Karnataka

Mangalore, Jan 15: The Fire Brigade doused a major fire that broke out in a two-storeyed building at KS Rao Road in the heart of the city on Tuesday evening. The fire broke out at around 7:45 p.m. at 'Krishna Prasad' building located near Vishva Bhavan. A short circuit is suspected of having caused the fire. The fire sent plumes of black smoke billowing over the building leading to panic among

Mangalore, Jan 15: Assembly elections, according to senior Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary will be held in the state in April or in May. After flagging off the vehicle rally organized by the Congress in Mangalore, he said that the works of the BJP government in the state is in open. However, the Youth Congress has taken the onus of creating awareness among the people about state BJP's misdeeds

Mangalore, Jan 15: Union Minister for Shipping G.K. Vasan, visited NMPT on Tuesday and express his satisfaction over the traffic growth of 11.52 per cent during the first 9 months of current fiscal year 2012-12. Reviewing overall performance of the Port and various projects along with NMPT Chairman Dr P Tamilvanan and senior officers, he appreciated the efforts taken by the Port in attracting

Mumabai, Jan 15: Sex education will only make matters worse as far as crime against women is concerned, according to Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh. There is a higher rate of such crime in countries which have sex education in their curriculum, Singh said at a discussion on women's safety organised by Loksatta, the Marathi daily of the The Indian Express group. “Sex education needs to

Mangalore, Jan 15: Members of All College Students' Association, Mangalore, have condemned the 'negligence' on part of the police and investigation agencies in failing to nab the culprits of Soujanya and Deepika murder cases. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Tuesday, Uttam Alva, President, ACSA, DK, said that even though Soujanya rape and murder case is being handled by the

Riyadh, Jan 15: Mangalore-based Hisham Shaikh has won accolades for his overall performances in cricket league matches held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 15-year-old Hisham has so far bagged the Man of the match award in recent three league matches. Representing Indian International School – Riyadh (IISR) in the Saudi Gazette Inter-School Cricket Tournament organised by Riyadh Cricket League held at

Udupi, Jan 15: The police have rescued two women after arresting seven persons on the charge of being involved in human trafficking at Heri Kudru village, coming under Kundapur police station limits, in Udupi district. The Kundapur police said on Monday that acting on a tip off, a police team arrested the accused and rescued the two women at around 7.30 p.m. on January 13 All of them were

Mangalore, Jan 15: Two persons have been held by the police in connection to sale of brown sugar and ganja, in Mangalore. The cops have seized a revolver from the accused. The arrested are Mohommad Afthaf Sahli alias Shanu (25) and Ashraf (35) from Kasargod Udyavaragudde. The two were engaged in selling the narcotic drugs in Sturrock road, Attavar by parking their two-wheeler nearby. Acting on a

Mangalore, Jan 15: The Veera Rani Abbakka Utsava Samiti has exhorted the government to fulfill its long pending demand of naming Mangalore International Airport after Veera Rani Abbakka. Addressing media persons in the city, K Jayaram Shetty, former MLA and chairman of the reception committee of the Abbakka Utsava here, said that even though they had already written letters to the state government

Mangalore, Jan 14: Talent Research Foundation has decided to celebrate Eid-Milad by honouring the common people who work for the benefit of the society without recognition over the years. Revealing this to media persons at Press Club here on Thursday, Muhammad Rafeeq, Advisor of the Foundation said that the awards will be given in 10 categories in which three prizes will be given in each category