Karnataka

Udupi, Jul 15: Members of the district unit of the Popular Front of India (PFI) staged a demonstration in front of the Clock Tower here on Monday condemning the Israeli air strikes on Gaza. Nissar Ahmed, president of the district unit of PFI, said the continuing attacks on Gaza by Israel were not only cruel but also inhuman. Israel had unleashed its full terror on the innocent citizens of Gaza

Udupi, Jul 15: Senior Sangh Parivar leader Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya, who was appointed Governor of Nagaland on Monday, hails from coastal district of Udupi. Mr Acharya, who belongs to Gowda Saraswat Brahmin community, happens to be the second person from twin districts to become a governor after Margaret Alva. He is said to be the first governor from GSB community. A member of working group

Mangalore, Jul 15: Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner A B Ibhrahim has urged the LPG cylinder bottling companies and the LPG cylinder supplying companies to ensure supply of accurate and net weighted gas cylinders to the consumers in terms of the directions issued by the Supreme Court and to follow the rules and conditions framed by the Legal Metrology Dept. He was delivering inaugural address

Gaza City, Jul 15: Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has rejected a pro-Israel proposal by Egypt for a ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip, unless the Zionist regime meets a few demands including an end to the Gaza blockade. The military wing of Hamas, Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, on Tuesday dismissed the proposal as “surrender” and vowed to “intensify” its battle against Israel. On the same

Bangalore, Jul 15: The husband and wife, who were arrested last week for kidnapping and murdering their seven-year-old niece, had killed their uncle—editor of Urdu weekly Makhzan' and founder-president of a credit co-operative society—in his office almost the same time last year, the police said. Syed Salman Shah (30) and his wife Shabrin Taj (20) “brutally killed” Hafiz Shamsul Huda (64) in his

Bangalore, Jul 15: The High Court of Karnataka on Monday asked the Law Secretary to issue a circular to all notaries across the State directing them not to issue marriage registration certificates' as the law did not authorise them to issue such certificate. The court also directed the Registrar of the City Civil and Sessions Courts, Bangalore, to issue a similar circular restraining notaries from

Bangalore, Jul 15: Nearly four years after his arrest, People's Democratic Party leader and an accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case, Abdul Nasser Ma'adani was released from the Bangalore Central Prison at Parappanna Agrahara after completing bond formalities around 8pm on Monday. Ma'adani, who has been in the central prison since October 2010, was released after the Supreme Court

Calicut, Jul 15: The National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of Popular Front of India held at Calicut termed NDA a worse UPA, in the light of the economic policies and proclamations of newly elected government. According to a press release issued by the PFI, the performance of new government so far shows that not only it will not break away from the anti-people policies of the past government

Mangalore, Jul 15: Even as the underworld criminals have escalated their activities in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, the Karnataka state government has decided to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the cases pertaining to extortion rackets, particularly being from outside the country. In a meeting attended by the legislators from coastal and Malnad region held at Vikasa

Mangalore, Jul 15: Lore India Foundation Scholarship Trust has announced the launch of a pioneering scholarship program that will identify, assess, reward and mentor the brightest young minds in India. The programme is open to school students from classes X, XI and XII from across India and is the nation's largest scholarship program and national benchmarking initiative. All students of Classes X