New Delhi: Fresh from giving a tough fight to the BJP in Gujarat, AICC president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the party was well prepared for the Karnataka elections. “We are well prepared. We have a good team in place. We have a solid leader in the chief minister and we will win the elections,” […]

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today accused the Congress of “double standards” in its stand on the triple talaq bill, saying it was trying to stall the bill in the Rajya Sabha after supporting it in the Lok Sabha. Addressing the BJP Parliamentary Party, the Union finance minister also said the government wanted […]

Mangaluru : Expressing concern over the death of three people because of dengue at a private hospital in Puttur last month, Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader on Sunday told private hospital managements to follow the treatment protocol prescribed for treatment of malaria and dengue. “If you [private hospitals] are confident of treating the […]

Mangaluru : The second bike ambulance in Mangaluru was launched at Ullal on Sunday by U.T. Khader, Minister for Health and Family Welfare. The first such ambulance launched here in May has been stationed at Mangaluru City Corporation, according to Ramakrishna Rao, district health and family welfare officer. He said a trained paramedical staff would […]

Hubli :Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said it was the responsibility of owners and drilling companies to close dry, open borewells. Action would be taken against the violating owner and the borewell company, he told reporters here. However, he refused to commit himself to framing a rule making it mandatory for owners and drilling companies […]

Mangalore, Aug 20, 2013: The fishermen Community members along with their religious leaders offered Samudra Puja at Tannirbavi, on August 20, Tuesday. Sri Sandhyanath Swamiji  of Kadri Sri Kshetra Suvarna Kadali Mutt performed the Pooja, and offered milk , coconuts and flowers to the Sea in the presence of State Minister for Textiles and Ports […]

Mangalore : A Padayatra was taken out from the DC office in Mangalore upto the ESI Hospital at Kadri Shivabagh on August 19, Monday under the leadership of Sudatta Jain Shirthady, General Secretary of the State unit of the Akhila Bharatha Karmika Sangha. An indefinite hunger strike later began in front of the hospital demanding […]

Moodbidri : A major burglary was reported from Lakshmi Jewellers on the main road of the town on August 18, Sunday evening. Thieves  who entered the shop owned by Sridhar Acharya  through the toilet using a  gas cutter and a oxygen cylinder stole the jewellery in the locker and abandoned the equipment used to enter […]

Bantwal : Thieves who broke into the Goddess Chandika Parameshwari Temple at BC Road in Bantwal in the early hours of June 8, Saturday have decamped with the silver aureole of the Goddess worth nearly Rs 5.5 lakhs. Strangely the thieves had not touched any gold ornament  in the temple. Even the shrines of Lord […]

Mangalore: The government is making every possible effort to ensure quality education in schools and also in ensuring more and more children joined schools, said district Minister and State Minister for Forest and Ecology Ramanatha Rai. Speaking at the inaugural of the new auditorium and office building of the Government Teachers’ Training College near the […]