BJP, Congress divvy up Mangalore on religious lines

The battle for the coastal city of Mangalore is clearly polarised on communal lines. Vicky Nanjappa reports The coastal city of Mangalore is turning into a major battleground between the Bharatiya......

'Hindutva is the language you speak today'

'Education played the most significant role in entrenchment of Hindutva ideology in coastal Karnataka.' 'Teachers of most of the schools, junior colleges, degree colleges and universities are......

Why BJP Retained Coastal Karnataka

'We will win all the 28 Lok Sabha seats in 2024.' IMAGE: A Bharatiya Janata Party road show in Suratkal in the Mangaluru City North constituency Photograph: Kind courtesy Dr Bharath Shetty......

Mangalore: Has attack on women, church done the BJP in?

From a four-each score in 2008 to a 7-1 drubbing in 2013, the BJP, which had once proclaimed that Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka is its stronghold, appears to be on a weak footing today.......

Infosys eyes growth in smaller cities

Software major Infosys was eyeing Tier-II cities like Tiruchirapalli and Madurai in Tamil Nadu for its expansion once the global economy recovered from the current recession, a top company official......

Tier-II cities have to wait for attention

Metros and tier-I cities still have a lot of real estate traction in them. So tier-II cities may have to wait for another couple of years to get their share of investments. For both tier-I and......

Lost in a city? Try Wikimapia.org

How often is that you have to visit a friend whose house you have not visited in the past, in a part of town you are not familiar with? How do you get there? The way I do it is to land up at the......

PVR to hike ticket prices

"Ticket prices might go up by 8-10 per cent across the circuit in the country this year. You have to maintain your margins...until and unless you want your margins to be squeezed, you cannot hold......

They sang for Bush and the Queen!

The last time they sang together in public, Manu Narayan and Anisha Nagarajan had President Bush, Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair in the audience. The lead players from the Broadway version of the......