Karnataka

Mangalore, Sep 15: Condemning the income-tax raids on religious institutions run by mutts and scandalising the heads of mutts in the state, the Karnataka state committee of Akhila Bharata Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) has alleged the state government of looting the funds earned by the Hindu temples. Criticising this move by the state government, ABHM state general secretary Shravan Kumar Raikar told

Mangalore, Sep 14: A fragment of True Cross on which Jesus Christ was believed to be crucified was installed at Holy Cross Church Cordel at Kulshekar on Sunday. Mangalore diocese Bishop Most Rev Aloysius Paul D'Souza handed over the relic to 101-year-old Church's parish priest Fr Valerian Pinto. The relic was obtained from the chapel attached to Holy Scapular Church (Church of the Holy Sepulcher)

Riyadh, Sep 15: More than a million Indian workers in Saudi Arabia have corrected their status so far within the framework of the amnesty declared by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah last April, said Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, on Friday evening. Rao disclosed this figure while launching a massive campaign with a pledge to help remaining illegal Indian workers correct their

Puttur, Sep 15: A lorry driver was thrashed black and blue by two police constables for not stopping the lorry, at Kumbra in Puttur on Saturday. The victim is Muhammad Nazir from Haryana. He has suffered severe injuries on the hip area has been admitted to the hospital. It is said that the lorry which was bound towards Sullia to load arecanut from APMC was stopped by the two Puttur police station

Mangalore, Sep 13: The new office of Udupi and DK District Muslim Education Institutions' Federation (MEIF) was inaugurated by Dakshina Kannada District in-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai, at the ground floor of K S Rao Memorial Complex, on Saturday. Addressing the gathering Mr Rai said that thousands of years ago Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had given a clarion call to his people asking them to pay

Mangalore, Sep 15: In an effort to spread awareness about importance of creating healthier, more sustainable buildings and communities among Mangaloreans Bearys Institute of Technology-Student Chapter of the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) organised a'Green Walkathon' on Sunday. The walkathon was part of the World Green Building Week that is observed during the third week of September every

Bangalore, Sep 15: Five people, including two children and two women, died in three separate incidents of house collapse since late Friday due to incessant rains across the city, police said. "Two boys (Manoj and Pranoj) died early Saturday while they were asleep when the roof of their house at Domlur (in the eastern suburbs) caved in under the weight of an adjacent compound wall. Though their

Bidar/Dharwad, Sep 15: Six children drowned in two separate incidents in the State on Saturday. In the first incident, four children, including three girls, drowned in the Buggi Basavanna tank on Kallur road on the outskirts of the town on Saturday morning. The deceased have been identified as: Pooja Ganapath, 10, Latha Vasanth, nine, Roopa Gudappa, nine and Yuvaraj Badal, seven. They were part of

Bangalore, Sep 15: Five youth were killed when the car they were travelling in rammed into a Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus at Somanahalli on Kanakapura Road on Saturday evening. The deceased have been identified as Syed Ayub Pasha and Mohammad Jubed, residents of Ashoknagar; Yasir Khan, a resident of Neelasandra; and Yarab Abbas and Mayur Sharma of Shantinagar. They were aged

Mangalore, Sep 14: When India became free from British rule, our leaders ensured that the oppressive laws were done away with. However, oppressive laws such as the Police Act, 1861, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and others still continue to exist, said PUCL national president Prof Prabhakar Sinha. Speaking at a programme at Jathanna Hall, Balmatta here on Saturday where national office-bearers