Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 2: With the deaths of two more H1N1 patients last week in Dakshina Kananda the toll in the twin districts has claimed up to 17 since January. Over five hundred patients have been tested positive in the twin districts for the swine flu. In Dakshina Kannada district alone the ‘influenza A’ has claimed 13 lives in the six months. A 58-year-old woman from Maripalla village and a 21-year

Mangaluru, Jul 2: The Mangaluru City Police have launched 'Operation Muskan', an initiative of the Central government to trace missing children and unite them with their parents. ‘Operation Muskaan’ was started in January 2015. The Centre has now asked the Karnataka police to take up the initiative. The Director General of Police, Om Prakash, has written to all senior police officers across the

Mangaluru, Jul 2: An estate owner from Madikeri has been allegedly duped to the tune of Rs 30 lakhs by a conman who had promised him MBBS seats for his daughters in a Mangaluru based medical college. The accused is Vikram Kumar, who owns a Career Guidance in K R Puram in Bengaluru. In a complaint with the Ullal police, M.G. Subbaiah said he received a call from Vikram assuring him of two MBBS

Mangaluru, Jul 2: In two separate cases, two persons died of suspected dengue fever in the Dakshina Kannada district. A youth named Harish (27), son of Annu Mogera residing in Kanapade quarters in Navoor village in Bantwal taluk died on Monday night, due to suspected dengue fever. Harish had been suffering from fever from the past 15 days and had been receiving medical treatment from a local

Belagavi, Jul 2: Corrupt elements in the office of the Karnataka Lokayukta didn’t just target low-ranking bureaucrats; they extorted money even from senior IAS officers, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy has claimed. Speaking about corruption in the Lokayukta, he explained to the Legislative Assembly the modus operandi reportedly used by corrupt elements in the Lokayukta. According to Kumaraswamy, two

Mangaluru, Jul 1: Man Booker prize winning author Aravind Adiga has donated Rs one crore to his alma mater, the Canara High School Association, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Adiga, who did his primary and secondary education from the institution, sent the cheque to the school yesterday. The association would utilise the money to set up endowments named after five teachers who founded

Mangaluru, Jul 1: In today's world where media outlets have a tendency to blow negative things out of proportion, it is the responsibility of media to uphold their credibility, said chairman of Alva's Educational Foundation Dr M Mohan Alva. Delivering the inaugural speech at a programme organised by Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists Union (DKDWJU), Mangaluru Press Club and Patrika

Riyadh, Jul 1: Saudi Arabia's billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal on Wednesday pledged his entire $32-billion (28.8-billion-euro) fortune to charitable projects over the coming years. The prince said in a statement that the "philanthropic pledge will help build bridges to foster cultural understanding, develop communities, empower women, enable youth, provide vital disaster relief and create a

Mangaluru, Jul 1: As many as seven persons allegedly linked to a communal outfit were apprehended by police in connection with an unprovoked assault on a group of Muslim youth at Munchoor near Surathkal on Tuesday evening. The arrested have been identified as Guru, Prabhakar, Santosh alias Santu, Naveena, Deva, Dinesha and Jagan. All of them are local residents, sources said. The arrests were made

Belagavi, Jul 1: Investigation into charges of corruption in the Lokayukta office cannnot be handed over to CBI unless the anti-graft body itself makes a request for it, Home Minister K J George said today. The probe has now been handed over to a Special Investigation team on the request of Lokayukta, George told reporters here. Lokayukta Bhaskar Rao is in the eye of a storm over charges of