Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 15: Three persons allegedly involved in stealing pick-up vehicles from the district and using it for the illegal sand transportation in Kumbla and other parts of Kerala were on Wednesday arrested by the Dakshina Kannada district police. The arrested have been identified as Moiuddin Sharif (26), Dawood Zaleel (21) and Moieddin Irshad (21) from Kumbla in Kerala. They were allegedly

Mangaluru, Jul 15: Research should be taken as a passion and hobby, not only as knowledge for learning, said Dr Harsh Vardhan Batra, Director of Defence Food Research Laboratory, Mysuru. He was the guest of honour for the inauguration of the Loyola Centre for Research and Innovation (LCRI) of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru. Dr Batra appreciated the research infrastructure of the

Bengaluru, Jul 15: CBI sleuths today arrested Congress MLA Anil Lad, representing Ballari city in the Assembly, for allegedly exporting iron ore illegally from Belikere port. "Yes, Anil Lad has been arrested by our officials after he was summoned for interrogation at our headquarters in Bengaluru. He is being accused of exporting iron ore illegally from Belikere port," a CBI spokesperson told PTI

Panaji, July 15: Authorities in North Goa and South Goa districts have renewed the ban on the entry of Pramod Muthalik, chief of the Mangaluru-based Hindu right-wing organisation Sri Rama Sene, a government official said on Wednesday. "Muthalik and his associates from the Sri Rama Sene have been banned from entering the two districts of Goa for 60 days from July 16 (Thursday) onwards as his

Mangaluru, Jul 15: The Tulu, Konkani and Beary linguistic academies of Karnataka will be jointly organising ‘Sangama Sambhrama-2015’, a two-day state-level cultural conference in association with Department of Kannada and Culture in this month. “Contemporary Crisis and Cultural Response” will be the central theme of the conference scheduled to be held on July 25 and 26 at Cha Fra D'Costa Sangama

Udupi, Jul 15: A man who had ordered a cell phone from an online portal opened the package to find a stone, and decided to file a case as the courier company that despatched the parcel disowned responsibility. This is the third incident of a stone being received by a customer in recent months in Udupi. Dr Savio D'Souza, a resident of Shankerapura village in Udupi taluk, who works at Kasturba

Mangaluru: Jul 15: Stating that compromise in sexual assault cases is against law, Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police S D Sharanappa exhorted the victims not to hesitate to complain against the culprits. During a recently grievance meeting at his office, the SP warned that any attempt to conceal sexual assault incidents is punishable offence. Anyone who comes across the incident should

Udupi, Jul 15: People cutting across social religious lines took part at an interfaith iftar get-together was organised Jamiyyatul Falah Udupi Unit at Hafsa Auditorium, Udyavara, Udupi. Sri Lakshmivara Theertha Swamiji, Shirur Mutt, Udupi; Rev. Fr William Martis, Director, Inter Religion dialogue Diocese of Udupi and Abdussalam Uppinangadi, Regional organizer, Jamat-e-Islam, Udupi were the

New Delhi, Jul 15: No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday put on sale 1 lakh seats on its select domestic flights for just Re 1 excluding taxes and fees under a limited offer period that allows the customers to undertake travel from July 15 to March 31 next year. The three-day offer, for which the bookings start from tomorrow, however, comes with a rider, the airline said in a release. "SpiceJet

Bengaluru, Jul 15: Volvo buses 'Made in Karnataka' will soon hit European roads. Volvo Buses, the bus-making arm of Swedish automobile major Volvo, is planning to export buses manufactured in its Hoskote facility to Europe. According to the company, the buses will be used for inter-city transport in various European countries. Volvo Buses had already made an additional investment of Rs. 400 crore