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Mangalore, Aug 3: 'Laksha Vruksha' – a state-level afforestation campaign jointly undertaken by Karnataka Forest Department, Mangalore, Karnataka Environment and Ecology Department, and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Mangalore, was inaugurated by Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology B Ramanath Rai at a programme at the Town Hall here on Saturday. Speaking after

Mangalore, Aug 3: Sri Ram Sena has accused police in Dakshina Kannada of failing to control the increasing cattle theft cases across the district. Kumar Malemar, a leader of Sena, speaking at a press conference here on Saturday said that even though the illegal cattle transportation and slaughtering are increasing in the district police have remained a mute spectator. This indicates that police

Mangalore, Aug 3: Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai has issued a stern warning against violation of law or taking law into the hands especially during sensitive issues such as cattle transportation. Stating that both 'illegal' cattle transportation and attacks against them are punishable offenses, Mr Rai said that people should allow concerned departments to perform their

Mangalore, Aug 3: Vanya Charana Balaga (Wild Trekking Club) has urged the state government to axe the Netravathi river diversion project on the grounds that it would endanger a vast portion of the Western Ghats. The Yettinhole project or Netravathi diversion project poses a major threat to the Western Ghats which is a rich source of water and the biodiversity in it. In the pretext of development

Mangalore, Aug 3: The state government has transferred Udupi district information office M Junjanna. Mr Junjanna had been working in Udupi for past 10 years. B A Khader Shah, a Mangalorean, who was working as Chikmagalur district information officer for past three years will be replacing Mr Junjanna. Hassan district information officer Vinod Chandra will be taking additional charge in Chikmagalur

Bangalore, Aug 3: A woman was stabbed to death by an unidentified assailant in front of her five-year-old daughter at her J P Nagar residence on Thursday. The incident came to light after Jyothilakshmi's parents tried in vain to contact her on Thursday night. She did not take their calls. “On Friday morning, I asked my friend Nagaraj, who stays in the same layout, to call on my daughter and ask

Riyadh, Aug 3: The soon-to-be-launched “Peace Mobile,” an Islamic smartphone, is a useful media gadget that reconciles Qur'an with modern science. The smartphone was invented by Dr. Zakir Naik, an internationally renowned public speaker on Islam and comparative religion, and is ready to be launched internationally in the last week of Ramadan. Demand for the Islamic handset is scaling among Muslims

Mangalore, Aug 3: Muslim Souharda Vedike South India (MSVSI) has urged the present Congress-led state government to change their stance on People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, an accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, MSVSI secretary S M Basheer Ahmed said that the stance taken by the state government was alarming

Bangalore, Aug 3: The Congress on Friday decided to field D K Suresh, brother of former Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar, from Bangalore Rural Parliamentary constituency, while Kannada actor Ramya is likely to enter the electoral battle for the party from the Mandya Lok Sabha segment. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka State Congress President G Parameshwara, who held a meeting with the

Mangalore, Aug 2: Unidentified persons fired at an entrepreneur in the city creating panic among the residents on Friday evening. The incident occurred at around 5:45 p.m. when Vijayendra Bhat, a businessman and resident of V T Road, Mangalore, was driving his Mahindra Scorpio, bearing registration number KA 44 N 11, towards Ballal Bagh. Sources said that two the miscreants, who came on a black