Karnataka

Mangalore, Jul 1: Separate committees have been constituted in three coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada to address all the problems faced by endosulfan victims, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader. Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of a programme in the city, the minister said the committee would also keep a tab on the compensation which

Mangalore, Jul 1: Over a dozen people sustained injuries in a head-on collision between a speeding express bus and a lorry on NH 66 near Mukka check post on the outskirts of the city. The accident took place on Sunday evening when the driver of the express bus plying from Manipal to Mangalore, lost control over his vehicle in his bid to over take another vehicle. The bus rammed into an oncoming

Mangalore, Jun 30: Anand, one of the three arrested in Manipal gang-rape case, was on Sunday discharged from hospital. He had been recovering after attempting suicide by hanging himself to evade arrest by police on June 27. Anand was taken to Manipla Police station amidst tight security. He is expected to produce before a local court on Monday. An MBBS student of Manipal University was kidnapped

Mangalore, Jun 30: A promotional event was held by the cast and crew of 'Lucia', the first public-funded Kannada movie, at Cinepolis multiplex at City Centre mall here on Sunday. The movie is directed by debut director Pavan Kumar who had previously directed the Kannada movie 'Life Ishtene'. A unique aspect of the film is that it was made on a limited budget of Rs 50 lakhs, which was raised online

Mangalore, Jun 30: In a bizarre case, a Dalit woman claimed that she had been duped and her child was taken away by her employer soon after she gave birth five years ago. This was brought to light at the monthly SC/ST grievance meet held at the Police Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Sunday. In the meeting, Dalit representative S P Anand told the Deputy Commissioner of Police M Muthuraya that

Mangalore, Jun 30: A sixty-year-old woman was killed and five others sustained injuries in a collision between a goods train and a tourist tempo at an unauthorized railway crossing in Adyar on the outskirts of the city on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Dulaika (60). She did not respond to the treatment and breathed her last in a private hospital where she was being treated after the

Bantwal, Jun 30: After splendid success of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), which brought about a revolution in the primary education sector, the Center is all set to extend the programme even to higher primary education under the banner 'Madhyamika Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' so as to bring about qualitative change even in the higher primary education. Informing about the same, district in-charge minister

Riyadh, Jun 30: With just three days to go, thousands of expatriates stranded without proper documentation in Saudi Arabia are fighting against time to regularize their status ahead of the July 3 deadline. Illegal expatriates including Indians fear they may be evicted them from their apartments and houses if they fail to rectify their status ahead of amnesty deadline. Meanwhile, expatriate workers

Udupi, Jun 30: The condition of former Bajrang Dal activist Yogesh Poojary, the prime accused in Manipal gang-rape case, is said to be 'critical but stable'. Yogesh was admitted to KMC Hospital following his bid to commit suicide by consuming poison. According to the sources, Yogesh had consumed a pesticide organo-prosphate, which is similar to tic-20. He is said to have consumed a glass of this

Moodbidri, Jun 30: A Leopard, which fell into a well was rescued by the local residents and the forest officials, at Badakodi in Boruguude area of Nellikaru gram panchayat in Moodbidri on Saturday. Lalita Poojary, a resident here saw a leopard in her well and immediately informed Grama Aranya Samiti President Jayant Hegde. Accordingly forest guard Bhasker, Nellikaru GP vice-president Shashikant