Karnataka

Mangalore, Jun 22: The Urban Local Body elections were held about four months ago but the newly elected representatives of the 207 Urban bodies including the seven City Corporations including Mangalore City Corporation have not yet tasted power. On March 7, election for 207 ULBs were held and the results were out on March 9. If the then BJP government at the State had brought out the reservation

Mangalore, Jun 22: The 86th annual day and first formal convocation ceremony of Al-Madarasathul Azhariya Arabic College, was held recently in the city. Mangalore Khazi Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar inaugurated the event. K S Atakoya Thangal Kumbol offered du'a. Y Abdulla Kunhi, Chancellor Yenepoya University, Mangalore and B A Moideen Bawa, M L A, Mangalore City North were chief guests. Y Mohammed Kunhi

Mangalore, Jun 22: In a quick response, Suratkal police arrested five miscreants, allegedly belonging to a right wing outfit, who assaulted a Muslim man for talking to a girl from another community in Surathkal. Shihabuddin, 22, a resident of Jokatte in Surathkal, said in his complaint that he was assaulted without any provocation by a gang of five miscreants. The youth stopped his car near the

Bangalore, Jun 22: A section of BJP leaders will soon call on party central leaders in New Delhi seeking to create a platform to bring former chief minister and KJP?leader B S?Yeddyurappa back to the party fold. The initiative is being collectively taken up by Member of Parliament D?B?Chandre Gowda, former Speaker K?G?Bopaiah, former minister Arvind Limbavali, party MLC?G Madhusudhan among others

Manipal, Jun 21: The students of Manipal University staged a massive protest in front of the administrative block of the university building here on Friday evening demanding better security in the campus and immediate arrest of the rapists. The protest was held against the backdrop of kidnapping and sexual assault of a medical student of the university on Thursday night. The protest which started

Mangalore, Jun 21: In a spine-chilling incident, a two-and-a half-year-old girl child plunged to death from the sliding window of a second-floor room of a private in Mangalore, on Friday evening. Ever-smiling Marwa, daughter of Mukthar, a resident of Kanhangad in Kerala, was the most lovable child in her entire family. The incident occurred at around 4:30 p.m. Marwa was playing with her twin

Bangalore, Jun 21: Former Karnataka Minister Shobha Karandlaje, who returned here after remaining stranded for four days at Rudraprayag in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, today said it was a harrowing experience as her group of 1,000 pilgrims had to spend sleepless nights sandwiched between high mountains and flooded Ganga river. "The disaster in Uttarakhand reminded me of Hollywood film '2012', which

Mangalore, Jun 21: The body of Fathima Nishana, a Class III girl, who had been allegedly pushed off Netravati bridge near Thokkottu last Wednesday, was found Thursday late night near Kotepura on the outskirts of the city. The body, which had remained untraced during search operation by local divers and five sleuths on Wednesday, was washed ashore at around 10:00 p.m. on Thursday. It was then taken

Kasargod, Jun 21: Due to the torrential rains that the region received over the last few days, the death toll has shot up to six. Sea erosion having occurred in several places across the district, several coconut and other trees have fallen due to the severity of the waves lashing the shore. Life has been thrown out of gear due to the incessant rainfall in the limits of 13 gram panchayat in the

Dharmasthala, Jun 21: Basadi and temple administrations must consider deploying watchmen and installing CCTV cameras, Abhishek Goyal, Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada district, has said. The measures need to be taken by religious institutions to keep a check on higher frequency of thefts in religious centres during the rainy season, the SP suggested at a meeting held Dharmasthala guest