Karnataka

Udupi, Mar 20: The Lokayukta police trapped a geologist while accepting a bribe in his chamber at the office of the Department of Mines and Geology located in the District Officer Complex here. According to M Vittaldas Pai, Deputy Superintendent of Lokayukta Police, Girish Mohan, the geologist, was approached by Sandeep Kotian from Herga over renewal of his sand-mining permit. Mohan Allegedly

Mangalore, Mar 20: A prominent Christian priest was convicted of forging documents and sentenced to three years in prison. The second additional chief judicial magistrate (CJM) judge Bhavya on Tuesday pronounced verdict against Devaraj Bangera, former Bishop of Church of South India (CSI) Karnataka Southern Diocese. The Bishop had produced fake documents reportedly issued by the Kasargod

Mangalore, Mar 20: Dakshina Kannada District-in-Charge Minister C T Ravi expressed his unhappiness about the poor implementation of housing schemes in the district. He directed the Tahshildars of every taluk to identify land to distribute sites to the poor. Ravi was addressing the tri-monthly KDP meeting at Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, here on Monday. Earlier, the officials informed that 25

Mangalore, Mar 20: Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankara Murthy said that the Kannada Adhyayana Peeta of the University will be named after writer late S.V. Parameshwara Bhatta, who was the first director of the then Mangalore Postgraduate Centre (between 1968 and 1973) of the University of Mysore. The centre was carved out of the University of Mysore for establishing Mangalore

Chitradurga, Mar 20: Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday said he will not return to BJP and accused its leaders of trying to create confusion among the people ahead of assembly polls. "I will not go back to BJP. Statements by BJP leaders that I will return to the party are a conspiracy against me," Yeddyurappa, who now heads Karnataka Janata Party, told reporters in this town

Mangalore, Mar 19: An 18-year-old girl from Puttur was found hanging by a passer-by in an old forested area near Kadri Park on Tuesday. It is presumed that the deceased Pramila committed suicide by hanging herself on Tuesday morning. Resident of Dolpadi in Puttur, it is said that she had been employed at a Café Coffee Day outlet in Mangalore. When alerted, Kadri police arrived at the place and

Mangalore, Mar 19: A free health check-up camp will be conducted by Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Temple, Mijar in association with A J Institute of Medical Sciences (AJIMS) on March 24. Announcing this at a press conference here on Tuesday, chief co-ordinator of Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Temple Vijaynath Shetty said that the camp would address general health needs of the people, gynaecology and paediatric

Mangalore, Mar 19: Who does not dream of a better life for themselves and their family? It is this dream that takes people places. While some make it some don't. Unfortunately, for Mohommad Siraj, pursuit of this dream cost his life. Siraj, a simpleton from Kuppepadau in Mangalore was shot dead at Qatif in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday night. With a bundle of dream of knitting a perfect

Mangalore: The container traffic at NMPT got a boost when M/s Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd, opted New Mangalore Port for exporting their containerized cargo of Liquid glucose in hdpe barrels. The cargo, which is manufactured in their plant situated at Shiggaon Taluk of Haveri District, Karnataka has been transported to NMPT in 25 Containers for shipment to Sudan in Africa in the vessel M.V. Tiger

New Delhi, Mar 19: Demands for dismissal of Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily were made in the Lok Sabha today by BJP members following reports alleging that a corporate giant provided funds to his family-controlled trust when he headed the Corporate Affairs Ministry. "Dismiss Moily" chanted BJP members during the Zero Hour.Their shouts were drowned in the din created by DMK and AIADMK members