Karnataka

Mangalore, Jun 2: A parked car was completely damaged in a in a landslide at Nagori Guddethota on the outskirts of the city of Mangalore during Sunday's downpour. The incident occurred at around 8:30 a.m. The Maruti Omni car, bearing register number KA-19, Z-7962 was parked at a makeshift shed adjacent to a house. Sandhya Raj, the owner of the car said that he had never imagined that the compound

Mangalore, Jun 2: Two women, who came to a jewellery showroom in Mangalore in guise of customers managed to steal diamond ornaments worth Rs 7.60 lakh. According to the sources two women entered Tanishq showroom, at Balmatta in Mangalore on Saturday afternoon and requested the salesmen to show them some bangles. Citing that they did not like any design shown to them,the two kept pestering the

Mangalore, Jun 2: Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai has confirmed that Assistant Commissioner of Police T R Jagannath has been transferred from Mangalore to Bangalore. The transfer comes after constituting an inquiry committee to probe the sexual harassment case filed by Assistant Sub Inspector Shrikala against Mr Jagannath. Meanwhile, the ongoing probe into this case has

Mangalore, Jun 2: Vittal Police in Dakshina Kannada district have successfully nabbed three inter-state vehicle lifters and drug peddlers at Kanyana. Arrested are Mohammad Rafiq alias Kalia Rafiq (39) of Bappaithota of Uppal, Shamsuddin (34), resident of Bagodu Thalangara and Mohammad Mukhtar (22) from Tumkur. Rafiq, Shamsuddin, Mukhtar On Friday night, the trio was seen roaming in Kanyana area in

Udupi, Jun 2: Amidst the increasing number of dengue cases across Karnataka, three more children lost their lives to vector-borne disease. A 15-year-old girlfrom Davanagere succumbed to dengue fever at KMC Hospital in Manipal on Saturday, officials said. The girl was admitted in KMC on May 25. Two children died due to fever at Kudlur village in Tarikere on Saturday. The deceased have been

Jeddah, Jun 2: Saudi authorities have rejected requests by embassies, public and private sectors to extend the grace period to legalize the status of workers violating labor regulations. According to a source, a request was submitted last week to extend the grace period, but the Saudi government has rejected it. “The government refused to extend the period that will end on July 3. The government

Bangalore, Jun 2: Home?Minister K?J?George said on Saturday that checking crimes against women — increasing alarmingly in the State — was his top priority. The State government was very concerned about women's safety as the number of crimes against them, especially rapes and sexual assaults, were on the rise. A few fundamental groups were targeting the fairer sex, he said. “We will take all

Tumkur, Jun 2: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is all set to cover the entire State under the Aadhaar scheme in the next six to nine months. Speaking at the inauguration of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme in LPG subsidy, UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani said on Saturday that the State government and the Authority would launch a massive enrolment drive in the next few

Padubidri, Jun 1: A goods train which was transporting coal from NMPT to UPCL detailed at Nandikur near here on Saturday morning. The UPCL had laid a separate track for the good train from NMPT. The mishap occurred when the good train was returning to NMPT after supplying coal to the UPCL at 6.30am. Two bogies have been derailed. However, no injuries have been reported. Goods train D4-12045

Mangalore, Jun 1: Director of Baba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, Sekhar Basu on Saturday underlined the importance of nuclear technology in facilitating the development of mutant crops with traits such as higher yields, better tolerance to diseases and stresses like drought and salinity. He said that the development of improved crop varieties was necessary since India had a large