Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 4: At least five vehicles were damaged in a serial accident at Nellikai road near State Bank bus terminus in the city on Saturday morning. Fortunately, non one sustained major injuries in the accident. However, a customer had a close shave when a mini 407 crashed into the board of a sanitary shop after hitting five vehicles. The driver of the tempo lost control over his vehicle at

Mangaluru, Jul 4: Around 35 persons including activist and Jokatte Citizens Action Committee leader Muneer Katipalla were taken into custody by police on Saturday on charges of obstructing Mangalore Special Economic Zone Limited. Mr Katipalla, who is also the Karnataka State unit president of Democratic Youth Federation of India, and dozens of residents of Jokatte under the banner of Citizens

Jaipur, Jul 4: Relatives of the four-year-old girl, killed in a car crash with Hema Malini’s Mercedes, have alleged that the child was lying at the accident spot for nearly 20 minutes and could have been saved had she been taken to the hospital along with the BJP MP. “Hema Malini was taken to a hospital in Dausa by a doctor immediately after the incident. He then took her to Fortis hospital while

Bengaluru, Jul 4: In a gruesome incident, three members of a sand mafia chopped off the hand of a housewife after they allegedly mistook her for the wife of their rival at Herohalli, Tavarekere, on the outskirts of the city. The victim, Mangala Gowri (38), is now undergoing treatment at a private hospital. Though the police have surgically joined her severed left hand, which was chopped off, the

Abu Dhabi, Jul 4: The Kannada unit of Islamic Cultural Center, Abu Dhabi, conducted an iftar meet recently in Madinat Zayed Lulu hall, here. Mohammed kunhi, manager of Shanthi Prakashana, Mangaluru, and khatheeb of Masjidul Huda Thokkotu, was the chief guest. Speaking about the importance of fasting in various religions, he said fasting is observed by different religion in different ways. It

Mangaluru, Jul 4: Hundreds of residents of Jokatte on Friday managed to stall the ongoing work of Mangalore Special Economic Zone in their village by brining machines to a halt. The residents, under the banner of Citizens’ Action Committee, have protesting against MRPL coke and sulphur units on the ground that is causing massive hazardous pollution in their village. In the wee hours of Friday when

Mangaluru, Jul 4: In a shocking incident, a civil liberties activist in the city was died following an altercation at a police station. David D’Souza, DK district president of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, died at the Mangaluru Rural police station on Thursday night, revealed Stany Fernandes, an eye witness. It is learnt that Mr. D’Souza had accompanied his friend Mr Fernandes, who was

Mangaluru, Jul 4: The Campus Front of India, Karnataka, has kicked off its annual membership campaign for 2015-16 themed as ‘C+ve: Positive Changes in Campus’. The campaign shall be simultaneously conducted alongside the annual Scholarship campaign. The main aim of this campaign is too enroll new members for campus while imbibing the positive values in the students and promote a sense of students’

Kasaragod, Jul 4: The police have managed to arrest one more person in connection with the murder of Shahul Hameed, 28, near Uduma, on May 12. Hameed, a Gulf returnee, was attacked along with his brother by a group of people on May 12 in front of a school at Uduma, near Arattukadavu, as they were returning home on a motorbike. Shahid, 22, a resident of Uduma, against whom a lookout notice had been

Mangaluru, Jul 4: The woes and misery of residents in Jokatte village have been renewed as fresh layers of thick black coke dust from the coke and sulphur manufacturing units of MRPL has manifested itself on the roofs of these residents. Responding to this incident, a delegation of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board arrived at the village on the request of the helpless residents and conducted