KARWAR: The assembly election results in Uttara Kannada district is a big blow forand JD(S). The results have exposed the vulnerability of the parties in the district. BJP which was boasting that Uttara Kannada is its pocket borough has suffered a humiliating defeat, while JDS has been completely routed.The infighting and groupism within BJP was its biggest enemy, BJP insiders say. A pall of gloom...

Source : Times Of India | 41 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Uttara Kannada

Low turnout in Uttara Kannada compared to 2008

but disappointingly the final poll percentage was 3.71% less than that of 2008 assembly polls (69.22%). Though the percentage was about 60 at 5 pm, it never picked up thereafter.The polling began at 7 am and the voters got extra one hour to vote that means the polling ended at 6 pm instead of 5 pm. In some areas the poling was very slow, whereas long queues were found before the polling booths in some...

Source : Times Of India | 44 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Uttara Kannada

Come rain or shine, Siddis will vote

Haliyal: Nothing has changed for Siddis, a tribe of African descent, who live in the hamlets of Gadigera, Wada and Rayapatna in Haliyal taluk of Uttara Kannada district. The polling booths are 2-4 km from Gardoli village, which has the largest population of Siddis in the area.The Haliyal assembly segment has 7,000 Siddi voters in 40 villages. Gardoli, Gadigera, Wada and Rayapatna account for 500 of...

Source : Times Of India | 46 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Uttara Kannada

Karnataka polls: Come rain or shine, Siddis will vote

African descent, who live in the hamlets of Gadigera, Wada and Rayapatna in Haliyal taluk of Uttara Kannada district. The polling booths are 2-4km from Gardoli village, which has the largest population ofThe Haliyal assembly segment has 7,000 Siddi voters in 40 villages. Gardoli, Gadigera, Wada and Rayapatna account for 500 of these."Whatever the circumstances, Siddis have never refrained from voting....

Source : Times Of India | 46 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Uttara Kannada

4 of family killed as van hits truck

members of a family were killed when the car, a Maruti Omni van, in which they were travelling collided head on with a truck near Mudanagere Village in Ankola Taluk of Uttara Kannada District in Karnataka today.Police said two of them were killed on the spot with the other two succumbing to injuries on way to the hospital.The family members hailed from Bhatkal in the same district and were proceeding...

Source : Webindia123 | 59 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Uttara Kannada

Arecanut growers in state assured of support

Members of Parliaments from the Karnataka on Thursday met Union minister for agriculture Sharad Pawar in Delhi and urged him to provide special financial package to arecanut growers of Chikmagalur, Uttara Kannada, Shimoga and other districts of Western Ghats and help them overcome financial crises....

Source : Times Of India | 89 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Uttara Kannada

Sharad Pawar urged to come to the rescue of areca geowers in Kandapos;taka

has sought Centre's intervention to provide relief to areca growers in Uttara Kannada District, whose production had been hit by unseasonal rains and drought conditions.In a letter to Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, release to the press here, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar wanted the Union Minister toi take personal interest in mitigate the sufferings of the areca growers.He said that 'the...

Source : Webindia123 | 92 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Uttara Kannada

BJP got kickbacks for lifting sand export ban: Yeddyurappa

Former Chief Minister and Karnataka Janata Paksha President B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday alleged that the BJP has received kickbacks for lifting ban on the export of sand from coastal districts of the state."Without receiving kickbacks, the government could not have lifted the ban on sand export from coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi," Yeddyurappa alleged at a press c...

Source : India TV | 96 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Uttara Kannada

Siddis celebrate as Obama becomes US President

Siddi community of Gollehalli village in Uttar Kannada wore a festive look on Sunday to mark Barack Obama’s swearing-in as US president for the second time.GOLEHALLI, HALIYAL TALUK: Golehalli, a sleepy village tucked in the forested Haliyal taluk of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, wore a festive look on Sunday to mark Barack Obama'sfor the second time. The Siddi community, which believes that...

Source : Times Of India | 149 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Uttara Kannada

Karate classes in Uttara Kannada

KARWAR: To enable girls defend themselves in unpredictable situations like sexual assault, the department of women and child welfare in Uttara Kannada will start karate classes in each taluk of the district. The one-week training programme, which begins from January 26, will be provided free of cost.The programme will be organized jointly by the child development project officer and women and child...

Source : Times Of India | 153 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Uttara Kannada