Karnataka

Mangalore, Feb 4: International Customs Day – 2013 will be celebrated on February 5, marking the 50th year of Customs Act of 1962, at New Customs House in Panambur, with the theme 'Innovation for Customs Progress', announced Commissioner of Customs, Mangalore, D Purushotham. Addressing media persons at a press conference here on Monday, he said that Deputy Inspector General of Coast Guard

Mangalore, Feb 4: Hindu Jagarana Vedike has demanded comprehensive probe into the suicide of a teenager, Sneha Upadhyaya. The girl seems to have committed suicide because of drug mafia, the organization said. Addressing a news conference, Vedike Leader Sathyajith Surathkal said that when the Padil home stay incident happened, the Vedike had spoken about the undercurrents and warned the authorities

Bangalore, Feb 4: The Congress will not move a no-confidence motion as it expects the BJP government to collapse on its own, Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly said here today. "We will not move", Siddaramaiah said, when asked if the Congress was planning to bring in a no-trust notice in the budget session, which commenced today. "We don't have the numbers (to succeed)". The BJP

Mangalore, February 4: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District Guest Lecturers' Association held a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Monday, demanding pay of their pending salaries from the government. The protestors shouted slogans against the Education Department of the government accusing it of harassing them and not shelling out their salaries since July 2012

Bangalore, Feb 4: The Karnataka legislature Monday began the last session of its five-year term with the BJP ministry hoping to survive on a wafer-thin majority and getting the budget for the next year approved. The 10-day session got off in an orderly manner with Governor H.R. Bhardwaj's customary address to the joint sitting of the assembly and the legislative council. The assembly session is

Udupi, Feb 4: Two teenage boys died while a girl is battling for life in a suicide pact at Thottam beach, a few kilometers from Malpe, here on Sunday. The students from Svatantra PU College in Ramanagaram were identified as Soumya alias Renuka, 18, and Madhu, 18, both first-year PU students. Hemanth, 19, a second-year PU student is studying in Channapatna PU college. Trio had consumed a plate of

Mangalore, Feb 4: Women and Child Welfare Department and the police raided an orphanage and old age home, reportedly been functioning without necessary permissions, on Sunday night. As many as 27 inmates who were kept in no better conditions than captives were rescued from the Centre. However, an inmate's statement that they were subjected to sexual harassment has opened avenues for the police to

Bhatkal, Feb 4: A 22-year-old student was killed on the spot when the car he was driving rammed a tanker near Kamat Gate near the Seabird Naval Base project at Binaga in Karwar on Sunday. The victim has been identified as Atif Khadar Sheikh, from Mathadabettu in Udupi district. Three other people who were in the car, namely Pradhan Sheikh, T.M. Nasreen, and Mukthar Kaseem Sheikh, were seriously

Mangalore, Feb 3: Do not get lost in selfish desires and material benefits. Honesty and complete submission to the cause of the motherland is the only way to make India a force to reckon with in the next 10-20 years, said Mohan Bhagawat, Sarasanghachalak, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Addressing thousands of RSS volunteers gathered at Kenjar as part of the Sangh's Mangalore division 'Saanghik

Kundapur, Feb 3: A journalist with a Kannada daily was attacked by three persons here for reportedly writing an article on illegal activities in a panchayat, police said. Sripati Hegde, a reporter with 'Vijayavani' was returning to his residence on his two wheeler late last night when the trio intercepted, abused and assaulted him, Udupi Superintendent of Police M B Boralingaiah said today. He was