Karnataka

Bangalore, Mar 25: Six people were charred to death when fire engulfed and destroyed a godown stocking inflatable seating material meant for exports at Magadi Road on the ourtskirts of the city on Monday. Fire services officer Ravishankar, speaking from the spot, said six people had died in the fire. The godown was locked from the outside even as the workers slept after doing the night shift. The

Mangalore, Mar 25: Pre-paid auto rickshaw service resumed at Mangalore Central Railway Station on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Jayaprakash Shetty, President, Auto Rickshaw unit, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, DK, said that the association has taken up the mantle to supervise pre-paid auto services at the Station in collaboration with the RTO and Police. Barring the increase in minimum charges of

Mangalore, Mar 25: The wave of dissidence within the JD(S) against M B Sadashiva, Dakshina Kannada District President of the party, reached a new high with prominent leaders of the party including big names such as B Nagaraj Shetty and M G Hegde officially confirming their resignations along with 60 others. Addressing a news conference in Mangalore on Monday, Mr, Hegde said that fed up of Mr

Yangon, Mar 25: Anti-Muslims riots in Myanmar spread to at least two other towns in the country's heartland over the weekend, undermining government efforts to quash an eruption of violence that has killed hundreds of people and displaced 10,000 more. President Thein Sein declared a state of emergency in the region and deployed army troops to the worst hit city, Meikhtila. But even as soldiers

Mangalore, Mar 25: A summer Cricket coaching camp will be jointly conducted by Cricket India Academy & Mangala Sports Pvt Ltd for young boys and girls in morning and evening sessions in Mangalore.

Puttur, Mar 25: Two pedestrians were killed when an identified speeding vehicle mowed them down at Kemminje village bypass in Puttur taluk late on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Narasimha and Nagaraja both from Koodligi taluk in Bellary district. Their colleague Venkatesh, 26, a resident of the same village, sustained serious injuries in the accident and is undergoing

Mangalore, Mar 25: The Vokkaliga Gowda community in Dakshina Kannada has demanded more representation to the community in the forthcoming Assembly elections, failing which the political parties would have to pay a heavy price. Vokkaligara Yane Gowdara Seva Sangha Secretary D Padmanabha Gowda has said that in case the community is neglected then the members of the community will give an apt answer

Udupi, Mar 25: The BJP-led Karnataka government which is pressing for the anti-cow slaughter bill to come into effect has not retained even a single meadow in the state, all of which have been claimed by high-rise buildings. This has resulted in farmers losing their agricultural lands to foreign companies, and being made to work as slaves, said national vice-president of Welfare Party of India

Ujire, Mar 25: Dozens of devotees suffered injuries after they were stung by bees at a church in Nada on the foothills of Jamalabad fort in Belthangady on Sunday. According to the soureces, a person who has suffered serious injuries has been shifted to Mangalore for further treatment. Other 20 injured are recuperating in a hospital in Belthangady. It was said that a large swarms of bees from

Mangalore, Mar 25: A mobile blood donation clinic which has been operational in the city of Bangalore from almost a year, reached the city on Mangalore from Kundapur on Sunday, to spread awareness among people on the facilities available in the clinic. After conducting a blood donation camp in Kundapur today where a total of 112 units of blood was collected, the bus which is operational only in