Karnataka

Udupi, Oct 21: Freedom fighter Kote Laxminarayana Sharma passed away after a brief illness at his residence at Bantakal village in Udupi district on Wednesday. He was 97. He is survived by three sons and three daughters. He had participated in the Quit India movement in 1942. He used to work at the Congress office and the Khadi Bhandar in Bengaluru in 1949. He was imprisoned for nearly eight years

Mangaluru, Oct 21: The officers of Airport Customs, Mangalore, have effected the seizures of various contraband goods like, silver coated gold powder concealed in milk powder, saffron and foreign brand cigarettes in commercial quantity, in the last three days. All the said goods were attempted to be smuggled through Mangalore International Airport by passengers who had arrived from Dubai and

Mangaluru, Oct 21: The first Ro-Ro (Roll-on/Roll-off) service was launched at New Mangalore Port on Tuesday. With this the NMP became the first port to introduce RO-RO service in India via sea. Pure Car & Truck Carrier (PCTC) M.V. Maria India. A 160 metre long Ro-Ro ship with a capacity to carry up to 150 loaded trucks and 210 cars called at the port and started its operation. This vessel will be

Mangaluru, Oct 21: In an unfortunate incident, miscreants threw stones at the Noorul Islam Juma Masjid in Kumpala and broke the windows of the masjid. It is said that a gang of miscreants entered the compound of the masjid after 10 p.m. on Monday night and caused the unfortunate incident. The khateeb of the masjid informed that the miscreants threw stones and broke around 12 windows of the masjid

Mangaluru, Oct 21: KEF Infra, the infrastructure arm of the Singapore-based KEF Holdings, today delivered India’s first wholly factory-made residential project called “MeridiYEN” to Yenepoya University of Mangaluru. The project, comprising three 8-storey residential buildings covering an area of 1 lakh sq.ft, was completed in record nine months, and marks the successful initiation of a game

Mangaluru, Oct 21: In a rare occurrence, a heavily pregnant woman developed labour pain and gave birth to a healthy baby in an ambulance on the way to the hospital on Tuesday near Kalladka on the outskirts of the city. Ayesha, daughter of Ahammed, resident of Kuppetti in Karaya village near Uppinangady, delivered a healthy baby girl in the ambulance. Ayesha had developed slight labour contractions

Mysuru, Oct 21: Swashbuckling batsman Virender Sehwag, who has announced his retirement from international cricket, will be the star attraction as Haryana takes on Karnataka in a Group A Ranji Trophy match here tomorrow. The crowd here will be keenly anticipating a battle royal between the Nawab of Najafgarh and a formidable bowling lineup led by R Vinay Kumar and company, which includes Abhimanyu

Mangaluru, Oct 21: A head-on collision between a speeding car and a motorbike claimed the lives of two persons at Uchila near Ullal in Mangaluru taluk on Wednesday. The police have identified the deceased as Ibrahim (60) and Mohammed Ali (35), both residents of Uchila. The tragedy took place when the duo was going from Thokkottu towards Talapady. An Innova car bearing registration number DL 4C AE

Mangaluru, Oct 21: An elderly man from the coastal town of Bhatkal died on board an Air India Express flight that landed at Mangaluru International Airport in the early hours of Wednesday. Airport sources identified the deceased as Ibrahim Khaleel Ruknuddin (55), who had boarded the flight at King Fahad International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. It is learnt that the passenger was found

Bengaluru, Oct 21: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government has finally decided to officially observe India’s greatest freedom fighter and bravest king Tipu Sultan’s birth anniversary across the state. On Monday, the government issued an order stating Tipu’s birth anniversary will be observed on Nov 10 every year. The order states that the decision was taken following a long-pending