Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 9: Fighting for the cause of families of daily wage labourers who were forcefully displaced 20 years ago in Kuttetturu village of Mangalore taluk without any compensation, Dr Ravindranath Shanbhag of Human Rights Protection Foundation (Udupi) has urged Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited to release rehabilitation packages to the 11 Project Displaced Families (PDF) along

Bangalore, Mar 9: CBI on Saturday grilled former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and two of his associates in connection with an alleged iron ore export scam. Reddy as well as Mehfuz Ali Khan and Karapudi Mahesh were questioned separately for a few hours, said sources in CBI whose action came a day after a CBI court here directed the agency to interrogate them for their

Mangalore, Mar 9: Veggies, flowers and bees all came under one roof at the two-day floriculture, horticulture and apiculture (bee keeping) exhibition held at Kadri Park. 'Madhu Mela' an exhibition on apiculture (rearing of bees) was held for the first time in Mangalore. It was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner N Prakash. Carvings of designs and figures made from vegetables were crowd-pullers at

Bangalore, Mar 9: With Assembly elections just round the corner in Karnataka, the central BJP held consultations with key leaders here today to pick a new state unit President, a not-so-smooth affair. Senior party leader Arun Jaitley and the in-charge of party affairs in Karnataka, Dharmendra Pradhan, presided a meeting of the party's state core committee, where factionalism was in full play. It

Mangalore, Mar 9: All preparations for this year's II PUC examinations scheduled to begin from March 13, have been made, said N Prakash, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada. Mangalore stands next only to Bangalore in terms of the number of students writing the exams this year in the state. In order to keep a check on malpractices, 10 teams have been formed by the PU Education Board. Besides, a

Mangalore, Mar 9: The movie 'Life of Pi' made is remarkably big at the Oscars this year. While Ang Lee may not get enough basking over the success, not many know that the film has a small connection to Dakshina Kannada. The scroll of the film has our very own lad who worked as 'compositor' for the film. He is Avinash Bhandary of Kulalu in Kolnadu Gram Panchayat in Bantwal Taluk. Avinash is the

Mangalore, Mar 9: Religious and caste prejudices and stereotyping of women begin from home, said Bolwar Muhammad Kunhi, litterateur and Kendra Sahitya Academy Award winner. Speaking after inaugurating the 9th Students' Literary Conference organised by Mangalore University PG Alumni Association at Government College, Mangalore, on Saturday, Mr. Kunhi said that parents are responsible for sowing

Udupi, Mar 9: Seven persons were injured when they were allegedly assaulted by Bajrang Dal activists during an attack on a Christian prayer house at Moodubelle in Udupi district. The attack was carried out on suspicion that conversion activities were being carried out there, police said. The attack was carried out last night after the activists had lodged a police complaint against a man, accusing

Kasargod, Mar 9: The indefinite hunger strike called by the Endosulfan Peeditha Janakeeya Munnani (EPJM), here entered the 20th day on Saturday. Meanwhile, chief minister Oommen Chandy has assured to convene a meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on March 25 to discuss the issues raised by the EPJM. People's representatives, including P.Karunakaran, MP, MLAs, district panchayat president P.P. Shyamala

Kasargod, Mar 9: The headmaster of a Lower Primary School near Cheruvathur in Kasargod district was arrested on Friday on the charges of sexually abusing a few students. M. Radhakrishnan, 53, was arrested for alleged sexual abuse of some Class IV girl students, police sources here said. Even though the reports reaching here stated that the teacher had abused as many as 13 students, the police at