Karnataka

Mangalore, Jul 16: The Second Additional Sessions Judge, Mangalore, has dismissed an anticipatory bail application filed by two priests of St Aloysius College, Mangalore–Fr Cyril D'Mello and Fr Francis D Almeida–both of whom are the principal accused in the case of illegally demolishing a house. It could be recalled here that on June 26, the above two priests, along with the Rector Fr Denzil Lobo

Mangalore, Jul 16: Mangalore International Airport (MIA) is ready to commission its new air traffic control (ATC) tower and is currently awaiting statutory clearances from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The new air traffic control, set up at a cost of Rs 20 crore, is presently functioning in shadow mode. Once commissioned, the tower will enable air traffic controllers assist pilots

Mangalore, Jul 16: Mangalore City Traffic Police on Wednesday began regulating the sound horns on public transport vehicles such as buses and auto-rickshaws in the city, in order to cut down the high-decibel honking on city roads. Soon after the crackdown began, over 50 buses were intercepted by the traffic police on Wednesday near Lalbagh and Nanthoor junctions and several buses found using high

Al-Ahsa, Jul 16: Eid Al-Fitr will probably fall on Monday, July 28 according to an Islamic astronomical organization in Saudi Arabia. Mohammed Shawkat Oudah, chairman of the Islamic Crescent Observation Project, told Arabic daily Al-Madinah on Tuesday that most of the Islamic countries are likely to sight the Shawwal moon on Sunday (July 27). He said the geocentric conjunction (birth of new moon)

Bangalore, July 16: The Israel consulate general Tuesday opened a visa application service centre in Bangalore. They have started issuing visas for Business/Tourism (B2) and Student (A2) categories from July 1. The new centre is located at No 604, A' Wing, 6th Floor, Mittal Tower on MG Road. The visa application centre was inaugurated by Ziv Shalvi, Deputy Chief of Mission, Israel consulate. "It

Mangalore, Jul 16: A high-profile gold smuggling racket was exposed by the team of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mangalore on Tuesday after suspicious activity was discovered at Mangalore International Airport. A gold bar and two gold biscuits worth Rs 31 lakhs was recovered by the team after noticing suspicious activity inside a washroom at the airport on Tuesday. The racket came to

Dubai, Jul 16: Santhosh Kumar, who owns the production company Souparnika Films in the south Indian state of Kerala, was a co-producer of hit Malayalam movie Madambi. The decomposed bodies of a Malayalam film producer based in Dubai, his wife and daughter were found under mysterious circumstances in their flat on Tuesday. According to family sources, the bodies of Santhosh Kumar, his wife Manju

Patna, Jul 16: A Bihar minister on Tuesday held mobile phones and non-vegetarian food as reasons for surge in rape cases and favoured ban on cell phones among school students. "Many students misuse mobile phones by watching blue films and hearing obscene songs which pollute their mind," Bihar art, culture and youth affairs minister Binay Bihari told reporters outside the Assembly. He said he had

Bangalore, Jul 16: Blessed are the netas whose medical expenses and foreign tours rarely make a dent in their finances. Reason: The government is ready to foot the bills. Enjoying such privileges is Housing Minister M?H Ambareesh. His medical bill to the tune of Rs 1.16 crore will be reimbursed by the State government. As per a notification issued by the Department of Personnel & Administration

Bangalore, Jul 16: Janata Dal (Secular) MLC Puttanna was unanimously elected Deputy Chairperson of the Legislative Council on Tuesday. While JD(S) members Basavaraj Horatti, Marithibbe Gowda and E. Krishnappa proposed Mr. Puttanna's candidature, it was seconded by members Sandesh Nagaraj, D.U. Mallikarjun and R. Chowda Reddy. Following this, Council Chairman D.H. Shankaramurthy declared Mr