Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 1: The ardent “Kannada premis” of this historic port city breathed a sigh of relief when Dakshina Kannada district in charge minister B Ramanath Rai Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim officially announced the Kannadaization of its English name “Mangalore.” “From today onwards let us call this city “Mangaluru” in English too instead of Mangalore,” said Mr Rai said in his presidential

Mangaluru, Nov 1: The brutal murder of 25-year-old youth on Friday shows how youth in Adyar-Kannur locality of Mangaluru are entering into the world of rowdyism through drug-peddling. The police questioned several youth and taken at least a couple of suspects into the custody after Ijaz alias Ijja, a murder accused, was butchered to death by a gang of six members at a saloon. If sources are to be

Manipal, Nov 1: A Class 8 student died at a private hospital in Manipal on Friday, two days after she allegedly consumed poison at her residence near Thirthahalli in Shivamogga district. It is learnt Nandita, a resident of Balebailu near Thirthahalli, consumed poison after she was caught by moral police while talking to a boy of other community at Anandagiri hills. The girl was brought to Manipal

Udupi, Nov 1: The Karnataka government will be appointing medical officers and related personnel in the state in the next eight months, assured health and family welfare minister U T Khader. Addressing presspersons at Shiroor in Udupi district on Friday Mr. Khader said the government had already issued orders on appointing these medical officers. He said that as many as 983 specialists, 321

Kasargod, Nov 1: A talk show hosted by a Malayalam television channel witnessed unruly scenes on the studio floor in Kerala on Friday after Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists attacked volunteers of Kiss of Love,' a protest against moral policing,' proposed to be held in Kochi on November 2. According to information available from the Facebook posts of the campaign and that of the show anchor

Mangaluru, Nov 1: Members of Bengre unit committee of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) staged a protest-demonstration in front of the deputy commissioner's office here on Friday, demanding basic facilities to the residents of Bengre and Thannirbavi who were deprived of proper facilities. Addressing the protestors, SDPI state council member Abdul Jaleel said that although Bengre and

Bengaluru, Nov 1: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, G Parameshwara, on Friday defended his recent criticism of Siddaramaiah-led State government and claimed he had done so in the interest of the party. “As the president of the party in the State, I sometimes have to criticise the government. But the criticism was in the interest of the party and not aimed at any individual

Mangalore, Oct 31: A Mangalorean youth has won a super luxury car in a shopping festival of a hypermarket in Saudi Arabia earlier this month. Riyaz Mohammed, son of Mohammed Abdul Rahman and Saleeka Mohammed couple from Mangalore was one of the five winners of LuLu Saudi Hypermarket's signature promotion, the Dream Drive 2014' mega draw. Riyaz, who works for Gulf Column General. Cont. Est. (G C E)

Bangalore, Oct 31: Hundreds of socio-political activists and parents Friday staged a massive demonstration against a private school in the city's eastern suburb where a six-year-old girl student was allegedly raped twice this week by a teacher. Seeking severe punishment to the suspect and stringent action against the school for the horrifying crime in its premises, many parents said the management

Mangalore, Oct 31: A young female beautician was attacked by a female customer and her husband at a beauty parlour on the outskirts of the city on Friday. Akshata, the 19-year-old proprietor of Surabhi Beauty Parlor located at Surathkal was hospitalized after the incident. According to police sources, a young married couple-Suman and Sandeep Kumar-came to the parlour before noon. Suman underwent