Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 3: Incidents of two persons being attacked with a sword near Kajoor Dargah have been reported from Belthangady Taluk. Aboobakkar Siddiq was waiting for a vehicle near Kajoor Dargah in the morning when a group includng Addu alias Abdul Rahiman, Mohammed, Hamza, Siraj, Salid, Toufiq reportedly attacked him with a sword and fled from the spot after giving him a life threat. The injured

Bellary, Mar 3: Kannada actress Pooja Gandhi today joined BSR (Badavara Shramikara Raitha) Congress in the presence of party founder and former Minister B Sreeramulu. Pooja, alongwith another actress Rakshita, will campaign for party candidates contesting the March 7 Urban Local Bodies elections in North Karnataka districts, BSR Congress said. This is the third party the actress is joining within

Mangalore, Mar 3: The District Congress Committee announced eight main divisional observers appointed by District President B Ramanath Rai for four sections of wards for the upcoming elections to the Mangalore City Corporation. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Mr Rai said that the BJP had been unsuccessful in solving various problems of the people during their five-year term in the

Mangalore, Mar 3: The Department of Mass Communication, in association with the Primary Health Centre, Urwa, organised “Mahileyaralli Suchitvathe: A door- to- door Sanitary hygiene awareness drive for women” on March 2 with an aim to bring about awareness on Sanitary hygiene and the stereotypical thinking of the Menstrual Cycle as being impure among woman. The awareness drive which began at the

Ullal, Mar 3: The prime accused in 20-year old Haji Moideen Kutti murder case who had managed to escape the police from two decades was finally nabbed by Ullal police on Saturday. Uday Kumar (42), along with his close aide Sukesh, both 22 years of age then, had stabbed Haji Moideen Kutti in June 1993 during the communal riots that had gripped Ullal. Both Sukesh and Uday were residents of Uchila

Mangalore, March 3: Bantwal police had to face severe criticism from the members of the Byra community for their non-cooperation in addressing the issues pertaining to the community, at the monthly SC/ST grievance meeting held at the SP's office in Mangalore on Sunday. Byra community members from across the district attended the meet in large numbers and lambasted the Bantwal police for the manner

Puttur, Mar 3: Three persons including an advocate have been arrested by Sampya police on charges of kidnapping a girl and trying to convert her at Ankathadka in Palthadi of Puttur taluk. Police identified the arrested as Salmara Nooruddin, an advocate and secretary of the district Congress minorities unit and the District Muslim Central Committee, Abdul Azeez, a businessman and Althaf a resident

Mangalore, Mar 3: Three officials from food and civil supplies department have been arrested by Lokayukta sleuths in the city on Saturday. The arrested have been identified as Muralidhar Rao, district manager, Puttalinga, depot manager and Jeevendra, a depot manager from Belthangady. The trio were caught red handed while collecting bribe from the owners of the godowns. It was said that the depot

Bangalore, Mar 3: The State government has appointed Justice Subhash B Adi the second Upalokayukta, after Governor H R Bhardwaj cleared the appointment on Friday. Justice Adi was sworn in on Saturday evening in a hastily organised ceremony. The swearing-in was attended by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, Deputy Chief Minister R?Ashoka, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar, acting

Mangalore, Mar 3: Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has demanded a probe against Governor H R Bharadwaj, as accusations of Raj Bhavan agents indulging in bribes involving crores of rupees to appoint Vice Chancellors of Universities are doing rounds. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Saturday, Ramesh K, State Secretary, ABVP, said that Uday Singh, a Davanagere