Karnataka

Udupi, Feb 24: Condemning the twin bomb blasts which rocked Hyderabad earlier this week, activists of the Udupi unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind's youth wing staged a protest in front of the Clock Tower near the Service Bus Stand in Udupi. Addressing the protesters, writer G. Rajashekhar condemned the bomb blasts in Hyderabad and called for a thorough investigation. Those involved in the heinous act

Mangalore, Feb 24: The 21-km Half-Marathon and 10-km Run for men and women was organised in the second edition of NITTE Celebration Mangalore by Life Is Calling Sports in association with Dakshina Kannada Athletic Association (DKAA) on Sunday. The event which commenced at 6.30 a.m. saw a record participation of 6,000 runners in the 2013 edition which included athletes from different parts of the

Bangalore, Feb 24: A village on the outskirts of the city of Mangalore in Dakshina Kannada district is being suggested by the state government as an ideal site for setting up an ultra mega power plant (UMPP). Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, in a letter to Minister of State for Power Jyothiraditya Scindia, said a team of officials from Power Corporation of Karnataka Limited and Karnataka Udyog

Chikmagalur, Feb 23: Five police personnel, including two women attached to Aldur police station in this district, were on Saturday placed under suspension following allegations by a woman that three policemen raped her while she was in their custody, police said. Western Range IGP Pratap Reddy told reporters here that sub-inspector K R Shivakumar, constables Gururaj, K B Mahesh, woman constable

Bangalore, Feb 23: Another ruling BJP MLA resigned his assembly membership, further jolting the party in the poll-bound state. H S Shankarlinge Gowda, who represents Chamaraja Assembly constituency, waited for more than 90 minutes for Speaker K G Bopaiah and submitted his resignation letter, official sources said. Bopaiah immediately accepted the resignation of Gowda, who is now all set to join

Mangalore, Feb 23: A pedestrian and a motorcyclist were killed when a speeding KSRTC bus rammed into them in the city on Saturday evening. Three others reportedly injured in the ghastly mishap. The incident occurred at around 4:30 p.m. near Pumpwell Circle, when the bus plying to Hassan tried to overtake another speeding vehicle. According to eyewitnesses, the bus after knocking down a pedestrian

Bangalore, Feb 23: In a setback to Bangalore police, a special court of National Investigation Agency on Saturday ordered the immediate release of two youth including a journalist, who were among 15 men arrested in September 2012 in a controversial anti-terror operation. Hubli based Muthi-ur-Rahman Siddiqui, who was a working with Deccan Herald English newspaper in Bangalore and Syed Yusuf Nalband

Mangalore, Feb 23: Dr. Kadri Gopalnath, veteran saxophone artiste, A B Subbaiah, renowned hockey player from Coorg and Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambhara, litterateur, were conferred with honorary doctorates at the 31st Convocation of Mangalore University on Saturday by H R Bharadwaj, Governor of Karnataka and the Chancellor of Mangalore University. Delivering the Convocation Address on the theme

Mangalore, Feb 24: Posters, banners and talks on HIV/AIDS awareness have been experimented and witnessed by all. How about a ferry ride? Taking the road less taken and doing their bit for the society, Department of Mass Communication at St Aloysius College, Mangalore, along with Boloor Mogaveera Sabha, a ferry service and Hongirana Network of Positive People (HNPP), an NGO, came up with an

Mangalore, Feb 23: The Students Islamic Organisation of India, Karnataka zone, organised a talk on 'drug abuse and alcoholism' at Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Business Management, in the city on Friday as one of its initiatives of the nationwide campaign against tobacco, alcoholism and drugs. Addressing a gathering of management and law students B S Sharafuddin, Kuwait, urged the