Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 10: Activists of Campus Front of India on Friday staged a protest demanding the closure of Mangalore One School for allegedly defending a rapist and trying to cover up the sexual abuse of a nursery kid. The protesters, who gathered in front of the school near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city, warned the management of the School to intensify their protest if it fails to shut

Bhatkal, Apr 10: With the increase in number of illegally built houses on encroached government land in Bhatkal taluk, revenue department officials on Thursday began the process of demolishing houses in Hurulisal (Survey No. 107, 108) in Venkatapura village in Jaali gram panchayat limits with the help of earthmovers amidst police security. This has sparked fear and anxiety among other encroachers

Mangaluru, Apr 10: Land Trades Builders and Developers’ luxury residential apartment-cum-commercial complex ‘Sai Prem’ located at Mannagudda in the city was inaugurated on Friday. Srinath Hebbar, the Managing Director of Land Trades and Developers welcomed the gathering. Inaugurating the programme, P Jayarama Bhat, managing director and CEO, of Karnataka Bank said hailed the contribution of Land

Bengaluru, Apr 10: Calling ban on beef as an act that was against the diverse food culture of our society, Left wing body Democratic Youth Federation of India and Dalit outfits on Thursday held a beef eating programme here that was attended by Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad. The event was organised in protest against the ban on beef in different parts of the country and also supported and attended

New Delhi, Apr 10: Agreeing that the recent attacks on religious places has "dented" the Narendra Modi government's image, Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said these were "unacceptable" and the government follows a "zero tolerance" policy against those disturbing communal harmony in the country. "We were pained when churches and other religious institutions were being

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 10: In a shocking incident highlighting apathy to human life, two youths, who saw a woman fainting on the rail track on seeing an approaching train, failed to rush to her help, but instead took out their mobiles to capture the ghastly scene of the train ramming her. The incident took place yesterday at Muttambalam in Kottayam. Railway officials said the woman, Laila

Bengaluru, Apr 10: In a shocking incident, a 24-year-old electrical engineer from Kerala, who had recently returned from Dubai, was found dead in Malur taluk of Kolar district, nearly two weeks after he went missing from a police station in Bengaluru under suspicious circumstances. His body was identified on Tuesday by his parents who flew down from the Gulf after being contacted by the police

Mangaluru, Apr 10: The launching ceremony of ‘Landmark Green County’, an affordable sea view apartment from Landmark Infratech will be held on April 11 at 7 p.m. in the city. Mayor of Mangaluru City Corporation Jecintha Alfred will launch the project. MLA J R Lobo has consented to preside over the function. MUDA chairman Ibrahim Kodichal, Corporator Kavitha Vasu and former Chairman of Karnataka

Udupi, Apr 10: A home maker suffered burns when her dress r caught fire due to a leakage from an LPG cylinder pipe at Hangalur village in Kundapur. Jascinta D’Souza (36) had gone to light the kerosene lamp during a power outage, when her dress caught fire due to a leakage from the cylinder pipe at around 9.30 p.m. on Wednesday, said P.M. Diwaker, Circle Police Inspector. The air pressure in the

Khanapur (Belagavi), Apr 10: Two brothers, aged four and three, believed to have locked themselves in a car while playing at Madigunji village in Khanapur taluk, were found dead on Thursday. Their sister survived. The medical officer who conducted the postmortem of the bodies opined that the children might have died of suffocation. However, Praveen Kamble, father of the deceased children, filed a