Writer and trade union leader K.S. Sharma has emphasised the need for literature that creates awareness among people about social maladies and inspires them to fight such evils and exploitation. Delivering his speech as the Sammelan Sarvadhyaksha at the 16th Dharwad Zilla Kannada Sahitya Sammelan in Dharwad on Wednesday, Prof. Sharma minced no words while expressing displeasure over those writers …
Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat is offering free training to some students from economically weaker sections of society to appear for NEET, JEE, CET and other competitive examinations. Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Kumara said most students in government and aided colleges hail from poor families. Mathematics teacher and CFAL marketing head Akshath Nayak said nearly 2,500 students from nine government …
Praveen Nettar, a Zilla BJP Yuva Morcha committee member, was hacked to death in front of his broiler shop in Bellare by three bike-borne miscreants on Tuesday night Mangaluru: Two persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of BJP youth wing leader Praveen Nettar in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada, police said on Thursday. Probing possibility of a Kerala registration …
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will participate in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video conference with Chief Ministers on COVID-19, which is scheduled on April 27, from Mangaluru. According to a statement from the office of the Chief Minister, Mr. Bommai will attend the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi using the video conference facility available in the office of …
Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Saturday instructed district deputy commissioners and revenue officials to evacuate people from their houses with the help of police in flood-hit areas even if they are reluctant to move out. If some occupants in flood-affected areas are unwilling to move out of their houses despite several warnings, officials should seek police protection and evacuate …