Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 28: Nagaraj Balegar (30) a rowdy dramatically absconded from Udupi railway station on Wednesday morning around 9.30am, when he was being brought to Udupi from Thrissur in Kerala. It is learnt that on Tuesday night two Kerala state police officers had taken Nagaraj Balegar from Thrissur of Kerala in a train to Udupi to produce before the Court in connection to a particular case

Mundgod, Aug 28: Three people died when their sports utility vehicle (SUV) rammed a tree and fell into a ditch near Bekkoda in the taluk in the early hours of Tuesday. The accident occurred when the passengers were on a pilgrimage to Dharmasthala. The vehicle hit the tree when the driver lost control over it. The deceased are: Shivalinga Ainapur, Parasappa Nandeppa Nyamagouda and Gurusiddaiah

Mangalore, Aug 28: The Department of Mass Communication (MCMS), St Aloysius College Mangalore celebrated 'third annual Golden Insignia Awards' on Tuesday to encourage budding journalism students who produce a weekly news bulletin in one of the leading news channel. Likewise, Best Anchor Male award was bagged by Varun Raj and Arun Lucas, Best Anchor Female by Jeena Elizabeth John, Best Camera

Mangalore, Aug 28: Parliament election observers of Congress R V Venkatesh, S G Nanjayanamutt and KMS Pandyan collected feedback and proposals from the Congress party workers in Dakshina Kannada district office on Wednesday for upcoming parliament elections. Meanwhile Minister for forest, environment and ecology, B Ramanath Rai speaking at the meet said, “developmental works done by the Congress

Bangalore, Aug 28: A 30-year-old man, suspected by the police to be the “serial abductor” who kidnapped as many as 31 underage girls from the City and other parts of Karnataka and neighbouring states, has been arrested from a lodge in Hosur town of Tamil Nadu. Ravi alias Psycho Ravi alias Janardhanachari alias Babu, a resident of Rampur village in Hoskote taluk, had “abducted” children from

Vittal, Aug 28: Clouds of problems don't seem to clear for Government First Grade College, Vittal. After being in news recently for group fight within the campus, now the college is again in news with cases being booked against 50 students for fighting in public, on Tuesday. It is said that around 11 am, two groups of students started a street fight, beating one another out in open. The residents

Bangalore, Aug 28: The body of a headmaster of a BBMP High School, Bangalore, who went missing after leaving a death-note, was found in Cauvery River, near Mahadevapura in the taluk on Tuesday morning. R Vedantachar, 53, was in-charge headmaster at the BBMP high school in Banappa Park, in front of Cauvery Bhavan, on KG Road. He had mysteriously left his house in Ganganagar, near RT Nagar, on

Mangalore, Aug 27: An Eid get-together was organised by Eid celebration committee of Lions Club, Mangalore at Lions Seva Mandir, Kadri-Mallikatte, here recently. Delivering the keynote address on the occasion, manager of publication Shanthi Prakashana Mohammed Kunhi said that religion was not the cause of problems, but rather, the lack of religious consciousness was the root of all problems. “At

Mangalore, Aug 28: Environmentalists have raised concern over the implementation of the Nethravati river diversion project, which will evidently have adverse affect on ecology and bio-diversity. A meeting held to discuss the pros and cons of Nethravati river diversion, after deliberations resolved to demand dropping of Nethravati river diversion and Yettinahole projects. They further said that an

Bangalore, Aug 27: Karnataka High Court today for the fifth time rejected the bail plea of Kerala-based PDP leader Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, an accused in the 2008 serial blasts here. Rejecting Ma'adani's plea, Justice N Ananda observed that doctors in the jail are capable of treating the People's Democratic Party Chairman. Ma'adani had submitted he was a chronic diabetic and wheelchair dependent. He