Karnataka

Udupi, Jul 14: The Kaniyur Mutt, which would be the next Paryaya Mutt, performed the 'Kattige Muhurta' here on Sunday. 'Kattige Muhurta' is the third among the preliminary rituals before the Paryaya. Elaborate rituals marked the 'Kattige Muhurta'. A procession was taken out from the math with workers carrying loads of firewood. Symbolically, head loads of firewood carried by the people was taken

Kundapur, Jul 14: A 24-year-old youth allegedly ended his life inside a private hospital at Koteshwar in Kundapur taluk of Udupi. Police have identified the deceased as Nataraj, son of Krishna Marakala from Petri Cherkadi in Kundapur. He had been working at the canteen of Dr N R Acharya Memorial Hospital since almost a decade. According to sources, he had joined the canteen when he was a small boy

New Delhi, Jul 14: Memories of an era gone by are all that remains for telegraphists, considered the backbone of the historic 163-year-old telegram service, which bids its final adieu. The state-run telecom firm BSNL has decided to discontinue telegrams following a huge shortfall in revenue. "Sunday is the last day for telegram services. The service will start at 8 am and close by 9 pm," BSNL CMD

Bantwal, Jul 14: The mother and wife of a man who brutally assaulted and injured the two women on Friday night before committing suicide, are currently recuperating at a private hospital in Mangalore and their conditions have slightly improved. After being assaulted by Abdul Hameed, said to be mentally unstable, the conditions of his mother Mariamma (58) and wife Asma (28) are said to be stable

Bangalore, Jul 14: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Veerappa Moily escaped unhurt after the car in which he was travelling was involved in a minor accident at Kuluvanahalli in Nelamangala taluk under the jurisdiction of Bangalore Rural police station. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon when Moily was returning to Bangalore after laying the foundation stone at a school for physically

Bantwal, Jul 14: An idol theft racket has been successfully cracked by Dakshina Kannada district police with the nabbing of six persons by Bantwal police. Thimmaiah, Somanath, Jayaraj, Gangaraj from Hasan, Babu from Uppinangady and Nethra from Shimoga are the arrested individuals. They were produced before the court on Saturday. As per the directions of Superintendent of Police Abhishek G0yal

Kasargod, Jul 14: Five persons have been arrested in connection with Sabith murder case which has triggered violence in Kasargod on July 7. The arrested include two prime accused K Akshay (21), a resident of Anangoor JP Colony and K N Vaishak (19), a resident of Kalliangad. The other three accused are R Bijesh (20) of JP Colony, K Sachin Kumar (19) and a 17-year-old juvenile. Police earlier had

Bhubaneswar, Jul 14: The Karnataka police recovered miniature idols made of precious metals stolen from the Jain shrine in Moodabidri, about 37 km from Mangalore, from the Odisha capital on Saturday. Also seized were 1.5 kg of gold ingots, gem stones and Rs 2 lakh in cash from a house at Chandrashekharpur here, the sources said. The recovery was valued at Rs three crore, they said. “We have seized

Mangalore, Jul 14: Several ideas and inputs were garnered on the development of tourism in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, in an interaction meeting with the media organised by Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the city on Saturday. Issues were raised that the port city of Mangalore and surrounding region did not even have a brochure or booklet to featuring street maps or listing

Kannur, Jul 14: Kannur International Airport, located at Mattanur in Kannur District, would open in December 2015, the minister in charge of the project said Saturday. This would be the fourth international airport of Kerala, which is known as one of the smallest states of South India. Seven companies have been shortlisted in the pre-qualification bid for building the airport, which is coming up