Karnataka

Mangalore, Jun 12: Senior journalist Selvaraj Kayoor breathed his last at a hospital in Mangalore on Tuesday after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 48. Selvaraj Kayoor was a former chief cameraman of the Asianet News TV and a leading photographer. A versatile photographer, Selvaraj had worked for the Madhyamam daily before becoming the Staff Reporter of the Kerala Kaumudi . He later joined

Mangalore, Jun 12: The district court complex works which remained languished for over seven years are finally seeing completion. If all goes on fine, then the complex will be ready for inauguration by July and the legal proceedings that have been going on in clamped MCC building will be held in spacious new complex. During a review meeting held by the district in-charge minister last year, the

Udupi, Jun 12: A 26-year-old man was killed after a speeding bus rammed into his motorbike near Nallur village in Karkala taluk of Udupi district. The deceased has been identified as Roshan, a resident of Navoor in Belthangady taluk. Roshan who sustained head injuries was declared brought dead at the government hospital in Karkala. A case has been registered at Karkala rural police station. The

Bangalore, Jun 12: Students from Karnataka have beaten their counterparts from other states in the Comed-K UGET exam by bagging all the top ten ranks in the engineering stream. Three students from the State also figure in the top ten ranks of the medical stream. In the top 100 ranks, there are 41 medical rank holders and 85 engineering rank holders from the State, according to an official release

New Delhi, Jun 11: BJP on Tuesday reached a truce with sulking patriarch L K Advani who agreed not to press for his resignation from key party posts after RSS intervened to end the two-day crisis triggered by his opposition to Narendra Modi's elevation. "Today afternoon, RSS sarsanghchalak (chief) Shri Mohan Bhagwat spoke to Shri Advani and asked him to respect BJP parliamentary board decision and

Mangalore, Jun 11: Family of an under-trial, who died in Mangalore prison last week, has gone to Human Rights and Corruption Abolition Union (HRCAU) and the media seeking justice. It may be recalled that Naveen Poojari (43) died in police custody, a week ago owing to ill health, reportedly. In this connection, his mother Kusuma, who has now taken up the fight for justice for her son has sought the

Mangalore Jun 11: South Canara District Central Co -operation Bank (SCDCC) and Navodaya Rural Development Charitable Trust will felicitate all the elected MLA's and Ministers from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on June 16 at Loyola Hall, informed M N Rajendra Kumar, President of SCDCC Bank. Addressing the press here on Tuesday at SCDCC head office, he said that, since 3 ministers are

Mangalore, Jun 11: A newly built house of a daily-wage labourer was damaged in a land slide that occurred at Kunjathbail in the city on Tuesday morning. The house of Narayan Salian, who earned his living as a coolie, was completely damaged in a land slide at around 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday. Fortunately, Narayan's wife and son, who were in the house at the time of the incident, managed to run out of

Mangalore, Jun 11: Following a state government order directing officials of the government to stop using becon lights on their vehicles, N Prakash, Deputy Commissioner, DK, has in an instance of leading by example, got rid of the same from his own vehicle first. The state government has issued the order in the backdrop of a Supreme Court directive. All previous circulars issued by the government

Mangalore, Jun 11: Senior writer Bola Chittaranjandas Shetty's book 'Athithi Nammamma' was released at Mangalore Press Club on Tuesday. Speaking after releasing the book, S Balaraj, Former Kollegal MLA and singer, said that Mr. Shetty remains a role model for many young Tulu writers. Congratulating the senior writer on the release of his latest work, Mr. Balaraj said that books play a great role