Karnataka

Puttur, May 31: In an unsuccessful theft attempt, six houses located in Ramnagar near Uppinangady in Puttur taluk were broken into late at night on Thursday. The houses belonging to Hameed, Ibrahim, Hyder, Mustaq, Musa Beary and Shahul Hameed located around Ramnagar were broken into on Thursday when the occupants of the houses were asleep. The thieves gained entry into the houses by breaking doors

Mangalore, May 31: A lady was looted of her ornaments estimated to cost about Rs 7 lakh, by an auto driver and two of his aides, on Thursday mornin in Mangalore. At about 4.30 am on Thursday, Farah Kauser, a resident of Vijayanagar in Bangalore got off the Bangalore bus at Balmatta in Mangalore, along with her mother and son and hired an auto to go to Bikarnakatte. On traveling a distance the

Mangalore, May 31: The Imagine Trust, in collaboration with two schools of Mangalore, has taken its first step towards creating green schools. The Bangalore-based NGO took up the pilot project in St Joseph's Joyland School, Kolya and Infant Jesus Joyland School, Bolar. Volunteers from Imagine conducted a half day's workshop for the teachers of these schools recently. Over 50 teachers participated

Kochi, May 31 In a 'big boost' to Kerala Tourism, the first seaplane, which would commence service from Ashtamudi Lake in Kollam to Punnamada Lake in Alapuzha on June 2, landed here to a warm welcome on Thursday. The project, to be formally launched by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, aims at connecting various backwater destinations in the state. The Seaplane was given a 'water salute' as it touched

Bangalore, May 31: The state government is understood to have decided to ban the manufacture and sale of gutka and panmasala. A formal announcement in this regard is likely to be made on the occasion of World Tobacco Day on Friday. Gutka has been banned as per the Centre's Food Safety and Standards of India Act. Though the Union government notified the Act a year ago making it mandatory for all

Mangalore, May 30: With no progress in the investigation even after constituting an Inquiry committee to look into the sexual harassment case filed by a woman ASI against a senior police officer, Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), Forum Against Atrocities of Women (FAAW), Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS) and other like-minded organisations, have urged the government to intercede in the

Mangalore, May 30: Episodes of controversies in educational institutions due to religious reasons have been common in Dakshina Kannada district, which is often referred to as educational hub of the state. After several controversies spurred after 'hijab' issue in various schools of the region, this time a decision of a Catholic run institution to incorporate a religious symbol on the uniform has

Mangalore May 30: Sekar Basu Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, will be awarding over 500 students with their degree on St Aloysius Graduation Day this Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 3 p.m. at Loyola Hall, St Aloysius P.U College, Mangalore. Rev. Fr. Francis Serrao SJ President, Mangalore Jesuit Educational Society (MJES) and Provincial, Karnataka Jesuit Province will be presiding

Mangalore, May 30: All the seven accused in connection to the attack on an auto-rickshaw driver in Bantwal taluk last week, have been caught by the Bantwal police. In addition to Ishaq (24) who was arrested and produced before court on Monday, six others were apprehended by the police. They are Ismail (35), Raheem (33), Hasan Shafi (28), Mohammed Shareef (26), Farooq (26) and Hamza (24), all

Mangalore, May 30: It is time to bring out the uniforms, school bags and shoes after a two-month break from regular use. The end of May signals the time when most schools and colleges, barring professional ones, reopen in the state. May 30 marked the commencement of the new academic year for most schools in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Schools run by private managements reopened after the