Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 24: The water woes of Mangaluru may come to an end if the Thumbe Vented Dam in Bantwal taluk continued to receive inflow for next two weeks. Last evening the water level rose to 6.3 ft against the maximum level of 13 ft. The release of water from the Nekkilady Vented Dam in Belthangady taluk has increased the inflow of water in the Thumbe Vented Dam. On May 20, the water level at

Mysuru, May 24: Former chief minister H?D?Kumaraswamy on Monday said a dalit woman who had been to meet chief minister Siddaramaiah during his janata darshan in Bengaluru on May 17 was humiliated.? Addressing a press conference here, Kumaraswamy said the woman went to meet chief minister along with her two children. She was made to wait for long till 8 pm, only to be packed off to a women's

Mangaluru, May 24: Nearly a month after he was chosen as the president of the management committee of the Ullal Juma Masjid and Sayyid Madani Dargah, Abdul Rasheed Haji Ullal has once again proved his majority. A peace meeting was held at Thakwa Masjid in the city between the members belonging to two groups of Dargah committee on Monday morning under the leadership of AP Aboobakar Ustad, the

Kolar, May 24: In a fresh case of honour killing, a minor college going girl was strangled to death by his father as she was in love with a lower-caste' boy at Kamatmpalli in Srinivaspur taluk of Kolar district. According to police, Reddy Priya (17) was studying in a private college in Srinivaspur and was courting Harish, who works at APMC yard in the town, for the past one year. The parents of

Mangaluru, May 24: Even though the Janata Dal (Secular) is yet to announce its candidate for the looming Rajya Sabha polls, the name of industrialist BM Farooq is doing rounds for the sole seat the party can win on its own. Mr Farooq, who holds an Engineering degree, is a well-known businessman and real-estate tycoon in Bengaluru and Mangaluru. He is a brother of Mangaluru North MLA Mohiuddin Bava

Mangaluru, May 23: Paul Alexander Rego, in-charge finance officer of Mangalore University, and a professor of economics, passed away at a private hospital here on Monday.He was 58 and is survived by his wife and two children. The funeral rites would be performed at Our Lady of Dolours Church in Vitla on Tuesday.With over 30-years of teaching experience, his area of specialisation was in

Mangaluru, May 23: Bhushan Gulabrao Borase took charge as the Superintendent of Police of Dakshina Kannada district (Rural) on Monday. Out-going SP SD Sharanappa formally handed over the charge to the new IPS officer at his office. Mr. Borase, a 2009-batch IPS officer from Maharashtra, had been working in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Bengaluru since January this year. Earlier he

Mangaluru, May 23: A youth, who was found on railway tracks at Ullal yesterday in a critical condition, succumbed to his injuries at district Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru today. The deceased has been identified as Nithesh Shetty (27), a resident of Kolya Kaneeruthota, near here. His sister Nita has lodged a murder complaint at Ullal police station. In her complaint, she has stated that the victim

Mangaluru, May 23: The Nethravati Rakshana Samyukta Samiti, an action committee fighting against the Yettinahole project, on Monday challenged U.T. Khader, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, for a debate with the experts of the samiti over the pros and cons of the project. Addressing presspersons here, K Vijaya Kumar Shetty, president of the samiti, said that it was unfortunate that the

Mangaluru, May 23: Sri Ramananda Swamiji of Sri Mookambika Mutt, Kolya passed away at a private hospital the city after a brief period of illness on Monday. 66-year-old religious leader was admitted to the hospital with high blood Pressure and diabetes. A large number of devotes attended his final rites on the mutt premises near Ullal. Ramananda Swamy was born in Mavinakatte village in Badiyadka