Karnataka

Mangalore, Jun 15: Several problems came to the fore when Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader paid a visit to the District Wenlock Hospital to discuss health issues and development of the hospital with the medical and administrative officials. No attenders The hospital staff complained that there was lack of attenders and nurses to take care of the patients in wards, in case of

Kasargod, Jun 15: The family of a 40-year-old Indian national, who was mysteriously killed during Bahrain's unrest more than two years ago has received 60,000 Bahraini dinars (about $159,000) compensation payout. Stephen Abraham of Kerala, working as a security officer with the Almoayyed Group, was mysteriously shot in the chest in March 2011 while he was stationed at Awal Dairy on Budaiya Highway

Rajkot (Guj), Jun 15: A senior minister in the Narendra Modi government was today sentenced to three years imprisonment by a court in Porbandar in the Rs 54-crore illegal limestone mining case of 2006. Gujarat Water Resources minister Babu Bokhiria was convicted by Chief Judicial Magistrate C V Pandya. Bokhiria along with former Congress MP Bharat Odedara, alleged gangster Bhima Dula Odedara, who

Mangalore, Jun 15: Rashmi Parvathi K and Sindhura Shankar, two students from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district guided by Agriculture Scientist and 'Krishi Pandit' awardee Badanaje Shankar Bhat have bagged international level prizes and gold medals for the essays written by them. Rashmi Parvathi K, a student of Vivekananda College, Puttur, won gold medal for her paper presentation on production

Mangalore, Jun 15: A minor girl was hospitalized in critical condition after she attempted to end her life by consuming chemicals at her house after being raped by a middle-aged man at Lingappayyakadu near Mulky on outskirts of the city. The accused, identified as Manjunath alias Kalla Manja, president of JD(S) local booth committee, has been absconding. However, police have managed to nab Kalla

Mangalore, Jun 15: An ambulance, which was rushing a patient to hospital, turned turtle at the precarious Budoli bridge, near Mani in Vittal on the outskirts of Mangalore. It is said that the driver was in an inebriated state and this led to the mishap. The ambulance was taking a patient from Hasan who was in critical condition to Mangalore for treatment. While one of the drivers of the ambulance

Kuwait City, Jun 15: Kuwait Kerala Muslim Association has urged the authorities of Kuwait to be lenient and considerate on concerns of expatriates with regard to the new regulations and law enforcement on traffic violations and residencies check points in Kuwait. Memorandum submitted to Major General Abdul Fattah Al Ali, Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs, Kuwait, on Wednesday by a

Kaup, Jun 15: Sridhar Poojary (48), an auto driver from Neermarga who went missing from Jeppu bridge in Mangalore on Tuesday has been found dead. The dead body of Mr Poojary was recovered from the sea, at Muloor near Kaup, on Friday morning. On receiving information from local residents that a dead body of a middle aged man was seen floating in the sea, the cops with the help of one Mr Suri alias

Subramanya, Jun 15: A middle-aged couple allegedly ended life by jumping to the lake and consuming poison at Karija in Balpa village near here. The deceased have been identified as Raviprakash (44) and his wife Nagaveni (38). While Raviprakash ended his life by consuming poison at hom, Nagaveni jumped into the lake to end her life. Nagaveni was Raviprakash's secondwife. Though he had married

Mangalore, Jun 15: There are several alternate uses of arecanut and the crop can be used for production of value added products. The government must recognize it and encourage research on multiple uses of crops like arecanut, said Banaje Shankar Bhat, agricultural scientist. Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore, Mr. Bhat said that while the state government's decision to ban