Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 12: A 33-year-old expatriate worker from Mangaluru was killed in a work place tragedy in Kuwait. The deceased has been identified as Avinash Rajesh Pereira, a resident of Kelarai in Mangaluru. The tragedy took place in the intervening night of February 10 and 11 when he was working in a rig. He is survived by wife Freida Sarita Pereira and two kids--Kenan Clive Periera and Gizelle

New Delhi, Feb 12: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the arrest of civil rights' activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and three others in an alleged misappropriation case. Earlier on Thursday, the Gujarat High Court refused to grant anticipatory bail to Ms. Setalvad, Mr. Anand and three residents of Gulbarg Society in the case. A bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu agreed to

Mangaluru, Feb 12: A ‘kidney health awareness’ rally was held at Mulki, on the outskirts of the city, recently as a part of Dakshina Kannada dist level Kidney Health Campaign (Jan 13-March 12, 2015) initiated by Mangalore Nephro-Urology Charitable Trust along with a few social NGOs of district. Former President of Kannada Sahithya Parishath Hari Krishna Punarooru inaugurated the rally and said

Mangaluru, Feb 12: A departmental inquiry has been ordered into the charges of violation of rules in recruitments in the Forest department, according to the Forest Minister B Ramanath Rai. Replying to a question by Arun Shahapur (BJP) in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, the minister said directions had been issued to submit the inquiry report within six months. The additional chief secretary

New York, Feb 12: In an apparent act of hate crime, a gunman who had posted anti-religious messages on Facebook killed three American Muslim students including a married couple in an apartment near the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill campus in the United States. The victims are Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. The

Belagavi, Feb 12: In a bizarre development, activists of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad prevented the Bengaluru police from arresting VHP organising secretary Gopal Bhat, who is facing criminal charges. A team of officers from the Banashankari police station, Bengaluru on Wednesday detained Bhat, while he was attending a meeting at Goods shed Road here. The local

Hubballi, Feb 12: Strongly opposing ‘commercialized love’, Srirama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik has exhorted the young generation not to celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14. “This time we will celebrate February 14 as Maata Pitru Dina,” he said urging youth to show love towards their parents. “We will not force the couples found on Valentine’s Day to get married. But, we will arrange the

Bengaluru, Feb 12: A 14-year-old boy, who had gone missing from Mallathahalli on February 4 after returning from school, was found murdered in a secluded part of Bangalore University’s Jnanabharathi campus on Tuesday night. Police said he was killed in cold blood by a 22-year-old neighbour who held a grudge against the boy’s mother. Kiran, a class 8 student, had just alighted from the school bus

Mangaluru, Feb 11: Activists of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), wearing party caps, took out a procession in the city on Thursday to celebrate the victory of the party in Delhi Assembly elections. Holding torch lights and beating drums – with some carrying the party’s symbol the broom – they marched from Ambedkar Circle to Town Hall where they garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the garden of the

Mangaluru, Feb 11: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Aam Aadmi Party has strongly opposed the tariff hike proposed by the distribution companies in the state of Karnataka in general and Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited, in particular. Rohan M. Shiri, the secretary of DK unit of AAP has described the tariff hike as “anti-people, irrational, unscientific, illegal and despotic” move