Karnataka

Udupi, Sep 23: Sub-Inspector of Kota police HD Kabbalraj resigned from his post citing personal reasons, even as there were rumours that he had done so following “harassment” from higher officials. According to the police, Mr. Kabbalraj wrote to the IGP (Western Range) citing personal reasons behind the move. Later in the day, Udupi Superintendent of Police K T Balakrishna said that he had

Mangaluru, Sep 23: An employee of Kukke Subrahmanya temple has been arrested on charge of stealing money from donation boxes. The arrested is Halkura Gowda (50) who is in charge of counting donations made at the temple. He has been working in the temple for over two decades. The Subrahmanya police said that the Executive Officer of the temple filed a complaint on September 15 stating that some

Mangaluru, Sep 22: Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal, a prominent Sunni cleric of coastal Karnataka and the Khazi of Udupi district has called upon the madrasa students not to ignore the material education. Inaugurating the 20th anniversary of Dakshina Karnataka Sunni Centre (DKSC), Ibrahim Musliyar said that one should acquire material education along with religious education. He said that DKSC was formed

Mangaluru, Sep 22: Gilma, an exclusive showroom of kitchen appliances, was inaugurated near Radha Medicals at Bendoorwell in the heart of the city on Thursday, September 22. Sandesh Shetty, managing director of Tulu Nadu Chits Pvt Ltd, formally inaugurated the showroom. Franchise owner Vincent D'Costa's mother Lucy D'Costa lit the ceremonial lamp. Fr Joe Tauro, rector of Infant Jesus shrine

Singapore, Sep 22: Industrialist Mukesh Ambani was Thursday named India's richest person for a ninth year in a row with a sharp increase in networth to $22.7 billion, while Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi was ranked a distant second with a wealth of $16.9 billion. The Hinduja Family moved up to the third position ($15.2 billion) on the annual Forbes list of India's 100 Richest People. Wipro's Azim

Mangaluru, Sep 22: A fresh development in Dr K Shivarama Karanth Government College in Bellare, Sullia taluk, has hinted at Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's direct involvement in the anti-hijab agitation launched by a group of students nearly a month ago. For past two days, the saffron clad students of the college have been reportedly conducting Sangh Shakha' or the daily meetings of RSS within the

Moodbidri, Sep 22: Central Film Division, Bengaluru, Information & Publicity Dept, Mangaluru, Alva's Education Foundation and Alva's PG Studies in Mass Communication and Journalism jointly organizing Film Festival', screening of films selected in Bombay International Film Festival, from 24th September to 26th September, 2016, at Kuvempu Theatre, Vidyagiri. Legislator Abhaychandra Jain will

New Delhi, Sep 22: The National Green Tribunal's principal bench on Wednesday directed Karnataka to take permission from the environment authority before felling any tree in the Yettinahole Irrigation Project area. The bench, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, also asked the Karnataka government to submit proof of planting of saplings for cutting of trees at the rate of 10 saplings for each tree

Mangaluru, Sep 22: Police have arrested three persons for illegally transporting cattle and rescued five cattle near Subrahmanya Cross, under Subrahmanya police station, on the outskirts of Mangaluru. The arrested persons have been identified as Ismail, Umar Farooq and Mohammed Mustafa, residents of Derlakatte. Police officers who were on night patrolling on Tuesday questioned them and found out

New Delhi, Sep 22: India is talking to Saudi Arabia and the UAE to fill half of the 1.5 million tons (mt) of the Mangalore strategic storage, along with Iranian crude, its oil minister said. Dharmendra Pradhan told a news conference India is exploring two to three other models for sourcing oil to fill the remainder of the storage. During Saudi Energy Minister Kahlid A. Al-Falih's visit to New