Karnataka

Ullal, Oct 2: On the basis of accurate information, Ullal police raided a house in Uliya and arrested five persons, including three women, engaged in prostitution activities. Raouf (23), resident of Uliya and Farooq (23), resident of Kodi in Ullal have been arrested by the police, along with the three women. It is said that the three women arrested were indulging in prostitution acts in a house

Mangalore, Oct 2: œWill you save the Nethravati river or erase it?  this ultimate question will be posed by environmentalists to elected representatives from Dakshina Kannada along with presenting them with water from the river in earthen pots. With the state government having failed to withdraw the Nethravati diversion (Yettinahole) project or hold talks with the people of the district regarding

New Delhi, Oct 2: Wielding the broom, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the country's biggest-ever cleanliness drive that is expected to cost over Rs 62,000 crore, asserting that the "Swachh Bharat" mission is "beyond politics" and inspired by patriotism. Debunking criticism that his government has been taking credit for every achievement, the Prime Minister acknolwedged the efforts of

Bantwal, Oct 3: A group of assailants waylaid a vehicle transporting cattle and brutally assaulted two occupants of the vehicle at Porlipadi near Kalladka in Bantwal taluk early morning on Thursday. The two were brutally assaulted with lethal weapons such as swords and iron rods by over 20 assailants, allegedly owing allegiance to the Sangh Parivar. Both the victims, Siddiq (32) and Basheer (22)

Mangalore, Oct 2: A youth was found brutally murdered at Mangalore Central Railway Station early on Thursday morning. The police have identified the victim as Jayraj alias Subba( 28), resident of Bajalkodi Jalligudde, on the outskirts of the city. The maimed body of Jayaraj, which was lying at the south end of the station, was first noticed by a railway employee in the wee hours, sources said. The

Mangalore, Oct 2: The State government has issued a notification rescheduling the holiday for Eid-ul-Adha festival to Monday, October 6. Earlier, the holiday had been scheduled on Sunday. However, following the suggestion by the Central Moon Committee, the government has rescheduled the holiday for Monday as the festival is being celebrated on that day. Wakf Minister Qamarul Islam also had urged

Kasargod, Oct 2: Environmentalists and political parties have expressed concern over proposed gas or thermal-based power project at Cheemeni in Kasargod district. The Kayyur-Cheemeni Panchayat Paristhithi Samrakshana Samithi held a meeting recently demanding that the authorities provide the project report and its environment impact studies for a detailed public scrutiny. The apprehensions about

New Delhi, Oct 2: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has decided to probe the sexual harassment case against Raghaveshwara Bharati Swami of Ramachandrapura Mutt. A probe team will be sent next week and it will submit its findings to the Commission, NCW Chairman Lalitha Kumarmangalam on Wednesday told a press conference. She also added that team will speak to the victim and her family members

Mangalore, Oct 2: In an apparent case of child trafficking and conversion, a Mangalore-origin woman, who had been trafficked to Germany through a local Christian organization more than three decades ago, is now demanding justice. According to Maria Chaya Schupp, a Germen citizen, she was born in a Hindu family at Ullal in Mangalore taluk, and was adopted by a German couple through Ullal based

Mangalore, Oct 1: Hundreds of employees of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilisers (MCF) Limited staged a protest on Wednesday against the Centre's move to withdraw subsidy given to naphtha-based urea production plants, as a result of which, the company shut down its operations. MCF, the lone chemical fertilizer factory in Karnataka, closed down its operations on Tuesday on account of the government