Karnataka

Mangalore, Nov 13: Minister for Health U T Khader has to his credit of being class apart in performing his duties. His style of working has been appreciated by many and now his style is recognized by the reputed Media Research Institute, part of the famous Gandhian Organisation, Thiruvananthapuram. The organization will confer on this young minister the prestigious 'Gandhi Darshan award'

Mangalore, Nov 13: Aasha alias Ayisha Banu who was arrested by the Bihar police on Tuesday in connection with her alleged involvement in illegal financial activities was produced before Junior Ma the Third Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court. Ayisha, her husband Zubair along with their baby were produced before the court. The court issued prisoner transit (PT) warrant of 15 days for the

Mangalore, Nov 13: Akash Shetty of St Aloysius college has won this year's Doodle4Google (D4G) contest in the Google Doodle for Class VII-X category for his doodle on'Indian women leading the country'. Akash says that it is not always that men make history, women do that too. Nobody can forget the contributions of women like Indira Gandhi, Rani Laxmibai, Kalpana Chawla, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal

Belthangady, Nov 13: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a minor. Santhosh T V (40) from Mithabail-Bajathabettu and B Jagadish (28) from Malavanthige-Bermanottu are the accused who took undue advantage of the minor and committed this heinous crime. It is said that 16-year-old daughter of Aisamma, a resident of Kajoor had been to the residence of Santhosh on Monday evening where, he

Mangalore, Nov 13: Members of People's Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) – Karnataka on Wednesday alleged that the president of a co-operative society in Panjimogaru had been working against the interest of the establishment and was trying to dislodge the Chief Executive Officer of the society, with the help of the Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Mangalore. Speaking at a press

Mangalore, Nov 13: A close aide of gangster Vicky Shetty has been nabbed by the CCB sleuths. The youth was in possession of four daggers along with chilli power. Shiva (26) is the arrested. On Tuesday morning, Shiva was waylaid by the police on NH-66, while he was driving a Tata Indica car. On checking the car, the police found four lethal weapons and chilli power. During the interrogation, Shiva

Mangalore, Nov 13: An elderly woman died of head injury that was caused in the bid to prevent the thieves from robbing her ornaments, at Shaktinagar. The deceased has been identified as Bhavani (70), a resident of Shaktinagar who was working in a local cashew processing unit. While Bhavani used to return home every day at 6.30 pm, on Tuesday she did not turn up. Worried by this, the family members

Mangalore, Nov 13: The long-standing demand of constructing a fishing harbour and jetty at Kulai will soon be sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs 165.60 crores, without rehabilitating the existing fishing families residing along the coast in the region, said Mangalore North MLA Mohiuddin Bava. Addressing mediapersons at a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that the state government had

Mangalore, Nov 13: In a big relief to the peace-loving citizens of Mangalore, top police officers of Karnataka and Bihar have rubbished the media reports of terror links to this port city. They have also ruled the media's claim that a woman who was arrested in Mangalore had involved in terrorism. Aasha alias Ayisha Banu, resident of Panjimogaru on the outskirts of city, was reportedly arrested at

Mangalore, Nov 12: In a new development, Bihar police have confirmed the arrest of woman at Mangalore International Airport. Even though Mangalore city police had initially declined to comment on the reported arrest of Aasha alias Ayisha Banu, Bihar police have confirmed her arrest. Born and brought up in a poor Hindu family of Mercara in Kodagu district of Karnataka, Aasha was residing at