Karnataka

Mangalore, Jul 31: The Mangalore zonal selection for Verbattle Junior will be held on August 1 and the selection for the Verbattle senior competition will be held on August 2 here. The zonal selection round will be held at Samruddhi Bhavan between 9.30 am to 1 pm and between 1.30 pm to 4 pm. The team that would emerge as the sole winner among hundreds of teams participating will be awarded a grand

Mangalore, Jul 31: The life guards of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project (PBTDP) rescued a couple and a girl from drowning in the Temple Pond, near Someshwar Beach near here. The rescued have been identified as Batish (25) son of Hameed, Saadia Begum (20), wife of Badish and Fatima Shaffa, residents of Gandhi Nagar, Kavoor. Project CEO Yatish Baikampady said the victims had ventured into

Mangalore, Jul 30: The biggest event on the district's football calendar, 18th edition of Independence Cup Football Tournament 2014 featuring 231 teams from schools and colleges from across Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu districts, 2,800 players, kicked off on Wednesday at Nehru Maidan here. Mangalore city Mayor Mahabala Marla inaugurated the tourney. Speaking on the occasion he announced that

Bangalore, Jul 30: Security has been tightened here by police who have mobilised "maximum amount" of force in the wake of a 'city bandh' tomorrow called by Kannada outfits to protest against the rising incidents of sexual offences against women and children. The bandh comes after the public outrage over the alleged recent gang-rape of a six-year-old girl at Vibgyor High school that spilled into

Ahmadabad, Jul 30: Former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, who was sentenced to 28 years in jail for murder during the 2002 riots, has been granted bail by the Gujarat High Court on health grounds. She was the most high-profile figure to be convicted in connection with the riots. Ms Kodnani, 60, is undergoing treatment at the Ahmedabad civil hospital for acute depression. The former minister for

Mangalore, Jul 30: An 18-year-old girl, perusing degree in a city based college lost her life after she was thrown off a moving motorbike and hit by a truck at Urwa Store in Mangalore on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Andrea Patrao, daughter of Alwyn Patrao, Vice-President of Mangalore Catholic Cooperative (MCC) Bank. She was a first year B. Com student at St Aloysius College

Beltangady, Jul 30: In an unexpected development, Karnataka High Court has issued an order to suspend a senior IPS officer and two other police officials in Dakshina Kananda in a civil case. Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Dr Sharanappa, Beltangady Circle inspector Lingappa Poojary are among the suspended cops. A high court judge on Wednesday directed the chief secretary of the state

Mangalore, Jul 30: The Ullal unit of Students Islamic organization of India (SIO) formed a human chain near Thokkottu junction on the outskirt of the city to register their protest against the inhumane genocide in Palestine. Dozens of activist took part in the peaceful protest after offering Eid prayers on Tuesday at Huda Masjid, Thokkottu. The peaceful agitators were holding placards endorsing

New Delhi, Jul 30: Another girl has been allegedly raped at a Bangalore school. And the accused this time is the son of a school staffer. The seven-year-old was sexually assaulted at a school in south Bangalore, police said on Wednesday. The incident comes weeks after a six-year-old was gangraped, allegedly by two gym instructors, at another school in the city. The latest incident was reported to

Dubai, Jul 30: UAE's National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has registered an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 on the Richter scale which hit South Iran, 300 kilometers from Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday morning. A mild tremor was felt in the different parts of the UAE, the NCMS added. Many people sent in messages about the tremor early morning. 'I woke up to a slight tremble. Did we just have