Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 16: The long pending demand of Mangaloreans to build a road under-bridge (RUB) in lieu of level crossing on Padil-Bajal road near Mangalore Junction Railway station may be fulfilled in a few months as Union railway minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Saturday laid foundation stone for the bridge. Addressing the gathering at the formally laying foundation stone for the RUB, Mr Gowda said

Chikkodi (Karnataka), Aug 16: Newly appointed as BJP Vice President by party chief Amit Shah, former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa today said he is satisfied with the position given, though it was people's wish that he be made a minister. "People's wish was that I should be made a minister but my wish was that Narendra Modi and Amit Shah give me party responsibility," Yeddyurappa told reporters at

Mangalore, Aug 16: With a charter of demands such as introduction of budget airlines operating to Mangalore from Middle East countries, cancellation of user fee at Mangalore International Airport, increase in luggage limit and others, Mangalore International Airport Users Forum (MIAUF) has decided to place their demands before the concerned authorities to ensure better service and facilities to

Mangalore, Aug 16: This was no ordinary Yagna but one aimed at ending sexual assault on women and children across India! Performed at the Hosanadu Kodyadka Sri Annapoorneshwari Temple, at Horanadu, Kodiyadka Kshetra near Moodbidri, around 40 km from Mangalore, the Yagna attracted around 2,000 devotees including men, women and children. At the stroke of 12.05 p.m. on Friday former chief of Kannada

New Delhi, Aug 16: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah Saturday announced his new team which includes B.S. Yeddyurappa, J.P. Nadda and Ram Madhav. Jagat Prakash Nadda, who was one of the contenders for the party president's post, has been made general secretary from Himachal Pradesh. B.S. Yeddyurappa, former Karnataka chief minister who had been out of the party for a while before he

Mangalore, Aug 16: A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death at Thokkottu Junction late night on Friday. The victim has been identified as Yatheesh, an auto-rickshaw driver from Someshwar. Sources said he was returning home after attending a grand party on account of Independence Day along with his friends when the incident occurred. All of them partied hard consuming alcohol and began to quarrel

Mangalore, Aug 16: The family founded non-profit organization, the International Institute for Public Policy (IIPP) has unanimously selected Dr Olinda Pereira as Outstanding Community Leader for the year 2013-2014. A beautifully engraved Crystal memento will be flown from the U.S.A. to Mangalore and will be presented to Dr. Olinda Pereira at a ceremonial occasion during the course of this year

Mangalore, Aug 16: Bantwal police arrested an aged man for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a fifth standard student at N C Road in Bolanthoor on Friday. The accused is Hasainar (65). He was running a shop at Bangarakodi. A minor girl had approached the shop in the afternoon to purchase eatables. As he had closed the shop in the afternoon, he had asked her to accompany him to his house to

Mangalore, Aug 16: The Mangalore City Police on Friday registered abetment of suicide case against three persons in connection with the suicide of three persons at an apartment at Hoigebail on Thursday. The persons against whom cases under IPC Section 306 have been registered are Udaya, Rajesh Shetty and Anil, said Urwa police. Meanwhile IPC Section 302 has been registered against deceased

Ahmadabad, Aug 15: The Gujarat government has reinstated an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, who is an accused in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and given him a plum posting as Superintendent, DGP Vigilance Squad, according to a Gujarat state home department notification issued yesterday midnight. Abhay Chudasama who spent four years in prison, is the first Sohrabuddin Sheikh case