Karnataka

Mangalore, Nov 30: Well-known novelist Vaidehi, film director P. Sheshadri, columnist Abdul Rasheed and others will be honoured with Sandesha award-2013. Na D'Souza, chairman of the awards jury committee said the Foundation is honouring Vaidehi for her contribution to Kannada literature. Cyril G Sequeira, known to his fans as C G S, Tacode has been chosen for Sandesha Konkani literature award for

Mangalore, Nov 29: Denying the involvement of its members in the brutal attack on a journalist by about 40 men near his residence in Bantwal taluk, the district unit of Popular Front of India (PFI) has claimed that the allegations were false. Clarifying their stand at a press conference in the city on Friday, president of PFI Mangalore Zone Ataullah Jokatte said that the false allegations had been

Ahmadabad, Nov 29: Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi was in contact with the Bangalore woman, involved in the stalk-gate controversy, as early as 2005. A picture taken during the inauguration ceremony of 'Sharad Utsav' held in Gujarat in 2005 show Narendra Modi animatedly interacting with a woman, alleged to be the victim of stalk-gate scandal, in the presence of IAS

Mangalore, Nov 29: Kemar Mutt seer Eshavittaldas Swamiji has sought police protection for the parents of Sarika. Addressing the meeting convened by Superintendent of Police Shanthanu Sinha, the seer said that the co-operation of the parents is of utmost importance if the police want to investigate the Sarika murder case and nab the culprits. Stating that illegal quarrying is going on unabated near

Mangalore, Nov 29: The prestigious'Global konkani Music- Lifetime achievement Award' constituted by premium Konkani cultural organization, Mandd Sobhann will be conferred on Rev Fr Walter Albuquerque, for his invaluable contribution to the field. Fr Albuquerque will receive the award at the fifth global Konkani music awards ceremony to be held at Kalaangann, Shaktinagar in Mangalore on December 8

Bangalore, Nov 29: Saudi Arabia's $50 billion diversified petro-chemicals major Sabic Friday opened its technology centre in this tech hub for research in chemistry, material science, process engineering and analytics. Saudi Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayana Al-Saud unveiled the $100-million (Rs.62 crore) technology centre, spread over 46 acres in the city's southern suburb. Ranking among the

Mangalore, Nov 29: Members of the district unit of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) staged a protest assembly in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Friday, demanding legalisation of the land acquired by the landless families in the district. Addressing the protestors assembled, working president of the unit Raghu Dharmasena said that the Congress government had been resorting to anti

Udupi, Nov 29: Police have arrested a teenager for allegedly raping his stepsister. The arrested is 19-year-old Sunil, a resident of Indiranagar in Udupi. The girl revealed about the incident to her mother following which the mother immediately lodged a complaint against her son. Though the girl had complained to the mother about similar advances from her stepbrother the mother remained silent

Puttur, Nov 29: Two men who were taking a cow for rearing were beaten black and blue by the Bajrang Dal activists, at Sarve Kallamma in Puttur on Wednesday evening. It is said that Minister for urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake's brother and Zilla Panchayat former member Suresh Kumar Sorake had given the cow to his worker Moosa Kunhi asking him to domesticate the animal. Accordingly Mr Kunhi

Mangalore, Nov 29: Chain snatchers who approached a woman on bike took away a gold chain costing Rs 2.5 lac, from M R Battalu area in Jeppu at about 9.30 pm on Thursday. Shilpa, a resident of Jeppu was on her way back home with her husband after attending a programme, when three men on bike pulled her chain and escaped. The trio was on a black pulsar bike. Though the Pandeshwar police informed the