Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 19: Kerala Kuwait Muslim Association (KKMA) distributed scholarships to students and handed over a house to a poor family at a formal programme held at Jamiyyatul Falah hall in the city on Sunday. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai said that education was essential for a life free from exploitation as well as to

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Congress leader and MLC V S Ugrappa has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to destabilize the Siddaramaiah government by taking the Arkavathy land denotification issue to the Governor’s office. Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Mr. Ugrappa said the BJP had not raised the denotification issue in the Belagavi session of the State Legislature He alleged that the

Hassan, Jan 19: Chairman of Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation Masood Faujdar said, interest-free education loan will be extended to at least 5,000 students belonging to minority communities to pursue professional education this year. Stating that 2,000 students have been benefitted under the scheme in 2014-15, he said the corporation has received more funds and programmes are being

Bengaluru, Jan 19: The State recorded 88 per cent immunisation in the first round of the pulse polio programme of the year. There has been three per cent increase this time when compared to corresponding period of the previous year, said, Dr H?C Ramesh, Director, Department of Health and Family Welfare. Udupi topped the chart with 95.4 per cent of children under five were administered with the

Mangaluru, Jan 19: The riot-mongers have continued to randomly target religious centres and places of worship belonging to Muslim community in the rural areas of Belthangadi and Puttur taluks in the aftermath of Virat Hindu Hrudaya Sangama held in Puttur three days ago. After vandalizing Badria Juma Masjid at Karaya, near Uppinangady and attacking a Madrasa at Ilanthila village in Belthangadi

Dubai, Jan 18: The Air India Express has decided to launch two nonstop flights from South Indian port city of Mangaluru to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, fulfilling the long-pending demand of expatriates from coastal Karnataka working in United Arab Emirates and Sultanate of Oman. K Shyam Sundar, Chief Executive Officer of Air India Charters Ltd, on Sunday officially announced at a press conference held at

Lucknow, Jan 18: Breaking stereotypes, 11 Hindu children have enrolled in a madrassa here while as many as 140 Muslim boys have joined an RSS-run school in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, wherein communal clashes had claimed hundreds of lives last year. According to the principal of Madrassa Jameeatul Ansar, it is the parents' love for the Urdu language and literature which motivated them to

Mangalore, Jan 18: ‘Brookside’ residential apartments, a project of ‘Land Trades’ builders was formally inaugurated on Sunday in the city. Mahabala Marla, Mayor, Mangaluru City Corporation, inaugurated the building by cutting the ribbon and by lighting of lamp along with other dignitaries at Morgansgate. Nestled amidst the quaint charm of old Mangalore, Land Trades’ Brookside is situated on the

Mangaluru, Jan 18: A newborn female child was found dead in a well in the heart of the city, a few days after it was thrown into it by unknown miscreant. The decayed dead body of the infant was retrieved from the well located in the property owned by Kasturi and Aithal, an elderly couple at Kalpana road near Bendorewell, in the city. It is said that the couple, whose only daughter lives in another

Kundapur, Jan 18: The sudden death of an elderly man soon after having begun Therapeutic touch treatment has caused anguish and anger among family members and other relatives. PWD contractor Abdul Beary died within minutes after he underwent the therapy at his residence at Santhoshnagar, Hemmadi neare here on Saturday. 62-year-old Abdul Beary was a heart patient. Angered and upset at his sudden