Karnataka

Mangalore, Feb 12: Members of the city unit of Hindu Jagrana Vedike and Kodikere Residents' Committee jointly staged a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Tuesday, pressing for crackdown on the drug mafia operating in the city and the arrest of the real culprits in the Shivaraj murder case. Speaking on the occasion, convener of HJV Satyajit Suratkal said the steady supply

Mangalore, Feb 12: Load shedding has already become a major problem for the citizens but the Mescom simply does not seem to be pondering on some immediate solution. This was evident as the Mescom MD S Sumanth talking about the same said that Mescom will reach state of surplus capacity in four to five years! Speaking to media persons at the 'meet the press' interaction on Tuesday, the MD said that

Sharjah, Feb 12: Seventeen Indian men, who were spared death sentence in a Sharjah murder case, flew back home last night after a legal battle that lasted for four years. The men, whose case was taken up by the Indian government due to the extraordinary capital punishment pronounced initially, landed in New Delhi earlier this morning, the Indian Consulate in Dubai confirmed. “They will be heading

Mangalore, Feb 12: Two residents of Mangilapadau near Vittal, on the outskirts of the city, died in a mishap that took place at Thanjavoor in Tamilnadu on Monday. Eight persons have been injured. The deceased are Isabu (45), son of Kunhabbu Beary and Sulaiman (50) son of Kodapadau Isabu. On Sunday, ten persons from Mangilapadau had left to for a pilgrimage to Muttipete but unfortunately the

Mangalore, Feb 12: An engineering student died after his bike collided against a parked bus, late on Monday night near Kottara Chowki on the outskirts of the city. The deceased has been identified as Nikunj Patel (23) from Gujarat. When the speeding bike collided against the bus, the bike and the rider, both were thrown under the bus. However, the rider succumbed to the severe head injuries and

Ullal, Feb 12: A group of miscreants pelted stones at the madrasa at Thiblepadav on Sunday night and damaged the board and tiles of the madrasa. Stones were also pelted at AL-Madina hall nearby and the mirrors of this hall too have been damaged. A complaint has been filed with the Konaje police by Panchayat member Mohommad. On the same night, banners on Poyyathbail Uroos put up at Natekal area too

New Delhi, Feb 11: Mehfuz Ali Khan was only a private secretary to jailed mining baron G Janardhan Reddy. But he seems to be not an ordinary person as his bank account shows that the total transactions he made was whopping Rs 103.09 core in just nine months. Besides he had also owned 250 acres of land near Bangalore International Airport. The CBI, which is probing the illegal mining activities of

Bangalore: Feb 12: Home Minister R Ashoka told the Assembly on Monday?that the government would set up a special cell to check drug peddling and book the culprits under the Goonda Act. He was replying to the allegation by Congress MLA Narendra Babu that though the government had done away with hookah bars, it was oblivious to the trend of youngsters smoking hookah in cars. Participating in a

Mangalore, Feb 11: Residents of Kasba Bengre held a protest in front of Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Monday opposing the advent of harmful companies in their area. Speaking at the protest organized under the banner of Madrasathuddeeniyya Association, Bengre Jamath, Bilal Moideen, Vice-President of the Jamath said that the Bengre of today is nowhere close to what it was some years

Mangalore, Feb 11: Bringing to the fore problems faced by emigrant workers employed in the Gulf countries, a case has come to light wherein family members of a 26-year-old Mangalore-based youth employed in Qatar complained that he had been denied of his rights and was neglected by the employer following an occupational accident at the workplace. Speaking to mediapersons at a press conference