Likely, but one cannot trust US voters who consist of descendants of immigrants from all six continent of the world. However, it is a new transition in 250 years of USA  more

Karnataka Power Supply Co. can supply 110 million units all over the state but till Friday (Aug.29), only 101.095 million units only were used by consumer, said KPTCL MD Gangaram Baderia in Bangalore on   

The Indian Christians (RCC) are servants of Rome and Pope in Italy, not of India as a country. Even mother Teresa (Nobel Peace  more

Bisilkoppa Venkataramana Seetharam, an editor, printer and publisher, owner and manager of several newspapers, but who is he? He was in the Hindu in 1887 in Bangalore and turned out. He settled in   

Yes, we can. You can. But no one can wish them away, or just vanish them by a magic wand. There are religious fights, MSEZ land grab, poor PWD work standards, bad roads, too much rain and frequent 

Violence in the last few days all over DK district has created ripples in the solemn climate of the coastal region, and there appears to be a planned conspiracy to disrupt peaceful life by unseen hands only to 

There are about 2,000 Christian missionary educational institution in Karnataka, mostly in coastal area, Mysore and Bangalore, but they had n business to declare a holiday on Friday revolting against some  

Dhoni’s men were bundled out for 103 runs in 26 overs after Sri Lanka made 227 for 6 wickets in 50 overs in Colombo, in the final ODI to make the series a 3-2 

Nearly 20,000 schools had supported School/College closure autonomously imposed by local principals on students and parents on their 2000 school/colleges on Friday, and DDPI has been asked to 

Kannada literaray figure (columnist) and economist H.S. Krishnaswamy Iyengar, known by his initials in English as HSK,  died in Mysore on Friday by heart failure at the age   

Industrial and newspaper tycoon, Krishna Kumar Birla passed away in Kolkata on Saturday morning, aged 90. He was owner of Hindustan Times Media in New Delhi and largest Sugar     

K.N. Prabhu, president of Kanara Chamber of Commerce & Industry may not visit USA (Chicago) for world Kannada conference, sponsored for him by A.G. Pai, CEo of Petro Chemical Zone in DK. The  more

Lokayukta Nitte Santosh Hegde is growing like a Bunyan tree with long roots in Karnataka which is reeking of corruption in its corners and office verandahs. The BJP 

The banner held by two Congressmen says it is a silent protest the faces of others behind them walking an Mangalore city are tied by hand-kerchiefs, 

Talking to local party workers in Boliyar after felicitations offered to him, BJP state unit chief, DV Sadanada Gowda said in Boliyar near Konaje that BJP would not rest until all those poor families now in   

The three parties in Karnataka are in a mess, with lust for power. Elected MLAs are, changing their labels for name, fame and gains. The old woman of politics, Congress, is

The disgraced Hindus of Jammu/Kashmir state are up in arms to fight barbarian Muslim in Hurriyat and Mehbooba Mufti of PDP who scuttled Ghulam Nabi’s Congress govt. and then flew in a special place to   

Kathi may have succeeded in becoming a new minister by dislodging Bijapur’s Bellubbi. But that Knife (Kathi) is cutting into BJP legislative party in many ways. 

Call it a state if you wish, but it is a region, a part of which is dominated by Pakistan because it was cut off by India in 1947 October war when invaders from more

 It is an experience of acquiescence in jail after being kept for sometime. The BJP govt. led  by Home minister Dr. Vedavyasa Acharya (who has a criminal doctor-son, whose enquiry in case of violence has been   

That BJP is not a party with a difference is known to those who are in it and who sit with M. Kharge in opposition to hear him. But Palemar keeps boasting about BJP with a useless  

It is not a Rasta Roko, but they are not wanted anymore by the riverside and on beaches. They were shunted out of old Bunder area and even the merchants were asked to leave their godowns near the old   

They are in high demand to talk as great educationists and/or cultural ambassadors, but these seasonal orators or advisers are not capable of   

When ‘Baba’ Rajanikant is afraid of plunging into politics as a 30-crore a film popular hero, afraid of swimming in political pods, when Radhika/  more

If BJP has come to power after 35 years of Congress rule of only corruption, it is to prevent any further this foul smell of corruption in the stylish corridors of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC). But the   

While in Orissa, police are involved in firing rounds over mobs killing 9 people including a Sadhu Lakshmananda, in Bangalore as many as 108 IPs and 171 S-IPs were transferred to new locations just, before 

Imagine a memorial falling at night on Monday, built by Adil Shahi Kings in Bijapur, known as Amberkhana, over a neighbouring home where a father and daughter were killed instantaneously. The Muslim 

The twin bronze medalists in wrestling and boxing, Sushil and Vijendar, met Pratibha D. Patil, on Tuesday and showed her the two medals they  

Despite his first air dash to Beijing, China, the new Republican Nepalese land-locked country PM, Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda, a Maoist violent revolution leader who came    

When a recently transferred IAS officer Ganesan challenges a retired Judge and chairman of state HRC like Duryodhana, Justice S.R. Nayak intervened like Bheema on the scene in    

If any country in the world taught extremism, violent attacks and terrorism in neighbouring countries, it is not France or Germany, but Pakistan which is      

He broke 3 red-hot tiles on his forehead and three more by hand. He has musical instruments at the monastery and can dance like the Tiger dancers. He can swim long distances. He can decorate Kodegoly     

12 rebels LTTE Tamils were killed by Sri Lankan Army which has taken on serious revenge against V. Prabhakaran’s crimes since 12 years. VP is now left alone and getting older at 52 and his son is not 

This is shocking news, but appears to be true, as we hear their language in Mangalore mobs quite often. It will be heard again during Durga Puja here on M.G. Road.  more

At this rate, Bellubbi’s powerful influence in Bijapur and Bagalkot can swallow up CM Yeddyurappa and state unit chief (Mangalore MP) DVS Gowda in one gulp.  

Bijapur’s lone minister Bellubbi with a Gandhi cap and in hospital due to high pressure in blood, fallen, leading to several young followers trying to commit suicide by taking rat poison in agony. In a cabinet of 34, 

It is still in the 7^th position, and many areas in the Lingayati Land in Northern part of the state is still backward but supply of food items by it is maximum. Its construction labour     

DK KSP unit election: Kalkura on cloud Nine

He managed it all amidst local turbulence, opposition and criticism, and gained new friends for another 3 year-term, when a non literary person like Dr. Nallur Prasad won in  

Nine years of Gen. Mushrraff dictatorship ended in his resignation a week back but that didn’t solve Pakistan’s problems in political issues such as democracy, status of judiciary, religion in politics, a   

He was all over Mangalore on Sunday and earlier days to canvas for his candidature as KSP DK branch president, which he is, for the last 6 years without election or  more

Never mind, he was trounced by DKCC chief in hometown Buntwal, but Bailameginamane Nagaraja Shetty has won the war, while losing a battle. He is okayed by BJP state  

You spoke of state development like a devotee, but the games you play sound like Olympic where India hardly wins a medal. The poor and the lower middleclass workers do not catch you eye, so what is the   

Umesh Kathi of Hukkeri, a JD-S MLA who left his party to enter BJP fell on Bellubbi like the proverbial Democles sword in a state democracy, and poor Bellubbi of   

Patriots are not those who buses or stone someone’s glass doors or vehicles to bring damage. They are not after money, but if they come to power will distribute money to all    

Is it because he heads the Anti-Rowdy squad on the west coast and naxalites are about to enter his bungalow one of these days, by threats or phone calls in advance? But Ashit Mohan Prasad, IPS, has 20 armed reserve cops in a single house to protect him with family, when   

The Indian Railway have popularized freight goods trains by the dozen and earned heavy profits in crores of rupees, but there was a complaint against Lalu that he neglected passenger trains, or shuttles, which he wanted to cancel if there are any (like Mangalore-Puttur or  

His legs are in deep mud now, with ad in newspaper for jobs in Kannads, to collect lakhs of rupees from hundreds of fools wanting to go abroad even with a false passport and forget, work contract in their hands Beware! There is so much to loot in Kerala and West coast  

Milling crowds intoxicated with instrumental music and vocal singing, children’s antics in groups of 1year to 6 years on stage under cameras, finally watching the “break the  

After years of planning and preparation, a flawless execution. Beijing bid farewell to the world as the 29th Olympic Games came to an end Sunday. Appropriately, the sporting  

 In a daring attack, suspected Naxals attacked an ashram run by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Kandhamal district of Orissa and killed five people on Friday   

The press reporters climb tress and drop down from flying planes to report an event or attend a function. They lose cameras and get slapped by Dr. Kiran Acharya or MLA Raghupathi Bhat if they cross lines of decency. But it is unbelievable that they attend a press meet called   

Apart from the Congress-capped Bellubbi of Bijapur, minister Sudhakar and Venkataramanappa are going out of BJP cabinet under CM Yeddyurappa in a change due more

While swimming star Michael Phelps (USA) may have scored & golden victories in Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt, a handsome dark 6ft. 5inches tall runner from the    

Too early to say so, but a calamity may come when India is in the grip of an emergency, then Kalavaru in DK and Padur/Herur area in Udupi will be having an underground oil lake good for six weeks or more,  

There was nothing literary in DK branch of KSP in several years, as a writer or a literary figure did not head it, but an advertiser fond of his own daily publicity in any form. His own foundation was enriched  

Just send a hearsay report on earthquake or a terrorist attach, and literate people are ready to behave like animals out of fear. Pet animals at home run away when you scare them with a stick or a shoult.  

While CM Yeddyurappa has cancelled his UK visit to Kannada people, Shobha Karandlje has dropped the ideas of visiting USA itself to attend AKKA world meet, wile  

On Friday morning around 6 AM, a Gas tanker met with a road accident on NH 48 near Gundya over the Periashanthi-Paltaje bridge and burst into flames,   

Mangalore city as a whole is celebrating Sree Krishna Jayanthi, with Bhajan and Puja programmes since a week on rainless nights now. There are several temples around Car   

Udupi MLA Raghupathi had made wild charges against his ex-family friend Atul Ramrao, who built 21 flats for him at Manipal, and the charges of Kidnapping Bhat’s wife   

It is a week since the Bamy school bus fell into Falguni river killing 11 (including 7 children), but an onlooker Usman, related to dead driver Badruddin (having heart attack in the road accident), had helpe in   

Around 1-15 PM on Friday, Aug.22, the semi-final boxing match between India’s Vijendar of Haryana and Cuba’s Emilio Beyo ended with Vijender earning only a bronze  

Udupi belongs to Home minister and his MLA friend (Raghupathi Bhat). The DC has been shifted, his wife promoted as DC, and DSP Roy was sent to a far off place. The vacancy was given to S. Ravi (IPS) but  

Whether in Karnataka (Bangalore) where lawyers have come to blows, involved in holiday resort drinking scandals, criticised the Judges and complained  more

There are 2 candidates in the Kammada Sahitya Parishat district chairman’s post elections on Sunday. Kalkura has already served for 3 terms, or 6 years, and there is nothing he can do further on, looking at his track record of spending Rs.5.5 lakhs on his own publicity. But  

 India may shout from roof-tops that it is a peaceful country and a victim Moslem fundamentalist terrorism that originated in Afghan-Pak borders in the world, but no small nation like Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland, is convinced about its real motives, because India is a  

It was Mangat who issued the order withdrawing the grant of land to construct lodgings near Amarnath Caves, within a day after the grant was made by Congress CM Ghulam Nabi Azad, who resigned immediately. Sharma’s car was stoned by agitating Hindus, when   

Pakistan had nourished terrorism in PoK, when India had warned against such activities in the name of Islam religion and Jehad, both of which are  

Believe it or not, the eleven (11) reservoirs of Karnataka state are brimful after several scares raised by stoppage of rains and unruly power cuts by KPTCL. Power minister Ishwarappa stumbled twice on the threshold of load-shedding in July/August when rains came by   

Two steel plants in Bellary, two special economic zones, two townships, two cement producing factories, a sugar mill and a power producing source, these have been approved by state BJP govt. on Thursday. These various projects when commissioned are likely to create 2.5  

The undivided (now twin) district of DK has plenty of Uranium deposits (required basic element in atomic energy) in Palikunja hills of Andar in Ajekar area of Mangalore taluk, says Director (Dr.) S.A. Pandit attached to Central Research division for Atomic deposits in India.  

Since 1989, the minority community of Hindus known as Pandits of Kashmir but now living in majority in Jammu province, have gone through fire to stay more

Ancient, Puranically famous town where last rites are performed as in Gaya (UP) in the north India, is now a Court corridor to KHC, due to an interference by  

Even a hell may feel unhappy because we compare a coastal city of Mangalore to hell, which may have some better things than bad roads, gutter waters flowing on to roads, water bills and rates going haywire and out of control on computers, power bills going wrong on bad   

Meanwhile, a medal in Boxing competitions in waiting for Vijendra Kumar who has entered semi-finals in 75 Kg.middleweight by defeating an Equadorian boxer,   

The fat Bank employees reveling in private comforts but ever ready to protest and be on strike at the slightest provocation, joined the communist led    

Grab the lands and dislocate the farming gentry for some blabber-blabber industry, and you damage the West-coast culture of the Tuluvas and Konkanigas by inciting them out of their homes and Kill them. They cannot live in Bangalore or Bombay, Chennai or Cochin for that   

Yes, CM Yediyurappa is going places before his airbubble bursts. He is in a hurry to please everybody, like a storekeeper who wants to empty a whole godown. There are corporations and Boards in State where top posts are waiting to be filled up. He cannot expand a ministry but 

 When his adultery with another’s wife in a Malur resort or a distant hotel is not debated in public, when he is not connected with Udupi MLA’s wife Padmapriya’s murder or unnatural death, due to his  

Wrestler Sushil Kumar gave India one more reason to won cheer when he won the bronze medal in the freestyle 66kg category at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday. Sushil  more

The Macho moustache and a grin make our Mangalore MP (who does not attend Lok Sabha sessions) strong in the company of BJP ministers and MLAs in Bangalore DV Sadananda    

It appears that tomorrow (Wednesday, Aug. 20) certain workers’ organized unions have called for a Bharat Bundh (closure of India), in protests against state’s anti-people policies, and in Mangalore there is widespread support for this despicable closure of a whole city on a   

Which flag should fly higher? And when? Aug.14 is Pakistani I-day, it cannot be RSS I-day in Ujire, even with a procession of hand held Panju (burning light). Ujire is the head quarters of the Dharmasthala rural activity, uplift and development programmes under Rudiset. This  

The insolent and useless BJP Mayor Ganesh Hosabettu, hosted upon the MCC by minister Palemar for an year to travel in a costly new car and remain inside his office,

As a disease, corruption is not likely to shrink but expand to all govt. offices, says Lokayukta Santosh Hegde, who added on Sunday last that in 61 years it should have decreased. It was much less in early  

Abhinav Bindra came away from China soon after he won the India’s first and only gold in shooting and all other games. It was wise of him. Those who had failed the dope test  more

It may look odd, but true it is that three Indian boxers belong to Biwani, a village in Haryana, and are in quarter finals in Beijing in their groups for  

Having lost Test series in the emerald island twice (2 to 1) to magic fingers of Muralitharan and Mendis, the Indians with several new young faces were again   

He was a general of Pakistan Army, but born in a Delhi haveli (complex) since 1992 and became a dictator in 1999, by banishing one each from Sindh and   

Fearing impeachment from a merciless Parliament the 9 year dictator and the president of a cooked election plot Pakistan, General (de-uniformed) more

It is a rare occurrence in Olympics, a swimming star taking 8 gold medals, two sisters taking a Tennis doubles gold, and now, 3 Jamaican female runners  

Certain large companies are inimical to coastal sensitive atmosphere which is so far unhampered but which may get polluted by these chemical and other anti-ecology ventures in coastal Karnataka, such as coal-based power production or chemical companies. People in   

He was born in Orissa (Brahmapur) as a Bengali and did his high ICS, only to attack British rule in Burma and Assam. The freedom fighters spoke highly of him, and upstarts   

The Mysore prince, Srikantadatta Wodeyar, has come out against handing over the hoary Mahabaleshwar and adjacent temples to the care of Ramachandrapur Mathadhipathi who is playing politics to guide the state. He challenged the BJP govt. to hand over the temples in  

Since March end, several Akademis are not working effectively, because the old teams of office bearers have retired after a 3-year term and new teams have not been appointed so far for various languages akademis, even if registrars are marking attendance (also the staff   

Reams of paper were used to write on this single tragedy in which a school tempo, overloaded by at least 15 passengers (total 35) tricked by potholes near Gurpur on the main road, fell into Falguni river on last Thursday morning. When 11 including 7 kids) died, 11 were saved 

Umesh Katti, who could not resign from JD-S earlier to become a minister has resigned on Monday to join BJP in due course. CM Yeddy likes Katti very much and the latter may be accommodated by the CM in one post or the other by adjustments. presently Yeddy is on a 

Past midnight on Saturday on August 16, at 1-00 AM a partial eclipse will be seen in India for 3 hours (upto 4-15AM on Sunday). An eclipse in the sky is a play  more

The Home minister has informed the people on Friday that no development plan will be scuttled for want of adequate funds, since the BJP govt. has saved Rs.56,000 crores to be spent on development works. Dr. VSA told at a new office opening ceremony in Bajpe  

While heads are rolling in Beijing Olympics in athletics as well (among men and women in several games), in Turkey, Indian GM Abhijit Gupta and IM Dronavalli Harika have both  

A ruff boating vessel with 9 fishermen on midnight of Thursday collided with a ship at sea near Mangalore 30 nautical miles west causing Rs.10 lakh loss to the  

If anybody wanted to wear garlands of fish on I-day, one could well have Mudmul fish in the old harbour, but under heavy rains. The cost of fresh fish also had  

The Popular Front of India’s freedom parade near ladyhill on Bangalore glided peacefully amidst slogans raised for the country. Executive Committee member Usman Baig in a speech after the six-lane  

Several Mathadhipathis and religious leaders welcomed the handing over of holy Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple administration to Sri Ramachandrapur Math chief Sri  

Raksha is a great necessity these days. Save us from our friends, say college girls in several campuses. We ask them to tie a Rakhi on the wrist of the youth  

A school bus carrying at least 36 passengers, 22 of them being children and others/adults (one driver, one conductor also) and going towards Gurpur Kaikamba’s Bamy English School, takes extra passengers  

Make no mistake, have no double, India celebrated its 62^nd Independence Day with high enthusiasm and great éclat in the presence of Abhinav Bindra, a gold   

The previous day a major tragedy had occurred near Parari between Mangalore Dairy and Gurpur at Ulaibetty, involving a school mini-bus carrying about 25 children and some   more

Whereas there is a partial (Khandagrasa) lunar eclipse on Full moon day tomorrow past midnight (1 AM to 4 AM) visible in India, there are two homely festivals, one on     

The UPA govt. knows it is facing re-election without hopes, and has made PM Manmohan Singh as its candidate for 2009, when Advani is dreaming about the same chair after the general elections (due in early 2009). The Congress has a bad habit of upping the existing salaries   

Since late May when monsoon broke upon west coast in the state, about Rs.15 crores worth of estate/houses/ properties have been lost due to various rain-connected reasons, such as floods, sea erosion, dangerously flowing rivers, immersed bridges/roads, broken paths  

The Gokarnanath Kshetra Samithi headed by Congress leader B. Janardhana Poojary (BJP) has announced Rs.30,000 each to the nearest kinsfolk of those (11)

Not because heavy rains pelted water on these unclean private buses running for profits and on high speeds, but before some rowdies in Kundapur, Vitla and Uchila attacked the driver and conductor of privately owned buses, that a lighting strike took place in the 3   

It was a great return to home country Beijing Olympics Shooting star gold medal winner, Abhinav A. Bindra, after his performance which was marred by unknown tampering of   

The conductor of the mini-bus that hurtled down into Gurpur river near Parari (Ulaibettu) on the morning (9AM to 10 PM) carrying some 20 schoolchildren and adults,  

At least 11 people have been rescued in Ulaibettu bus tragedy and rushed to hospital, but18 are missing in a bus accident in heavy rains this week near Mangalore on  more

The renowned Gokarna Mahabaleshwar Temple and those around the main historic temple are transferred to the care of Sri Ramachandrapur    

There was a terrific explosion of the earth at Neria village, 30 Kms. away from Belthangady, on the midnight of Tuesday (12-08-08), when a fearful event took    

A cloudy atmosphere, a deathly pall, lands convulsing and going under the earth, estates and homes destroyed, eleven dead in DK, walls and trees   

The MCA cancelled the educational courses run by KMC at Udupi and Mangalore, and by Fr. Muller’s Hospital in Kankanady (Mangalore) under a notification this week. These 3 hospitals have been asked not to book further admissions to their medical courses for post-graduate 

On account of a deadly attack, made by Muslim goondas on an Express bus driver and conductor on Aug. 10 for overtaking a road byke earlier, the bus owners had warned the local police in DC’s presence to arrest the culprits in 48 hours or face music. The accused were allowed by 

In Uppinangady, rains are pouring incessantly to drive people mad and helpless, and on Wednesday, 6 persons went under flood waters at Neerkatte 

The Home Minister Dr. Vedavyasa Acharyahas entrusted the Padmapriya death case to CoD for investigation. The prime accused under medical care in a Mangalore clinic, is wanted by CoD officers to check his antecedents and role in the unnatural death of Udupi  

Home ministers son and practicing doctor in KMC, Manipal Dr. Kiran Acharya will be receiving a court verdict in a case filed by two journalists (news photographer Umesh Marpalli and a private TV cameraman Shijit) for physical assault, 3 months ago. The case is  

A boiler burst on Tuesday at the chemical department of NITK (headed by Prof. Sriniketan), has death grievous injuries to a worker who is fighting for life in a Mangalore private nursing home. The injured person was on duty as the male servant but was asked to handle the boiler 

The DCO has permitted the freedom parade organised by the controversial Muslim out fit, KFD, to be held tomorrow (Aug. 15) at the city’s Mangala stadium, Aziz, DK unit chief stated here. Popular Front vice-chairman, K.M. Sharif takes the salute at 4 PM It is an  

It is a wonder how these Americans train themselves in any sports or athletics. Swimmer Michael Phelps, described as gold fish, in the swimming pools,    

Whereas Indian Hockey team could not enter Beijing Olympics by right, the Indian football (soccer) team made the grade for 2011 Asian cup right now by winning the more

China does not believe in a God or in Truth, even as a Buddhist nation. Actually it is communist capitalist country well trained n public deceit and suppression of truth. On the opening day, the back ground of Chinese fireworks in a dark atmosphere was unreal and stagy.   

Described as a sensation and having several boyfriends for company in a sensational career all over the world, Indian girl Sania (25) came a cropper on Tuesday in Beijing in   

 In the last 3 days, police have gone mad twice to create disorder in society in the name and context of law and order, in the hometown of a religious home minister, Dr.  

The ever adoration-hungry Bajrang Dal which worships cows, gods and goddesses, Hanuman, Ganapathy and other deities, has expressed satisfaction over a state High Court order from Bangalore to worship Datta Padukas (wooden sandals of God Dattatreya) at the Datta  

Imagine a Muslim rowdy outfit like KFD, which went underground in Uchila near Padbidri on Wednesday after gate-crashing into acting SP’s office and a bus driver’s house separately to warn the shocked police officer on one hand and the wife of Shambhu Shetty, a bus driver   

Advance publicity on front page of ‘Suddi’ for weeks and 25,000 losing votes later and a loss of deposit money in Puttur against BJP’s Mallika for MLA’s seat in May 2008,

Abhinav Bindra may have won gold for Indian in 44 years, but other shooters, fencing players and yachtsmen fell off by the wayside in  

He is now Dakshina Kannada district incharge minister in Saddle, with ports and other portfolios. He is watching everyone, even the CM and Home minister. He warns of   

When Bangalore has galloping populations, mounting vehicles over city roads, and Khichdi jams of these vehicles can Mangalore be far behind? In four places, including Hampankatta and Kankanady Pumpwell, new concrete roads have begun their digging work in a fiery monsoon,   

First, they filmed a fire works exhibition ahead of Olympic Games and showed it on digital screen at the opening day as real fireworks. Now, the Beijing medal referees are cooking up events to suit them. Way back P.T. Usha came away crying after losing a race in Beijing, a   

Mangalore North MLA and DK Dt. incharge minister Palemar is angry, about a clean chit given by Suratkal NITK’s chemical engineering department Prof. G. Sriniketan, when BASF is involved in preparing dangerous and deadly chemical products, which USA has banned in 

While Abhinav Bindra is asking for support to sportsmen and athletes like himself, and Monica Devi (a Manipuri weightlifter who was prevented from going to Beijing at the last minute in view of failing a dope test) is in tears for her loss and ridicules the selection of Indian  

 It is not such a big size for Karnataka, with Bangalore getting into the 6^th position as an Indian city of international lure. So a begging bowl is already going round for electrical energy in a state that has more rivers than any other in India and minor Hydro could function in Kodagu,  

Here is one power minister from Malnad, where torrential rains are pouring in Savan and Jog Falls are in full beauty, with Sharavathi and many rivers in spate, submerging 

As Koyna reservoir is letting out huge quantity of water in Maharashtra, Belgaum, Bijapur, Raichur and Bagalkot districts face floods. Likewise, in  

 It is a war now over Amarnath Caves and for a lodging house for Hindu pilgrims in a forest area at 11,000 feet high up in the Himalayas on a route proceeding  more

After dating several boys, Deepika Paukone has finally embraced Ranbir Kapoor, actor and son of Rishi –Neetu Kapoors. Both say it is love but no marriage  

 DK DSP Satish Kumar has sent a refusal letter to MCC and the Muslim outfit known as KFD (organizing a Freedom Paradom Parade on Aug.15 from Balmatta to Nehru Maidan) to say that a Muslim outfit named Popular Front cannot hold its Freedom Parade, project 

It is unusual of rainwater to cross into a temple and inundate the deity in the Garbhagudi (Sanctum Sanctorum), the holiest place in a temple. But in  

A Punjabi, won the first bronze medal in weight-lifting, while Leander Paes got it in Tennis (1996) and KD Jadhav in Helsinki wresting (1952). Karnam earned nearly a crore in 

CM Bokkanakere Yeddyurappa has bowed to the High Court orders to reform miners and mining policy to curb private profiteering which somehow  

Twice power cuts were normalized, and before that, haphazard and arbitrary power supplies or load shedding were made to please none by     

While being the undisputed leader of BJP in Karnataka and CM of a working majority government, Bookanakere Yeddyurappa has attributed his entire career success in  

As Burke police station limits come under IPC Sec.144 (ban on meetings and groups over 5 persons), the demonstrators at MCC last-week involved in police lathi attacks on them have taken DCo permission to demonstrate near SBI circle on Monday morning.    

Why the Udupi MLA’s family case was not entrusted to CBI? It is to make the best of a bad bargain, in which Atulrao appears to have won over a woman (MLA’s wife) while     

The opportunist Muslim organisation, somewhat on the lines of Bajrang Dal of Hindus, known as KFD, is organizing a Freedom Parade, free of cost, on August 15 (62 years of freedom now) in Mangalore provided the DCo gives permission to such a hollow show of Muslims in     

Not for nothing China is spending in so many dollars to hold an Olympic Sports event, when India has failed to do so all these 6 decades. India organised Asian Games only, not even Commonwealth events. The Beijing event has produced sorrow for India, while distributing      

Only last week 16 policemen had died in a major bomb attacked by local Muslim terrorists, to divert the attention from Beijing Olympic games, where     

No one trusts the controversial Muslim woman novelist from Bangla Desh in India, but she keeps coming back to India, not to Bangla Desh    more

While a private city bus was damaged by the forceful touch of an iron ore lorry on Friday on NH 17 between Mangalore and Ullal at the turning near Fisheries College  

 The larger D.K. Dt. was broken up in 1956 with Kasaragod taluk from Thalpady /Manjeshwar to Kasargod/Nileshwar getting into Kerala to form a new district for administrative convenience. Then Udupi was separated by Dr. V.S. Acharya and his BJP cronies from DK to     

The aim is high, is a track record, and devoted educational officers and Senators are available, so Mangalore University on the Konaje hill  

When Lok Ayukta office has identified a Bescom Executive Engineer as having assets disproportionate to his known incomes, the condemned (or tainted) officer (V.V. Reddy) is allowed to continue in service by the BJP govt. whose moral strength thereby is exposed to Shreds. The  

The police deny any bombs exploded in Bangalore on Friday, but a scary public spoke of actual exposions again twice. The sounds come  

The basis or cornerstone of a DK district court building is now coming under scanner, as it is thought to be without legal sanction on top  

The five Ringed Olympic Games in Beijing after 4 years from Athens (Greece) Olympics, with a glowing flame started on Friday auspiciously and in expectant   

The 2008 Olympics begins in the middle of 2 eclipse which do no good to the organisers, whatever Rationalists (like Narendra Naik) and Astrologers (such as Somayaji) may say. An unknown Islamic (not-Tibetan) terrorist group warned Muslims against participating in  

With less than a week to go for celebrating 62^nd I-day an expert scholarly committee has recommended to the Central Govt. of India to accept Kannada as a classical language, as it is twice over 1500 years old and has a rich heritage in edicts and stone culture, and has  

India's Olympic campaign got off to a poor start with Anjali Vedpathak Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur Sidhu crashing out of the women's 10 metres air rifle event.  

Former Industries minister R.V. Deshpande and ex-Cooperation minister under S.M. Krishna MP DK Shivakumar are the two leaders in Congress  more

In Congress to protect or guard and they do not let other dogs bark at them while crossing the path. It is a dog fight in a constituency, practiced by eminent  

The Lokayukta Justice N. Santhosh Hegde of DK, is going now from strength to strength, effecting seizure of loot property and unaccounted wealth to the time of Rs.9  

The private (or personal) cars cannot charge rents like taxis. Auto-rickshaws cannot run beyond distances already permitted in an agreement or driving license. Private buses need RTA permission to run as marriage party’s contract buses in a trip these are rules laid down  

A very colourful inaugural is due on Friday (08-08-08), today at Beijing at the national stadium, decorated as a “bird’s nest” Already Chinese receptionists sporting Hindu (Indian) names are greeting batches of Indian surprised competitors, with good food and a home stay of 18  

In Pakistan, there is a tradition of Army General dismissing a national Premier and becoming President, or the President dismissing the Premier (who  

If you see 08-08-08 written in a desk calendar or a daily newspaper or a letterhead, it is a blessed day. August month is famous for ‘quit India’ movement and Independence Day. In 60 years, we are still dependent upon nuclear energy and crude oil on world markets. We export  

You may remember an year ago, some foreign land autorickshaws had appeared in a race on the West Coast. If not the same, similar foreign brand auto-rickshaws have made their appearance on Mangalore-Udupi roads in a rally on Thursday with a hacked back and a hijack