Karnataka

Mangalore, February 1: Mangalore assistant commissioner Prabhuling Kavalikatti on Monday suspended the Kavoor village accountant Shivanand Natekal for misbehaving with a Dalit woman. Natekal was arrested last week under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on the charge of seeking sexual favours from Nethravathi, an SC woman. Nethravathi had applied for a caste

Mangalore, January 31: Although Justice Somasekhara Commission report on attacks on places of worships in the state is apparently biased and prepared in the interest of the ruling government, no one should forget that it clearly mentioned that Bajarang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishath have directly involved in attack against around ten Christian centres, pointed out Advocate MP Noronha. He unearthed

Mangalore, January 31: The state government should fulfill its promise of giving greater freedom and power to Lokayukta to accomplish various tasks, said Lok Ayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde. He was speaking after laying foundation stone for the proposed new office building for the Dakshina Kannada division of Karnataka Lokayukta near Zilla Panchayat here on Monday. He said it is impossible for the

Mangalore, January 31: A customs officer ended his life at his residence near Kadri Road here on Sunday evening. The deceased has been identified as Shivaprasad (45), a native of Puttur, who was working as Customs Superintendent in the city since past five years. Police sources said that Shivaprasad took this extreme step after entering his bedroom in the pretext of taking rest. “At around 4 pm

Udupi, January 30: Central government has approved the proposal of reserving 20 per cent of seats in Engineering Colleges to the diploma holders trained in polytechnics, said Higher Education Minister Dr VS Acharya. He was speaking as the chief guest at the formal inauguration of Sri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology at Bantakal, near here on Saturday evening. He said that as many as 8,087

Mangalore, January 30: A person has lodged a private case against eight persons including Kudroli ward Corporator M Abdul Azeez, at second additional CJM court here, official sources said. The other accused are Venkatesh N Rao (48), Abdul Khadir Beary (57), Sahool (35), Navaz (27), Chelli (20), Kaliya (19) and M K Haneef. The complainant MV Riyaz accused them of land grabbing, producing fake

Kasaragod, January 29: Indian Union Muslim League Kerala state general secretary and former minister P K Kunhalikutty told media persons in his residence in Malappuram on Saturday that he was facing death threat from quotation gangs ( hired killers) from Mangalore. Media persons called on him in his residence on Saturday following reports that his personal security gunman had reported that

Mangalore/Bangalore, January 28: The Justice B K Somashekara Commission, appointed by the state government to investigate the church attacks of 2008, has given a clean chit to the BJP, Sangha Parivar and the state government. “There is no basis to the apprehension of petitioners that politicians, BJP, Sangha Parivar and the state government are directly or indirectly involved in the attacks”, the

Mangalore, January 23: Assayyid Fazal Hamid Koyamma Thangal Koorath son of Ullal Qazi Thajul Ulama Assayyid Abdurrahman Al-Bukhari took charge as the new Assistant Qazi on Sunday at the premises of Ullal Dargah. Thajul Ulama crowned the Assistant Qazi with the new responsibility by placing a turban on his head symbolizing the assumption of charge. Popularly known as 'Koora Thangal', he has been in

Mangalore, January 22: Congress leader Ivan D'Souza on Saturday accused the Mangalore police of directly involving in the state-wide bundh called by Bharatiya Janata party rather than maintaining law and order in the coastal city. Addressing media persons at the district Congress office, D'Souza said police have led the shutting down campaign in many parts of the city. “Many owners were forced to