Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 14: A workshop for police officers on effective implementation of the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) was held in Mangalore on Thursday. Briefing about the important sections in the Act, Dr. Riaz Pasha, Associate Professor, Bangalore Medical College, and Member, State Anti Tobacco Cell, said that although officials of other departments have also been given powers by

Mangalore, Mar 14: Concerns were raised on the increasing number of youth falling prey to drug menace in small cities, at the inauguration of a workshop on 'Technology to combat drug menace' organised by the Department of Criminology and Forensic Science at School of Social Work here on Thursday. Delivering the keynote address on the occasion, Additional Director General of Police (Crime and

Udupi, Mar 14: Tension prevailed in Kaup near Padubidri in Udupi district for some time on Wednesday after two boys belonging to Hindu community were beaten up a group of youth from Muslim community for allegedly flirting with girls. According to sources, Rajesh and Srinath, studying in Katipalla College in Surathkal, had travelled from Suruathkal to Manipal with three of their classmates- two

Mangalore, Mar 14: Having obtained people's mandate to rule Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) for its 6th term, the Congress party is now focused on choosing candidates for the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor. It is learnt that the state government is likely to put out the reservation list for Mayor and Deputy Mayor elections in two days. Among the eligible senior councilor lot of the Congress, 11

Bangalore, Mar 14: Lokayukta police have arrested Bangalore Rural district deputy commissioner MK Aiyappa, a special tahsildar, a revenue inspector and a sub-registrar for allegedly changing records pertaining to 32 acres of land in Survey No. 62 of Madappanahalli, near Yelahanka. Lokayukta additional director general of police HNS Rao said they registered a case against 15 persons, including IAS

Mangalore, Mar 14: A total of 564 graduates passing out from Father Muller Charitable Institutions received their Bachelors and Masters degrees at the Institutions' Day cum Graduation Ceremony of 2013 held inside the FMCI campus here on Wednesday. Delivering the graduation address at the 52nd convocation ceremony, Pro-Chancellor of Manipal University Dr H S Ballal said that India was a young

Vatican City, Mar 14: Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Francis, associating himself with the humble 13th-century Italian preacher who lived a life of poverty. Looking stunned, Francis shyly waved to the crowd of tens of thousands of people who gathered

Mangalore, Mar 13: Nineteen-year-old Shreyas, one of the accused in Mangalore home-stay attack was on Wednesday appeared for his II PUC examination in the city. Shreyas was escorted by police to the examination centre at Milagres College, where he studied his PUC. While hearing a bail application filed by six accused of Mangalore home-stay attack, the first additional district and sessions court

Bangalore, Mar 13: People's Democratic Party of India leader Abdul Nasser Madani, who had been to Kerala on bail to attend his daughter's wedding flew back to a Bangalore jail Wednesday. Madani has been arrested on charges of involving in the 2008 Bangalore bomb blasts. He got parole to attend the wedding of his daughter in Kollam, 70 km from here. This was the first time that Madani was allowed

Mangalore, Mar 13: A young woman, who attempted to commit suicide at Somoshwara beach near here, was rescued by lifeguards of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project (PBTDP). The survivor is a resident of Chembugudde, said Yatish Baikampady, the CEO of PBTDP. He said that the girl attempted to end her life by jumping off a rock in to the Arabian Sea. The lifeguards rushed to the spot and