Karnataka

Aligarh (UP), Aug 23: After Maggi, the Uttar Pradesh Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has found excess lead in Yippee noodles of domestic giant ITC Ltd and will soon file a case. The FDA said that the samples of Yippee noodles, seized from a local mall here, have been found to contain lead "far in excess to the permissible limit". "The laboratory report for these samples, which were received here

Mangaluru, Aug 23: By establishing Bearys Institute of Technology and Bearys Enviro-Architecture Design School (BEADS), the Bearys group has not only popularized the Inoli Padavu village of Mangaluru taluk, but also has opened the door of opportunities for new generation, said Satheesh Acharya, president, Boliyar Gram Panchayat. He was speaking after inaugurating the ‘Butterfly’ a cafeteria set up

Udupi, Aug 23: Two persons were killed in as many road mishaps occurred in Udupi district on Saturday. Raghav Poojary was killed in a collision between a motorbike and a car at Pangala village on National Highway 66 near Kaup on Saturday. According to the police, Raghav was on his way from Kaup to Pangala when the accident took place near Vijaya Bank at Pangala. Raghav was thrown off his bike and

Mangaluru, Aug 23: Visa-on-arrival facility should be introduced at Mangalore International Airport to attract more tourists and visitors, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare U.T. Khader. Speaking after inaugurating the Yenepoya Ayush Centre here, the minister said that health department would urge the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Aviation to provide visa-on

Kasaragod, Aug 23: Exposing the chinks in entrusting private agencies with setting up and maintaining hundreds of ATMs attached to leading banks, police in a deft operation arrested a service engineer throwing light into the looting of Rs.3.50 lakh from three ATMs in recent months in the district. C.G. Vinod, 25, working as service engineer of a Kochi-based firm engaged in setting up ATM counters

Mangaluru, Aug 23: A contractor was injured on his face, chest and legs after a miscreant attacked him with acid in Ninnikallu near Laila in Belthangady taluk on Saturday. According to the police, the victim Ashok (36), who was also known for catching snakes, was allegedly attacked by Shaju, who works in the rubber plantations. Ashok had reportedly taken Shaju to task for teasing one of his cousin

Bengaluru, Aug 22: Only half of the 73.88 lakh voters in City exercised their franchise in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)?elections held on Saturday. BBMP Commissioner G Kumar Naik, who is also the district election officer, said the polling trends suggest that the voter turnout could be around 50 per cent, which is quite encouraging. “We have received details from only 40 to 45 of

Mangaluru, Aug 22: The Dakshina Kannada Regional Transport Authority (RTA) has finally shown green signal to the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) to operate 18 buses from State Bank bus terminus, as city services under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), against the 35 buses sanctioned for the city by the Union government. Chairing the Regional Transport

Bengaluru, Aug 22: The deficient southwest monsoon has led to reduced power production forcing the Sate to resort to scheduled load-shedding in the next few days. The State government may have directed Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) to ensure effective power supply till Saturday, the day of polling for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike elections, but many areas of Bengaluru

Mangaluru, Aug 22: Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (KCA), Manipal Media Network Ltd, Manipal and Department of Information and Public Relations will jointly organise a symposium on ‘Challenges faced by Kannada film industry’ along with a Tulu Film Festival on August 29 in Manipal, Udupi district. Announcing this at a press conference here on Saturday, KCA chairman S V Rajendra Singh Babu said that