Karnataka

Puttur, Jun 29: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader visited Minchipadau area near Sulyapadau in Putur taluk, adjoining Kerala state. It is said that the officials from Kerala had buried the endosulfan products here, which created a lot of tension in the region. With the Kerala government banning endosulfan, the officials resorted to dumping the stocked endosulfan in a 60 ft pit in a

Ullal, Jun 29: Rashtriya Vidyarthi Poshakara Vedike held its second round of campaign to ensure safety for women in buses. In this regard, the organization has said that men should not be allowed to board the buses from front entrance as this should be reserved only for women to board and get off the bus. The organization had once held a campaign after coining a slogan urging the men to use the

Manipal, Jun 29: Three governments and a university are trying to cover up the gang-rape case of a Manipal medical student, according to a senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader. Addressing presspersons here, GV Srirama Reddy, secretary of State unit of the CPI(M), said that the Centre, Karnataka and Kerala governments, and Manipal University were trying to cover up the case for some

Kasasrgod, Jun 29: The 320-m Madakkal bridge, the longest suspended bridge linking Valiyaparamba island with the main land in Kasargod, has been collapsed thanks to rain fury. Authorities have decided to provide free round-the-clock boat services to the affected residents. The services of a machine-fitted fibre boat would be made available from Saturday. The bridge, which had been built at an

Mangalore, Jun 29: Endosulfan Victims' Welfare Foundation will organize an ultra sound/ sonography scanning programme for pregnant women hailing from the endosulfan affected areas. The programme will be symbolically launched on June 30, while it will be started in full swing from July 1 onwards in scanning centres in Puttur. Physical deformities have been found in large numbers even today in new

New Delhi, Jun 29: Railways on Friday introduced a ticketing service through calls and text messages from mobile phones. Launching the facility, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge asserted that the service is more conducive for the masses of India because access to internet in the country is limited to 10 per cent of the population, but 80 per cent of the population has access to mobile phones

Mangalore, Jun 29: District Sessions Court has pronounced rigorous imprisonment of eight years and a penalty of Rs 60,000 to a husband who was responsible for the death of his wife. Rajesh alias Raj Kumar from Kolthige village along with his mother is said to have been harassing his wife Reshma. Unable to put up with the torture Reshma, who was pregnant committed suicide on August 1, 2011. Reshma

Udupi, Jun 29: Police are seriously contemplating seeking legal opinion on how to proceed in the Manipal medical student's gang-rape case as the victim and her family members are not coming forward to cooperate with the authorities in taking the case forward. Interestingly, neither the fourth-year medical student nor her family has lodged a formal complaint with the police on the June 20 incident

Mangalore, Jun 28: Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), Karnataka, organised a symposium in the city on Friday, as part of its ten-day awareness campaign against the 'draconian amendments' in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 2008. In his introductory address at the symposium organised at NGO Hall, Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada district SDPI general secretary Akbar Ali highlighted

Riyadh, Jun 28: Embassy of India has urged all the Indian expatriates who have received their Emergency Certificates (ECs) or Outpasses to approach Saudi immigration authorities for getting their final exit visa immediately. Embassy of India has completed the process of issuing ECs to all those applicants who have verified their personal particulars with the Embassy. Any applicant who has not yet