Karnataka

Mangalore, Feb 25: Demanding the resumption of the service of the Air India Express between Mangalore and Kuwait, a delegation led by Konkani Overseas Returnees Welfare Association (KORWA) submitted a memorandum to Mangalore South MLA J R Lobo recently. Louis Lobo, President of the KORWA said that said that being state owned and low-cost air carrier, Air India should have social obligations

New Delhi, Feb 25: Promising to field "adequate" women and minority candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, on Monday, declared that special investigation teams will be set up to investigate 23,500 cases of rioting across the country if his party comes to power at the Centre. "Wherever we are in power — whether at the Centre or any state — we will get all

Mangalore, Feb 25: Yenepoya Foundation, unit of the Yenepoya Moideen Kunhi Memorial Educational and Charitable Trust, will sponsor free seats to few candidates for MBBS and BDS courses in Yenepoya Medical and Dental Colleges of Yenepoya University, Mangalore during the year 2014-2015. Selection of candidates will be on the basis of merit cum means. While assessing the candidate, marks secured in

Kaup, Feb 25: A fivet-year-old boy, missing from Pamboor area near Padubelle in Udupi district, is suspected to have been kidnapped. Naveen, son of Tamilnadu based labourers Nagaraj and Asha went missing since Sunday evening while playing in the courtyard. He said his mother he will be visiting his uncle Murugeshi's home located in the area. When Asha went to fetch him back she realized that he

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 24: Former Gujarat DGP and trenchant critic of BJP leader Narendra Modi, R B Sreekmar said no mainstream secular political parties had offered him support in his prolonged fight against the Gujarat Chief Minister, fearing they would lose "communalised Hindu votes" if they backed him. Sreekumar, who was DGP in Gujarat in 2002, said he however would continue his struggle

Mulky, Feb 24: A young woman was found murdered at Padu Panambur near Haleangady here on Monday February 24. However, the identity of the deceased is yet to be known. Police suspected that she was murdered as there were injury marks on her body. Mulky police rushed to spot and are investigating. More details awaited

Mangalore, Feb 24: Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri awarded doctorate degrees to 112 students – 20 in Arts, 68 in Science, eight in Commerce and 16 in Education, at its 32nd annual convocation programme that was held on Monday at the university. In addition to the degrees, students received 38 gold medals and 65 cash prizes at the convocation. The chief guest Dr K Radhakrishnan, secretary of

New Delhi, Feb 24: The Supreme Court today refused to extend the interim bail granted to former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, who has been convicted in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case. A bench of justices H L Dattu and S A Bobde refused to extend the relief and said she will have to surrender herself as her interim bail was to expire today. The court, which had extended her bail twice till

Sharjah, Feb 24: Namsheed Muringolihas, a native of Kasargod strived for four long years to earn a driving licence in the UAE. He now dreams of making a movie of his attempts. After spending almost Dh40,000 on 27 attempts and postponing his wedding, Namsheed at last got his driving licence on February 18, 2014. The 28-year-old new driver says he changed 13 instructors in two emirates-Ajman and

Copenhagen, Feb 24: Muslims all over the world have opposed Denmark's move to ban the slaughter of animals in an Islamic (halal) way and called upon their governments to stop importing Danish meat as long as the Scandinavian country refuses to respect their religious teachings. Fouad Tawfik, an Islamic scholar, said the halal way of slaughtering animals has been scientifically proved to be better