Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 6: A heated argument between two groups at Ulaibettu on the outskirts of the city over a trivial issue on Friday night snowballed into a communal clash in the region, according to local residents and police. Mangaluru City Police Commissioner R Hithendra also said that the trouble started after a bus carrying Datta Peetha pilgrims passed through a newly-laid concrete road which was

Mangaluru, Dec 6: A departmental inquiry was initiated in connection with the fire mishap that occurred with an interceptor boat belonging to the Coastal Security Police (CSP) at Thannirbavi beach in the city on Thursday. On Friday, the DIG of Coastal Security Police Pratap Reddy and other officials visited the scene of accident and ordered a departmental inquiry in the accident, it is said. At

Mangaluru, Dec 6: With inflammatory messages being circulated on social networking sites such as Facebook and WhatsApp in the name of protecting women and religion, this is severely damaging to the threads of social harmony. Forming private groups in the society under the pretext of protecting women and their religion as well as supporting such groups is not just illegal, but also against

Mangaluru, Dec 6: Around 15 people including women and children were injured after a clash between Sangh Parivar activists and local residents belonging another community at Ulaibettu and Vamanjoor villages on the outskirts of Mangaluru on Friday night. The clash erupted after a group of Sangh Parivar activists heading to Bababudangiri to take part in controversial Datta Jayanthi celebrations

Udupi, Dec 6: Thirteen-year-old Eshika Shetty, who had gone missing from the Sharada Residential School, Kunjibettu, here, on November 15, has finally been found in Mumbai. Assistant Superintendent of Police K. Annamalai said that a team from Udupi had stayed for the past 20 days in Mumbai to trace her. The girl has been found at an observation home near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai

Mangaluru, Dec 6: District-in-Charge Minister B Ramanath Rai on Friday released the logo of the Panambur beach festival scheduled to start on December 20. The eleven-day-long beach festival will include food festival, and traditional cultural programmes by the cultural troupes of Kala Mandalam in Kerala and Gujarat. Mr Raid said that the organisers are trying to get permission for holding a cruise

Bengaluru, Dec 6: Ramachandrapura Mutt pontiff Raghaveshwara Bharathi, accused of raping a singer of a Ramakatha dance drama troupe, on Friday underwent medical examinations at the Nephro-Urology department in Victoria Hospital in the City. The seer, who had on Thursday sought a week's time to take the tests, however, appeared at the hospital around 8 am on Friday. The Criminal Investigation

Mangaluru, Dec 5: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader has said that a full-fledged dialysis centre will come up at Wenlock Hospital in the near future. Speaking at the inauguration of seven new facilities at Wenlock Hospital here on Friday, he said that at present, there are eight dialysis machines in the hospital. Additional machines will be installed in the future. One taluk in all

Mangaluru, Dec 5: On charges of defaming the Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala Dr Veerendra Heggade, the presiding deity Manjunatha Swamy and the Dharmasthala Kshetra, the third JMFC court on Thursday sentenced founder-editor of evening daily Karavali Ale B V Seetaram, his wife and owner of the publication S Rohini and then editor B S Shivaprasad to 30 months of punishment in connection with five

Mangaluru, Dec 5: With great zeal and competitive fervour, the national-level intercollegiate fest Vittoria 2014' for graduate students hosted by St Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangalore kicked off at the college campus here on Friday. A colourful start marked the beginning of the inaugural programme of the two-day fest which captivated students and guests alike. The event commenced with an