Karnataka

New Delhi, Sept 28: The Supreme Court Friday allowed entry of women of all ages into the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala. The five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in its 4:1 verdict, said banning entry of women to Kerala's Sabarimala temple is gender discrimination and the practice violates rights of Hindu women. It said religion is a way of life basically to

Mangaluru, Sept 28: A local court here has sentenced a man from Puttur taluk to rigorous life imprisonment after finding him guilty of murdering his own father nearly two years ago. The convict is Aboobakker aka Monu, a resident of Hirebandadi near Uppinangady in Puttur of Dakshina Kannada district. The verdict was pronounced on Thursday by the fifth additional district and sessions court judge

Dubai: Beulah Ruth Pinto, a 15-year-old girl hailing from Mangaluru, bagged the UAE’s 2nd most talented child award in a talent contest ‘BurJuman’s Rising Stars’ hosted by Burjuman Centre, Dubai. The finals were held on September 21. Beulah took part in the 4-16 years age category open for all languages, all nationalities, and any talent and got past the mega-audition among 500 participants across

Mangaluru, Sept 28: A 32-year-old man was arrested by sleuths of City Crime Branch (CCB) on Thursday when he was allegedly trying to sell the banned Methylene Dioxy Methamphetamine (MDMA) tablets. Mangaluru City Police Commissioner T R Suresh said that following a tip-off, the sleuths zeroed in on Muhammad Shafi, 32, a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal and seized 90grams of MDMA tablets valued at

Udupi, Sept 28: A unit of the thermal power plant of Udupi Power Corporation Ltd. (UPCL) stopped functioning due to a blast in its transformer at Yellur in Udupi district on Wednesday. Priyanka Mary Francis, Deputy Commissioner, said on Thursday that the blast occurred around 9.20 a.m. Sources said the exact cause of the blast was being examined by a technical team and that it was a minor incident

Mangaluru, Sept 28: Class Teacher, a Kannada book written by Kannada lecturer Kaleemullah, has been chosen for the Muslim Sahitya Prashasti instituted by Karnataka Muslim Lekhakara Sangha for 2016. A rank holder and gold medallist in M.A. Kannada, Mr Kaleemullah, has obtained M. Phil as well as doctor of philosophy from Kuvempu University. For past 22 years he has been working in Shivamogga

Mangaluru, Sept 27: Bowing down to the pressure from various organizations, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Director of Public Instruction Y. Shivaramaiah on Thursday modified his earlier order and said the vacation will be between October 7 and October 21. While declaring the mid-term vacation between October 7 and October 21, the State government had empowered Deputy Directors of Public Instruction to

Mangaluru, Sep 27: City-based entrepreneur P B Abdul Hameed was unanimously elected president of the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Mangaluru, for 2018-19 at the 78th annual general meeting held on Thursday. He is taking over the responsibility from Vathika Pai. The other newly elected office bearers are: Isaac Vas (Vice-President), M Ganesh Kamath (Hon. Treasurer), Shashidhar Pai

Mangaluru, Sept 27: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has finally filed a chargesheet against Prabhakar Bhat, the RSS veteran from Kalladka, Sri Raghaveshwara Bharati, the pontiff of Ramachandrapura Mutt and Shiva Shankara Bhat, the president of Puttur Havyaka Valaya Bonantaya in connection with a suicide that took place in 2014. The trio has been charged under IPC Sections 306 (abetment

Mangaluru, Sept 27: A girl student of a private dental college at Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district has allegedly committed suicide under mysterious circumstances. The deceased has been identified as Sneha A Thompson, a native of Kerala. She was pursuing BDS at KVG Dental College and Hospital in Sullia. She was staying in a rented room at Kaveri Arcade on KVG Road in Sullia. It is learnt that on