Minister D K Shivakumar’s political journey rests on his money power more than his community backing. Leaders like him are a strong combination of caste and money. And all through their political life, they’d always be in the eye of storm and controversies.
Total 1600 students of various education institutions of the Alvas Education Foundation performed Yoga as part of International Yoga Day for 55 minutes, at a programme organized by the Alvas Naturopathy and Yogic Science College at Alvas Nudisiri Auditorium here on Thursday.
The Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has discovered a sub-Saturn or super-Neptune size planet (with mass equivalent to 27 Earths and size six times of Earth's radius) around a Sun-like star, an official statement said on Thursday.
The Italian government has donated 200,000 euros to help victims of a volcanic eruption in Guatemala earlier this month that killed over 300 people and displaced more than 3,000, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday stayed a hearing in Lokayukta court against former minister and MLA Roshan Baig and his family members in amassing Rs 56 lakh worth assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday dubbed the BJP a "militant organiation" and accused it of doling out cash to win elections, saying such practices by it will soon be the reason for its downfall.
A 19-year-old girl who came from Kushtagi in North Karnataka for labour work was raped by a person working as a labourer at Paldane in the taluk. The incident came to light when the girl conceived. Now, the Mangaluru rural police arrested the accused Rama alias Dasaiah (38) on Thursday.
Condemning the S.K. Jain report on the firing on farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur last year, Congress on Thursday said it has termed the killed farmers as "anti-social elements".
BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday hit out at opposition parties, alleging that they were spreading lies and propaganda against the Narendra Modi government as it has attained many achievements in last four years.
A hill on a government land near Mangaluru International Airport near Adyapady gave way. MP Nalini Kumar Kateel who was preparing to leave to Bengaluru visited the spot and inspected.