Karnataka

Mangalore, Sep 21: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate Mangalore Dasara 2014 at Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatha Temple on September 27. Temple development committee member Harikrishna Bantwal, addressing a press meet here on Saturday said that the 23rd annual Mangalore Dasara will be formally inaugurated at 6.30 p.m. The Navaratri festival at Kudroli Temple has its own significance as it is being

Mandya, Sep 21: Even though plenty of funds have been released for various development works, under MLAs' constituency development plans, the executing agencies have failed in completing the projects. Since the year 2009-10 till date, Rs 58.90 crore has been released under MLAs' funds for seven Assembly constituencies in the district. However only Rs 31.15 crore ” 52.88 per cent ” has been

Jeddah, Sep 21: More than 24,000 illegal pilgrims bound for Makkah have been stopped at security checkpoints in Taif and sent back over the past few days. œThis year, checkpoints have been set up early to stop illegal pilgrims from making it into the holy city,  said Brig. Mohammed Al-Waleedi, Taif police chief. Police have intensified security checks on the roads and routes leading to Makkah

Hospet (Bellary district), Sep 21: The Lokayukta registrar has issued notices to several police officials named in the report on illegal mining submitted by former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde. The notices have been issued through the additional director general of police of the Civil Rights Enforcement Directorate, Bangalore, and DGP Sunil Agarwal. Retired officers also figure in the list of

Bangalore, Sep 21: Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda has lent his support to the agitation launched by freedom fighter H S Doreswamy and JD(S) former MLA A T Ramaswamy against land-grabbing in the State. Addressing a press conference in Bangalore on Saturday, Gowda said he wanted to join the struggle embarked on by Doreswamy, but stayed away as his involvement would have given the issue a

Mangalore, Sep 20: Yet another modus operandi of smuggling gold from gulf countries to India has come to light. Officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport have again foiled the attempt to smuggle and seized seized gold totally weighing 878 grams in two separate cases valued at Rs 23,48,650. If it was gold foils earlier, and followed by foils in cardboards containing toys and stickers

Mangalore, Sep 20: A student of University College, Hampankatta was injured and subsequently hospitalised as a result of clashes that sparked between two groups of students here on Saturday. Clashes sparked between the two groups in the college when students from one of the group apparently eve-teased a girl student in the college campus. Enraged by this, a clash ensued after classes on Saturday

Mangalore, Sep 20: A gruesome incident came to light in which an 11-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and raped by her own uncle near Adyapady in Bajpe on the outskirts of the city. The accused has been identified as Jagadish Poojary (32), a resident of Adyapady. The shocking crime is said to have taken place at the victim's home on Thursday. Jagadish Poojary was arrested by Bajpe police on

Mangalore, Sep 20: With the police having failed to trace a Dubai-bound youth who went missing from Mangalore International Airport three months ago, the missing youth's father has handed over a memorandum to Kerala CM Oomen Chandy urging for a comprehensive investigation in the case. 33-year-old Babu B V, resident of Ravaneshwara in Kasargod has been missing from the international airport in

Mangalore, Sep 20: The notorious practice among the private bus drivers and conductors of always being in a hurry at the cost of passenger's safety was illustrated again near Talapady on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. Aamina, 55-year-old wife of Mustafa, a resident of Talapady, who was about to board a private bust at Talapady check-post was crushed to death under the wheels of same bus