Karnataka

Mangalore, Jul 24: Though it was created with the intention of disseminating news about crime in Mangalore city limits regularly to interested patrons, the blog of Mangalore City Police has been irregular in its updates from some time. To provide information on different crimes that have occurred in the district such as murder, robbery, burglary, extortion or rape, the then-Superintendent of

Mangalore, Jul 24: Theatre artist Avitas Adolphus Cutinha also known as Dolla Mangalore will be awarded with '12th Bahrain Konkani Kutam-2013' award in recognition of his contribution to Konkani language. Announcing this to media persons on Wednesday, Convener of Konkani Kutam Bahrain Richard Moras said that awards would be presented on July 28 at 6.30 p.m. at St Sebastian Platinum Jubilee Hall

Mangalore, July 24: The district unit of Campus Front of India (CFI) held a demonstration and road-block near University College at Hampankatta here on Wednesday, protesting against malicious assaults on innocent students by miscreants. The demonstrators claimed that certain communal forces belonging to saffron outfits were trying to disrupt the communal harmony in the region by indulging in acts

Mangalore, Jul 24: In view of inculcating a sense of patriotism and national pride among the children, Centre for Integrated Learning in association with the Lions Club Mangalore and Dakshina Kannada District Ex-Servicemen Association will be organizing an inter-school workshop on `Patriotism and National Pride' at Lions Seva Mandir, Kadri in the city on Friday to commemorate Kargil Vijay Diwas

Vittal, Jul 24: A student was thrashed by a group of students on Tuesday for teasing a female student, at Vittal Government First Grade College. The students affiliated to ABVP staged a stir from Tuesday morning and demanded suspension of the Principal. It is said that a male students pursuing his final year BSW course misbehaved with a female student of the same college. The girl hailing from

Bangalore, Jul 24: Co-operation Minister H S Mahadev Prasad on Tuesday announced in the Legislative Assembly that criminal cases would be booked against persons responsible for irregularities in the Amanath Co-operative Bank. The minister, while replying to a demand by the BJP MLAs to refer the scams to the Central Bureau of Investigation, said three scams had come to light in the Bank till now

Jeddah, Jul 24: Many government-contracted firms in the country do not want to continue sponsoring their expatriate employees because they want to make way for Saudi workers. A number of expatriate employees here say that many of them have not had their contracts renewed because their companies are concerned about their Nitaqat quotas. Many of these firms have short-term contracts with government

Kasargod, Jul 24: Three gas tankers washed ashore on the Berika beach, near Kumbla, on Tuesday to the bewilderment of local people. The three capsule-shaped tankers joined on an iron frame were found on shore around 10 a.m. Coastal police, police and fire and rescue services personnel rushed to the spot to prevent the crowd from going close to the tankers. “From the markings, we could make out

Mangalore, Jul 23: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Karnataka Dalitha Sangharsha Samithi (KDSS) has urged the state and the Central government that the Mangalore International Airport be named after Dr B R Ambedkar, who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement. Speaking at a press conference here on Tuesday, state convenor of the Samithi M Devadas said that a large number of Dalits had been

Mangalore, Jul 23: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Karnataka Dalitha Sangharsha Samithi (KDSS) has alleged that the Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University Prof T C Shivashankara Murthy had suspended the services of two office-bearers of Mangalore University Non-teaching Employees Association over a false allegation, and demanded that he should be immediately removed from his post as vice