Karnataka

Mangalore, Jul 25: The 18th annual Independence Cup football tournament organised by Dakshina Kannada District Football Association will kick off at Nehru Maidan in the city on July 30, said president of the association D M Aslam. Announcing this at a press conference here on Friday, he said that the annual football tournament would be inaugurated by Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation Mahabala

Kochi, Jul 25: Shiju Thomas, who was held in a Abu Dhabi prison after drugs were found in his baggage, said he never thought he 'would walk out free' after being released Thursday. Thomas, 29, who hails from here, is ecstatic after he walked out of the prison and he thought he was dreaming. 'Believe me I never ever thought I would walk out free,' Thomas said from Abu Dhabi. He said it was around 4

Mangalore, Jul 25: Along with concretisation of the city roads, it is important to increase the green cover in the city. With this goal in mind, Mangalore City Corporation had launched the Green Mangalore' initiative, said Mayor Mahabala Marla. Speaking at the inauguration of Vanamahotsava' programme jointly organised by Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists Union, Mangalore Press Club and Forest

Mangalore, Jul 25: Tragically, dozens of students studying in the Government Women's First Grade College, Balmatta were barred from entering their classes on Friday, for having reportedly participated in a protest organised by Students Federation of India (SFI) a day earlier in the city. When the students arrived to college to attend their classes on Friday morning, they were barred from entering

Mumbai, Jul 25: Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna's Carter Road bungalow, popularly known as 'Aashirwad', is being sold to a Mangalore based industrialist. The landmark sea-facing property, a major tourist attraction for legions of his fans, is believed to have been purchased by Shashi Kiran Shetty, executive chairman of Allcargo Logistics. Market sources said the 603sq m property could fetch the

Mangalore, Jul 25: Home Minister K J George said that plans were on the anvil to set up a prison with maximum security in Mangalore soon. Replying to a query by MLC Ivan D'Souza in the Legislative Council on Thursday, he said that a plot of 100-acre land in Kurnadu and Cheloor villages in Bantwal taluk had been identified for the project. He informed that close to 64 acres had been acquired by the

Mangalore, Jul 25: In a major fire mishap, six shops at KC Road junction in Talapady area were gutted causing a loss over Rs 75 lakhs on the wee hours of Friday. Zam Zam Bakery belonging to Abdul Sattar, Ideal Bakery, NM Point mobile and computers service centre belonging to Naushad, a vegetable shop belonging to Mohammed Ali, a cloth store and another shop were gutted in the fire. The fire which

Malappuram, Jul 25: Tens of thousands of Sunni believers attended a mammoth prayer congregation at Swalat Nagar near here on Thursday evening anticipating Lailathul Qadr, the night that is believed by Muslims to be holier than 1,000 months. The sprawling grounds of Swalat Nagar at Muttippaditurned into a sea of humanity as thousands of Sunni believers converged there. The mega prayer congregation

Mangalore, Jul 25: As many as 800 passports passport applications are pending in 26 police stations in Dakshina Kannada district including Mangalore city with the passport office for want of police verification certificates, said Home Minister K J George. In a written reply to MLC Ivan D'Souza, Mr George said that 390 applications in 12 police stations under the limits Dakshina Kannada district

Mangalore, Jul 25: Jet Airways will operate two more daily flights between Mangalore and Bangalore from August 11, the Director of Mangalore International Airport J T Radhakrishna has said in a press release. Flight no. 9 W 2755 will depart from Bangalore at 10.30 a.m. and will arrive in Mangalore at 11.40 a.m. On its return journey flight no. 9 W 2756 will depart from here at 12.10 p.m. and reach