Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 3: The state government has transferred Udupi district information office M Junjanna. Mr Junjanna had been working in Udupi for past 10 years. B A Khader Shah, a Mangalorean, who was working as Chikmagalur district information officer for past three years will be replacing Mr Junjanna. Hassan district information officer Vinod Chandra will be taking additional charge in Chikmagalur

Bangalore, Aug 3: A woman was stabbed to death by an unidentified assailant in front of her five-year-old daughter at her J P Nagar residence on Thursday. The incident came to light after Jyothilakshmi's parents tried in vain to contact her on Thursday night. She did not take their calls. “On Friday morning, I asked my friend Nagaraj, who stays in the same layout, to call on my daughter and ask

Riyadh, Aug 3: The soon-to-be-launched “Peace Mobile,” an Islamic smartphone, is a useful media gadget that reconciles Qur'an with modern science. The smartphone was invented by Dr. Zakir Naik, an internationally renowned public speaker on Islam and comparative religion, and is ready to be launched internationally in the last week of Ramadan. Demand for the Islamic handset is scaling among Muslims

Mangalore, Aug 3: Muslim Souharda Vedike South India (MSVSI) has urged the present Congress-led state government to change their stance on People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, an accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, MSVSI secretary S M Basheer Ahmed said that the stance taken by the state government was alarming

Bangalore, Aug 3: The Congress on Friday decided to field D K Suresh, brother of former Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar, from Bangalore Rural Parliamentary constituency, while Kannada actor Ramya is likely to enter the electoral battle for the party from the Mandya Lok Sabha segment. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka State Congress President G Parameshwara, who held a meeting with the

Mangalore, Aug 2: Unidentified persons fired at an entrepreneur in the city creating panic among the residents on Friday evening. The incident occurred at around 5:45 p.m. when Vijayendra Bhat, a businessman and resident of V T Road, Mangalore, was driving his Mahindra Scorpio, bearing registration number KA 44 N 11, towards Ballal Bagh. Sources said that two the miscreants, who came on a black

Mumbai, Aug 2: TV actress and model Sakshi Parikh allegedly rammed her car into a two-wheeler and an auto-rickshaw in Mumbai's Kandivali area on Friday. According to police sources, five people, including a biker, were hurt after their vehicles were hit by the speeding Honda Civic, allegedly driven by the actor. The biker later succumbed to his injuries. Police said the four injured people were

Udupi, Aug 2: Udupi town is growing drastically and the pangs and problem of cities have already invaded the town. The roads are shrinking and the number of vehicles on roads are swelling. Parking slots have become a rare luxury in the city because most of the parking areas have been eaten away by buildings or vendors. Walking on the roads has become a difficult task to perform for pedestrians

Mangalore, Aug 2: Condemning the state government's decision to ban student union elections in colleges across Karnataka, the state unit of Campus Front of India (CFI) has demanded that the Department of Education should withdraw its decision or face consequences. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, state CFI president Iqbal Bellare said that the decision taken by the state government

Mangalore, Aug 2: Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists Union (DKWJU) in association with Mangalore Press Club and Forest department celebrated Vanamahotsava at Kadri Park here on Friday morning. Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology B Ramanatha Rai inaugurated the programme by planting saplings at the park. He said that Vanamahotsava is a meaningful celebration, as it makes the city green