mr. Bhandary accused Ms. M V Jayanthi, the returning officer who

Mangalore, March 8: Campus Front Of India staged a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's Office on Wednesday, opposing the BJP led state government's move to experiment its Hindutva agenda in the education sector by introducing 'caste' column in the PU examination application form. Speaking on the occasion, CFI DK District president Haider Habib said that the government which is supposed

Mangalore, March 7: Elated at their debut film 'Byari' getting a National Award for Best Film, director K P Suveeran and producer T H Althaf Hussain said that they were encouraged and inspired by the 'national recognition'. 'Byari' shared the National Award with Umesh Kulkarni's Marathi film Deool at the 59th National awards that were announced in New Delhi. “Though 'Byari' failed at the box

Mangalore, March 7: The Beary language movie 'Byari' has bagged the National Award for the Best Film at the 59th National Film Awards 2011 in New Delhi on Wednesday. 'Beary' has shared the prestigious award with Marathi movie 'Deool', produced by Abhijeet Gholap and directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni. The first ever feature film in Beary dialect 'Byari', produced by Mangalore based T H Althaf

Mangalore, March 7: In a dramatic development, Congress corporator Gulzar Banu has been elected as the new Mayor of BJP dominated Mangalore City Corporation. The unexpected development took place when the nomination papers filed by BJP candidate Roopa D Bangera was rejected by the returning officer. The nomination of Ms Bangera was rejected as she had failed to submit her caste certificate, which

Mangalore, March 7: Nearly two years after Mangalore air crash, which claimed 158 lives, a Mumbai based lawyer has filed a private complaint before the JMFC II here, against Airport Authority of India, Air India and Director General of Civil Aviation. Advocate Yeshwant Shenoy, who is the president of 812 Foundation, in his complaint said that lack of fire-fighting preparedness and emergency access

Mangalore, March 7: Former Union Minister Janardhan Poojary has opined that the presence of JD(S) candidate in Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bypoll would benefit Congress, as it leads to division of anti-Congress votes. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday Mr. Poojary said that the atmosphere that prevails in both poll-bound districts is favorable to Congress. “Congress is determined to win as

Kundapura, March 7: A mild tension prevailed in Gangolli village in Kundapura taluk after some miscreants threw stones at a Masjid and few houses in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code have been imposed on the village following the incident. Superintendent of Police M.B. Boralingaiah has said that some miscreants were

Mangalore, March 6: Attempts to bring in Mangalore Special Economic Zone are in fact unjustifiable concessions being given by the government to loot natural resources which intends to give corporate players vulgar levels of profits, said Medha Patkar, renowned environment activist. She was speaking at an interaction programme organized by Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work, Mangalore, on Tuesday