Karnataka

Mysore, Feb 27: Tension prevailed at Hunsur in Mysore district after around 300 people belonging to a particular community held a procession in the town, protesting against a picture posted on Facebook, allegedly hurting the sentiments of the community. It is said that the son of the priest of a temple in the town had posted the derogatory picture on the Facebook. Some youth from the town who saw

Udupi, Feb 27: An incident of a 13 year old boy succumbing to death after consuming egg omelette containing rat poison has been reported from Harge village of Parkala near here. The deceased has been identified as Prajnesh Shetty, son of Satish Shetty of Harge village in Parkala. Prajnesh mistakenly mixed rat poison instead of pepper powder while preparing the omelette and fell ill after consuming

Bangalore, Feb 27: Terming his arrest by Crime Branch of the Bangalore Police, as kidnap, journalist Muthi-ur-Rahman Siddiqui said that there existed an institutional bias against people belonging to the Muslim community in the state apparatus and the media. Addressing a press conference a day after his release from jail, 26-year-old Hubli based youth said that the police would never have arrested

Mangalore, Feb 26: Akshay R Bhandary, who topped the first semester of VTU examinations conducted in December 2012 – January 2013, was felicitated with nine other toppers studying in Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management in a special function organised in the Sahyadri campus. College toppers in the Chemistry cycle Tilak P, Rajisha Rajan, Swathi Kamath, Midhun K and Kushala Kumari and

Bantwal, Feb 26: Police hit the nail on the head in the murder case of Sowmya from Belthila village in Bantwal taluk by arresting Sathish from the same village. The accused is said to have strangled Sowmya to death for not heeding to his sexual demands. The case holds mirror to the deteriorating law and order situation in the region especially when the Saujanya murder case itself is still a

Mangalore: Frequent travelers shuttling between Mangalore and Bangalore may now heave a sigh of relief because the railway budget has solution for the present long waiting list, denying tickets between Mangalore and Bangalore trains. Pawan Kumar Bansal, Union Railway Minister in his budget speech has announced a new express train between Mangalore and Bangalore. Reading out the Railway Budget 2013

Mangalore, Feb 26: The U.S. Consulate General in Chennai is organizing “Experience America” in Mangalore, from February 28 to March 2. Experience America, a unique event, will show case several leading American companies and food outlets; and feature speech and quiz contests, music and debate competitions, seminars on higher education, visas, tourism, business investment opportunities in the U.S

Bangalore, Feb 26: Criticizing the blind adoption of western culture and laws in India society, Karnataka High Court has said that such a practice could adversely impact "our society and kill our family system". The observations were made by a division bench of acting Chief Justice K Sreedhar Rao and Justice S Abdul Nazeer during the hearing of a PIL challenging telecast of raids on hookah bars

Mangalore, Feb 26: For the second time in Mangalore, the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics of A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences will organise the 17th National Indian Orthodontic Society (IOS) Post Graduate Convention from February 28 to March 3, said Dean (Academics) of the Institute Dr U S Krishna Nayak. Addressing mediapersons at a press conference here on

Mangalore, Feb 26: Dozens of students of the Canara Engineering College, Benjanapadavu, on the outskirts of the city sustained minor injuries when the college bus in which they were travelling on Monday toppled after hitting a hillock. The incident took place when the driver of the bus applied breaks to avoid collision with a car coming from opposite direction while moving down a sloping road. The