Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 5: Members of Mangalore unit of Students Islamic Organization (SIO) of India staged a demonstration on Friday against saffronisation of school textbooks of sixth and ninth standard, in front of Deputy Commissioner's officer in the city. Addressing the protesters, Girls Islamic Organisation President Umera said “India will lose its future if we follow communalism. There is a need to

Bantwal, Oct 5: Vittal police on Friday evening recovered bodies of a mother and her seven-year-old son floating in a small pond near their home at Chandalike near Vitta. The deceased have been identified as Pushpa (31), a homemaker, and her son Sharath Kumar. The two had been reported missing from their house since October 2, and a complaint had been filed in the Vittal Police Station on October

Mangalore, Oct 4: The preparations for Mangalore Dasara is almost over. Everyone working in connection to the Mangalore Dasara are seen doing final rounds of work, giving final touches to put up a splendid show on October 5 so that people carry home resplendent memory. Dasara will be held from October 5 to 15 and for the festival, a total of 9 kms road stretch have been embellished and illuminated

Mangalore, Oct 4: “Today's youth think of working abroad and earning more money for themselves. Serving the society and the needy is not on their mind. Harekala Hajabba is a role model for all youth,” said K S Muhammad Masood, president Muslim Central Committee. He was speaking after distribution loan scholarships- 2013 for students organised by Popular Front of India (PFI) at St Aloysius College

Mangalore, Oct 4: Prerana, a trust founded by the Infosys Employees Welfare Association organized a student's scholarship award function'Pratibha Poshak – 2013' recently held at Infosys Development Centre Mangalore as a part of their student community welfare projects. V K Talittaya, Chairman Primacy Industries, Mangalore graced the occasion as chief guest and awarded scholarships to 504

London, Oct 4: British citizens enjoy the widest range of visa-free travel in the world, being able to visit 173 countries with just a passport, while Indians get visa-free or visa-on-arrival access in 52 countries. The UK citizens are at par with those from Finland and Sweden for visa-free access, according to Henley & Partners Visa Restriction Index. Nine out of the top ten in the index are

Bidar, Oct 4: After facing a series of sex scandals during its recent rule in Karnataka, the BJP in this south Indian state has now landed in a fresh nanga-nach row, with a host of its leaders being caught in camera allegedly watching the performance of a female stripper and forcing them to perform nude-dance in a b-grade party at a guest house. The shocking news has kicked up a new political

Uppinangady, Oct 4: Two women who came in the guise of customers wanting to exchange gold ornament, conned a jeweler and exchanged their imitation jewelry for a genuine gold jewelry weighing 40 gms, from a shop in Uppinangady, on Thursday. At about 11.30 am, two women reportedly from Tamilnadu had come to Sri Hari jewelers near bus stand in Uppinangady. The women said that they had bought a

New Delhi, Oct 4: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind will adopt 1,000 families, displaced from five villages of riot-hit areas of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, and rehabilitate them in their original homes. "Thousands of Muzaffarnagar riot-hit displaced families are forced to live in extremely small relief camps or under open sky without shelter in miserable conditions with very poor sanitation facilities

Kasargod, Oct 4: A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly hurling stones on moving vehicles on the Kasaragod-Manjeshwaram National Highway stretch during strikes and hartals. The arrested is Shamsuddin, a resident of Peral Madimugar near Kumbla. Shamsuddin allegedly belonged to a gang that used to be paid by dubious elements, especially during hartals and strikes, to hurl stones on vehicles