Karnataka

Udupi, Mar 26: The body of an expatriate worker, who last week succumbed to the injuries he had sustained at a workplace mishap in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last month, is expected to fly home in a couple of days. Seena K Suvarna, hailing from Kaup in Udupi district had spent almost 23-years of his life in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, when he met with a tragedy last month at a work site in Al

Mangalore, Mar 26: Members of the Baikampady Nagarika Hitharakshana Samithi held a protest against N B Aboobakkar, Former President, Karnataka State Minorities Development Corporation and President of Baikampady Juma Masjid, in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore. On March 22, a certain Ismail was assaulted and gunshots were fired in the air after Mr. Aboobakkar's bodyguard

Bangalore, Mar 26: The 24-year-old woman who allegedly had her fiance murdered last October and was out on bail, committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in Peenya Dasarahalli, late on Sunday night. Soumya S K had been arrested by Bangalore Rural police following the murder, and had been granted bail on March 13, as the trial was yet to begin. Soumya met Nitish, 27, an Accenture staffer

Bangalore, Mar 26: In a new development ahead of the impending Karnataka Assembly polls, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)? have entered into an electoral understanding. Addressing a joint press conference, here on Monday, BSP State president Marasandra Muniyappa and SDPI State president K Abdul Majeed said that as both parties had similar principles, it

Mangalore, Mar 26: Santosh Narayanan has been a consistent rank holder. He stood 15th in the Kerala SSLC examinations scoring an impressive 96 per cent in PCB (physics, chemistry, biology) in II PU. But little did the student from A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalore, know that at the end of his MBBS course, he would be balancing a heavy tray of 17 gold medals — the highest given to a

Udupi, March 26: Removal of banners of religious programmes by district administration as part of the model code of conduct for Assembly elections has drawn people's ire. As directed by the Election Commission of India, personnel deputed by district administration went about a banner removal drive across Kaup constituency last weekend. However, along with banners of political parties, they got rid

Sullia, Mar 25: Despite being the majority community of the country, Hindus do not enjoy protection and security in Indian society, lamented Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) State convener Jagadish Karanth. Delivering the keynote address at a massive convention organised by HJV Samajothsava Samiti at Sampaje near here, he said that even though Hindus do not object Muslims living in this country, any

Chennai, Mar 25: Mangaloreans have a reason to cheer, for the Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) 2013 organised by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) features Mangalorean Ashwin Naik in the leading spot in the rally, which kicked off in Chennai last week. Defending champions Amittrajit Ghosh and Ashwin Naik, who had emerged as national champions in INRC 2012, clinched the

Panaji, Mar 25: Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice (retd) Santosh Hegde drew flak from the Goa Mining People's Front for insinuating that illegal mining was akin to Underworld activities. "We condemn the statement of Hegde equating us with Dawood Ibrahim. We are the workers who have been toiling on the mining leases to make our livelihood", Suhas Naik, Convener, Goa Mining People's Front (GMPF)

Kasargod, Mar 25: Six final year engineering students were among seven persons killed and 30 others injured when their bus fell into a ravine at Thekkinkanam near Rajakkad in Idukki district of Kerala on Monday. The driver was among those killed. The victims were returning from Kodaikanal after a tour when the mishap occurred, police said. The injured have been hospitalised and the condition of