Karnataka

Mangalore, Jul 25: Karnataka High Court on Wednesday upheld the state government's decision to replace the chiefs of nearly 13 academies who had been appointed during BJP tenure. Former Presidents of Beary Academy's Rahim Uchil, Yakshayana Bayalata Academy Prof M L Samaga and Lalitha Kala Academy's Chi Su Krishna Shetty had moved to the High Court stating that the present government has sacked

Mumbai, Jul 24: Founder President Board of Governors Gulf Medical University was conferred with the prestigious Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education' at the World Chancellors Congress 2014 held in Mumbai. The award ceremony was attended by over 300 leaders including Chancellors, Vice Chancellors and eminent educationists, academicians and policy makers from various leading universities

Mangalore, Jul 24: Many families breaking the Ramadan fast with the customary dates may be unwittingly consuming the fruit grown in Israel. The large, succulent Medjool dates, received enthusiastically by Muslims in the belief these are from Jordan, in fact come from Israel, a country hated in the Islamic world for its conflict with Palestinian Arabs. In the past week, Kozhikode has protests over

Mangalore, Jul 24: Following the atrocities committed by the authorities of the St. Aloysius College, Mangalore on June 26 when they brought a JCB Bulldozer and physically demolished the residential house in which John Baptist Lewis and his daughters were living after removing all his original documents and then burying every item that the family possessed right up to their money, jewellery and

Kasaragod, Jul 24: In one of the most shameful incidents for humanity, the body of a middle-aged man remained unattended for nearly five hours after he collapsed and died in front of the ticket counter at the busy Kanhangad railway station near here on Wednesday. The incident took place around 7.00 a.m. and the body of the unidentified man, in his mid-40s, lay covered with just a towel at the spot

Mumbai, Jul 24: Doctors have extracted more than 232 teeth from the mouth of a Mumbai teenager during a seven-hour operation. Ashik Gavai, 17, sought medical help for a swelling on the right side of his lower jaw after suffering pain for 18 months. His case was referred to the Mumbai's JJ Hospital, where they found he was suffering from a condition known as complex odontoma. "We operated on Monday

Mangalore, Jul 24: The proposal of changing the name of several districts in the state including Dakshina Kannada kept forward on the occasion of golden jubilee of the creation of Karnataka state (Suvarna Karnataka celebrations), is still under progress', according to state revenue minister V Srinivas Prasad. In a written reply to Congress MLC Ivan D'Souza in the Legislative Council on Wednesday

Mangalore, Jul 24: The timely revival of the monsoon rains in latter half of July has brought hope to the farmers in the twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. Torrential rains have brightened the agricultural prospects in the region.

Hyderabad, Jul 24: Atleast twenty children killed and over a dozen were injured on Thursday morning after a train rammed into a school bus at an unmanned railway crossing in Medak district near Hyderabad. The accident occurred at Masayapeta when the driver let the bus move onto the train tracks. The Nanded passenger train, which came at the same time, rammed into the bus and dragged it for over

Mangalore, Jul 24: An unidentified man struck at Milagres church in Mangalore and decamped with Rs 1, 40,000 on Wednesday night. According to CCTV footage, a man was seen entering the church from behind of the office at around 10 pm. He proceeded towards office after turning the face of CCTV camera. Parish priest Fr Valerian who came to know about the theft only in the morning found the cash boxes