Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sep 3: For nearly a month, as over 40 children – all of them from a madrasa here – created a ruckus in the Government Boys’ Home, their parents and guardians ran from pillar to post to convince officials that their wards were not being trafficked. Surprisingly, as officials shifted the children from Chennai – where they had been detained on August 8 – to the city, the parents were

Mangaluru, Sep 3: A prominent builder in the city has been accused of threatening surveyors with his pistol at Padushedde village in Bondel on the outskirts of the city. Ashok Kumar Rai, the owner of Rai Estate and Builders, is the accused. On the other hand Mr Rai has accused the group of surveyors of venturing into his property and assaulting him. According to a complaint filed by Vijayprasad

Mangaluru, Sep 3: A cancer patient from West Bengal, who had been helplessly loitering in the city for a few days after a private hospital reportedly refused to admit him, was finally admitted to Government Wenlock Hospital, Mangaluru, by UT Khader, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Karnataka. The patient, who seemed to be mentally unstable, identified himself as Shubhankar, resident of Nadia

Udupi, Sep 3: Two persons who were being treated for severe burns — sustained following the explosion of a bullet tanker at Bargi village, near Kumta, in Uttara Kannada district on Tuesday — died at the Kasturba Hospital in Manipal on Wednesday. With this the death toll in the incident has gone up to three. All the three victims belonged to one family. While 84-year-old Nagaveni Patagar died on

Kasaragod, Sep 3: The stalled works of the laying of gas pipeline by the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) have resumed in the Kaasaragod district with the works commencing in the four-km long stretch at Ambalathara in Hosdurg taluk. The works of the ambitious Kochi-Mangaluru gas pipe line project began after the Kerala state government evinced keen interest to resume the works. The aim is to

Bengaluru: Sep 3: The Congress was thrown into a tizzy on Wednesday after JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda told the party to drop the controversial agenda of restructuring BBMP, to facilitate an alliance in the council. Unlike Gowda, his son H?D?Kumaraswamy was vocal on the condition. He said if the Congress wants to align with his party, then the restructuring decision should be off. Gowda is

Bengaluru, Sep 3: Some similarities in the killing of Kannada scholar M M Kalburgi in Dharwad, rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Kolhapur and CPI leader Govind Pansare in Pune have prompted Karnataka and Maharashtra to consider forming a Joint Special Investigation Team to probe the three sensational murders. Authoritative sources in the Karnataka and Maharashtra police have told Deccan Herald

Ajman, Sep 2: Gulf Medical University, the region’s leading private medical university owned and operated by Thumbay Group, honored three leading surgeons from GMC Hospital, Ajman, with “Award of Excellence in Healthcare” on 2nd September 2015. Mr. Thumbay Moideen, Founder President Thumbay Group presented the awards. Mr. Akbar Moideen Thumbay, Director Healthcare Division of Thumbay Group and

Mangaluru, Sep 2: A youth drowned while his four friends were rescued by locals after they had gone for a swim at a pond in Someshwar in Mangaluru taluk on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Naveen (32), son of Jossie D’Souza, a resident of Chembugudde near Thokottu. He was youngest among five children of his parents. He was supposed to get married in December this year. Four others

Mangaluru, Sep 2: A major fire broke out at a garment shop on the Market Road in the city on Wednesday causing a huge loss to the owner. The inferno started destroyed garments stored inside Bharath Collections located on the first floor of the Jayanti Complex near cities popular vegetable market in the evening. A short circuit led to the fire mishap, according to Hari Singh, the owner of the