Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 22: The centenarian crusader of afforestation ‘Saalumarada’ Thimmakka, who is a living inspiration for environmentalists, on Saturday released ‘Hasiru Thorana’ – a compilation of essays, stories and poems on the environment and its conservation written by the students of St Joseph College, Jeppu at a book release programme ‘Chintana Sinchana’ held in the college premises. The woman

Bengaluru, Aug 22: As many as people in the latest voter list in Bengaluru are aged 120 years or more, as per an analysis by a retired naval officer, P G Bhat, who has developed a software to document errors in electoral rolls. This and other glaring errors abound in the voter list. There are wrong entries, duplication of voter identity cards, wrong gender, interchanged photographs and mismatched

Bengaluru, Aug 22: With the intention of providing reliable transport service to commuters in the state capital without the usual haggling and extra charges, a city-based NGO called Salaam Centre has introduced few auto-rickshaws which have been plying for over a month in the city. Although a few in number, the NGO Salaam Centre aims to change the trend of auto drivers charging extra money from

Bengaluru: Aug 22: Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra on Friday said that an all-party delegation, led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 24 at 4 pm in Delhi. Speaking to reporters, the minister said, “The delegation will urge Modi to provide financial assistance to the State for dealing with drought situation and seek

Kasaragod, Aug 22: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, a one-year-old boy died after an unsecured television fell on his at a home in Kerala. The deceased has been identified as Arnav (1), son of KP Unnikrishnan, a resident of Kanhangad in Kasaragod district. The tragedy took place at a staff quarters belonging to a company in Ernakulam on Friday. An engineer by profession Unnikrishnan had been to

Riyadh, Aug 22: In a major step toward preventing the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) among pilgrims, the Kingdom will impose a ban on sacrificing camels as part of the Haj rituals this year. As part of the pilgrimage, each person must sacrifice or pay for part of the sacrifice of a sheep, goat, cow or camel. The cooked meat is then shared with the poor across the

Mangaluru, Aug 22: Welcoming the state government's move to constitute an official committee headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada AB Ibrahim to deliberate on the pollution caused by the coke and sulphur manufacturing units in the Phase III of Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemical Limited (MRPL) and its harmful consequences after ten months of struggle, members of the Nagarika

Udupi, Aug 21: The Pejawar Mutt performed the ‘Kattige Muhurta,’ the third of the preliminaries before the next Paryaya festival, here on Friday. Elaborate rituals marked the event. Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt will be ascending the ‘Paryaya Peetha’ also called the ‘Sarvajna Peetha’ at the 800-year-old Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple, on January 18, 2016. It will be his fifth Paryaya. The 84

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Bengaluru based regional airline Air Pegasus has started its operations on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru-Mangaluru sector. The debut flight was launched at Mangaluru International Airport on Friday in the presence of Airport director JT Radhakrishna, and airlines managing director Syson Thomas. Mathai PU, regional deputy commissioner of security from Hyderabad was also present on the

Mangaluru, Aug 21: A senior lineman was electrocuted to death and his colleague suffered critical injuries while they were working atop an electric pole near AB Shetty Circle in the heart of the city of Mangaluru on Friday. The victim has been identified as Alexander Pias (50), a resident of Derebail. His colleague Narayan (42), a resident of Subramanya, is recovering at a hospital. According to