Mangaluru : State Minister for Health and Family Welfare and DK District in-charge Minister Dinesh Gundurao along with Speaker U T Khader inaugurated the new building of the Kudmul Rangarao pre-matric and post-matric SC Girls’ hostels at Kodialbail on September 20, Wednesday. They also offered floral tributes to the portraits of Dr B R Ambedkar […]

Mangaluru : “The ‘Bandhutva’ programme by Most Rev. Dr Peter Paul Saldanha, the bishop of Mangalore is inevitable to build a community of love, peace and unity. I strive to realise his dream through the support of the Government,” said U T Khader, Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on September 16, 2023, at Bishop’s […]

Bengaluru : The Supreme Court has directed that the 15 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs “ought not” to be compelled to take part in the proceedings of the Karnataka assembly, which is slated to decide the confidence motion moved by the HD Kumaraswamy-led government on July 18. The rebel MLAs who are holed in a […]

Bangaluru: Congress sources have said that six-time MLA K.R. Ramesh Kumar will be appointed as the Legislative Assembly Speaker. He had also served as the Speaker during the H.D. Deve Gowda and the J.H. Patel governments in the State. Gowda has apparently agreed to the choice of Kumar for the Speaker’s post. Kumar had earlier […]

New Delhi: Voicing concern over prolonged curfew, violence and loss of lives in Kashmir, Lok Sabha today unanimously passed a resolution, appealing for urgent steps to restore order and peace in the valley while asserting that there can be no compromise with the country’s integrity and security. In the resolution read out by Speaker Sumitra […]

Bangalore: The Legislature Committee which probed the porngate episode involving three ruling BJP MLAs in Karnataka submitted its report to the Speaker K G Bopaiah on Monday. Speaker told the panel has given its report. Television footage of Legislative Assembly proceedings on February 7 showed Lakshman S Savadi watching pornclips and C C Patil,sitting next […]

Mangalore : Former Union minister B Janardhana Poojary said the reputation of the state destroyed when the sex Chief Minister defended the sex scandal took place in the assembly recently. He was speaking at the press meet held at Press Club on Feb 8, Thursday. He also said that CM DV Sadananda Gowda’s present behavior […]

Bangalore: The Moodigere MLA, M.P. Kumaraswamy has decided to resign his legislator’s post, it was revealed on Monday, creating a headache for BJP leaders here. The MLA had certain differences of opinion with District BJP chairman N.K. Pranesh, which led to this decision. Talking to reporters on January 2, 2012, the MLA complained that a […]

The semi-annual conference of Toastmasters Clubs in District 82, with 287 delegates representing over 170 units, ended on Sunday evening at the Ocean Pearl hotel in Kodialbail on a joyous note. Sri Lankan delegates, part of Division 1 with South India, numbered 82 on the occasion. 2 contests in humour and Evaluation were held, besides […]

Madikeri : The Centre refused to budge on making a new state of Kodagu (Coorg). There was a ‘C’ state in Madikeri many decades ago, like ‘Pepsu’ in Punjab, with a speaker and two ministers (No MLAs).This ridiculous situation was rectified later, When Coorg was merged in Karnataka as a district. There was no elected […]