Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sep 9: The local villagers residing around Jokatte and nearby villages were in a state of anxiety and terror for a while, when a loud explosive sound was heard from the coke and sulphur units in the III Phase of Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) located near Jokatte on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday night. The incident occurred at around 9 p.m. on Tuesday

Bengaluru, Sep 9: A group of construction workers brutally assaulted a software engineer after he objected to the lewd comments they passed on his nine-year-old niece near Salarpuria Green Age Apartments in Bommanahalli on Tuesday. The victim is Adil Nadiadwala (25), a native of Mumbai, who had come to Bengaluru three months ago to live with his sister. Mr. Adil suffered multiple fractures and is

Hubballi, Sep 9: Accusing their college principal of having misbehaved with girl students during an industrial tour to Goa, a group of students assaulted him, ransacked his chamber and smashed his new car on Tuesday. Students picketed a prominent private college in the city, thrashed its principal, Anand M?Waddin, broke flower pots on the campus, ransacked his chamber, damaged windowpanes of the

New Delhi, Sep 8: Twenty Indians died in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on oil smugglers in Yemen, Reuters reported late on Tuesday. MEA was yet to confirm until late in the night if those killed were indeed Indians. India shut down its embassy in Yemen earlier this year, a fallout of the civil war which has engulfed the nation since the Iran- backed Houthi rebels seized capital Sanaa. All

Mangaluru, Sep 8: Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi on Tuesday arrived at Mangaluru International Airport and proceeded towards Ujire by road. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader came to the coastal district to take part in the annual graduation day ceremony of the SDM College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences on Wednesday. The members of the Dakshina Kannada district unit of AAP accorded

Mangaluru, Sep 8: The Dakshina Kannada unit of Campus Front of India (CFI) has demanded a CID investigation in the alleged suicide case of a B.Com. student in the girl's hostel of Alva's College in Moodbidri. In a press release, the unit said that there was suspicion in the unexpected death of Rakshita which was ruled as a suicide according to police reports. In the backdrop of similar cases

Mangaluru, Sep 8: Even though Narendra Modi led union government is accused of perusing anti-people policies, his Bharatiya Janata Party’s Karnataka unit is all set to take out a ‘Raita Chaitanya Yatre’ as part of its campaign to build public opinion against Siddaramaiah led Congress government in Karnataka. BJP’s “pro-farmer” rally in Karnataka comes amidst amidst ongoing protest by farmers

Mangaluru, Sep 8: As part of the selection of team members in 12 participating cricket teams in Amaco Mangalore Premier League (MPL) 2015, there will be a selection process of cricket players under the ‘C’ Category, at Mangaluru and Udupi on Sunday, said Karnataka Regional Cricket Academy (KRCA) chairman Mohammed Sirajuddin. Announcing this at a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that the

Mangaluru, Sep 8: Christains here celebrate the St. Mary’s feast in a unique way. It is the most important day for Konkani-speaking Christians who form a majority among Christians here. Special mass, processions, singing of hymns, and distribution of sugarcane marked the celebrations on Tuesday. Newly harvested crop was blessed on the occasion. Families save the blessed grain (rice) till next year

Hassan, Sep 8: Demanding action against a section of the people for allegedly abusing Dalit women for entering a temple and also attempting to assault them, residents from Shigaranahalli in Holenarasipur taluk staged a protest near the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Monday. The protesters alleged that 16 women, including four Dalit women, belonging to a self-help group, went to Basaveshwara