Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 25: Hundreds of people gathered under the banner Nagarika Hitarakshana Samithi at Brahmarakootlu toll booth demanding that the toll booth be shut down since it was constructed unscientifically and be shifted to another location which could house better amenities. Chandraprakash Shetty, president of the samithi said that the toll booth side was narrow and hampered the free movement

Mangalore, Apr 25: To curb the sudden rise in cases of malaria and dengue in Mangalore city and the coastal district, Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) is taking measures to fight the vector-borne diseases through an awareness campaign Let's Fight Malaria'. Announcing this at a press conference here on Friday, Mayor of Mangalore Mahabala Marla said that the city corporation would launch an

Mangalore, Apr 25: In a bid to prove that astrology is not a science, the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA), an organsiation working for superstition eradication, has announced a contest for astrologers. The astrologers who would correctly predict the election results would get a prize of Rs 10 lakh. The president of FIRA, Narendra Nayak said in a press release, said that the

Sringeri, Apr 25: Members of the Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) took out a massive rally on Thursday from the old bus-stand to the taluk office in Sringeri, against the killing of Kabeer by Anti-Naxal Force personnel at Thanikodu check post in Sringeri. Addressing the protesters in Sringeri, social activist Kalkuli Vittal Hegde said had the ANF personnel been booked for murder in the incidents of

Mangalore, Apr 25: Tulunada Rakshana Vedike, Mangalore, has alleged that Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) had relaxed some of the rules and regulations pertaining to the sale and disposal of Kudremukh mining and beneficiation equipment' to a Chennai-based company two years ago and had also handed the equipment to the said company for an underpriced rate. Making these allegations at a

Mandya, Apr 25: A teenage girl, who married a man outside her caste, was allegedly set on fire by his relatives, at Kannahalli in Malavalli taluk in the district, on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Shilpa, 19, daughter of Murugesh and Mangalamma, residents of Bhairaveshwara Nagar near?Metagalli in Mysore. Police said Shilpa, a Nayak, had married Abhijit belonging to a

Mangalore, Apr 25: Muhammad Khalid, a 33-year-old man from Sasthana-Gundmi in Udupi district mysteriously disappeared after he left for Mangalore International Airport on April 17. He was supposed to board a Dubai bound flight. Neither he reached Dubai nor he returned home, said his younger brother Masood in a complaint to Bajpe police. Mr Khalid left home at around 5.30 am on April 17 to the

Mangalore, Apr 25: A team of Crime Investigation Department (CID) has taken custody of Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) constable Naveen G Naik, who gunned down Mangalore based Kabeer at a check-post near Thanikodu in Sringeri last week. R?Chetan Kumar, the Chikmagalur district Superintendent of Police, said that a CID investigation and a judicial probe into the death of Kabeer had begun. An officer of the

Vittal, Apr 25: Two married men allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl near Madikeri after they took her in a vehicle from Vittal. The accused are Abdul Basheer, resident of Radhukatte Kodungain in Vitlapadnur village and Basheer alias Bakuta Basheer. Both the accused were known to the girl and both are married men. Their friend Jabbar threatened her of dire consequences if she revealed about the

Mangalore, Apr 25: The Mangalore International Airport has registered a 21.71 per cent growth in passenger movement. The airport handled 12.50 lakh passengers in fiscal 2014. Domestic passengers exceeded international passenger numbers. As per Airports Authority of India (AAI) data, the number of domestic passengers were 8, 41,258 and international passengers were 4, 13,842. This was also the