Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 25: For the second time in a year Mangaluru city traffic police on Thursday created a "green corridor" to facilitate unhindered transport of a brain dead donor's vital organ from a private hospital here to the Mangaluru International airport. The harvested organs belonged to Vinith Raj, son of Krishna and Geetha Moolya, from Manjeshwar in Kasaragod district. The 19-year-old

New Delhi, Feb 25: Pulling up the Karnataka BJP leaders for their failure to put up an aggressive fight against the Congress-led government in the State, the party top brass has directed them to expose the misdeeds' of the Siddaramaiah government by organising rallies. BJP national president Amit Shah, who chaired a meeting of senior leaders of the party from Karnataka here late on Tuesday night

Dubai, Feb 25: People posting pictures of others on social media networks without their permission could be jailed for six months and fined up to Dh500,000 under the UAE's IT law. Many social media users are not aware of such a law, says a senior Dubai Police officer. "Some people do not know that if they photograph a person and post the picture on social networks or other electronic devices, it

Chikkamagaluru/Davangere, Feb 25: Heavy rain accompanied by gusty winds lashed Chikkamagaluru and surrounding places for about two hours on Wednesday. The first rain of the season arrived with gusto as it poured uninterrupted. Rain water gushed into low-lying areas while roads were waterlogged due to clogged stormwater drains. There were reports of heavy rain in the hill ranges of Bababudangiri

Mangaluru, Feb 25: A rare white python recently rescued at Kuppepadavu, near Yedapadavu, on the outskirts of Mangaluru now found a new home in the Pilikula Biological Park at Dr Shivarama Karantha Pilikula Nisargadhama. The python measuring nearly six feet in length and around three years old has been kept under quarantine to observe whether it had any disease and also to help it adjust to the

Mangaluru, Feb 24: “Good stories are a product of daydreaming and to be a good writer one needs to continuously feed the daydreaming mind,” said internationally acclaimed author Dr Kunal Basu. He was addressing the delegates of National Seminar on Dislocation, Identities, Multiculturism and the Diaspora' organized by the Post Graduate Department of English, St Aloysius College in association with

Udupi, Feb 24: The police arrested a bill collector working at the Sri Mookambika Temple and recovered gold ornaments worth Rs. 12.45 lakh from him at Kollur in Udupi district on Wednesday. The bill collector, Shivaram B., used to take away gold ornaments donated by devotees to the temple and pledge them in various financial institutions to lead a life of ease. The Sri Mookambika Temple is one of

Mangaluru, Feb 24: In a tragic incident, two youths from Bantwal taluk lost their lives and four others sustained severe injuries when the car in which they were travelling met with an accident near Madikeri on Wednesday. The victims have been identified as Mohammed Shafiq (20), son of Sadiq Farangipet, who is currently residing at Thumbe and Sameer (21) son of Ibrahim, a resident of Kumpanamajalu

Udupi, Feb 24: Accepting moral responsibility for the defeat of Congress in the zilla and taluk panchayat elections in Udupi, Byndoor MLA K Gopal Poojary has resigned from the post of District Congress Committee president. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained the Udupi Zilla Panchayat and the three taluk panchayats of Udupi, Kundapur and Karkala with an increased majority. Mr. Poojary said

Mangaluru, Feb 24: Rasheeda Banu, a lecturer at a private degree college in Ullal, is probably the only member in Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat who holds a master degree in political science. This hijab-clad woman managed to defeat her closest rival Poornima Shetty of BJP with a margin of 4,580 votes in Konaje seat in just concluded panchayat polls. Seema Melwyn D'Souza and Rasheeda Banu A rank