Karnataka

Mangalore, Jan 16: Police Assistant Commissioner Kavita raided sub-jail in Mangalore and seized two mobile phones possessed by the inmates. This incident has proved that despite the rules stating that mobile communication should not be permitted within the jail limits, the inmates have been possessing mobiles. The raid was conducted on Tuesday afternoon and the mobile phones possessed by two of

Udupi, Jan 16: Lal Bahadur Shastri Sports and Cultural Club will be organising a beach festival at Kaup from January 25 to 27. Announcing this at a press meet on Tuesday Kaup MLA Lalaji Mendon said that the aim of the beach festival was to encourage rural sports. He said competitions such as boat race, flower and fruit-show, tug-of-war for men and women, dog show, on-the-spot drawing (primary

Mangalore, Jan 16: The Congress party has always given opportunities to minorities and weaker sections of the society and upheld social justice, said B Ramanath Rai, District Congress President. Addressing a scant gathering at Kannur comprising mostly of members of the minority community on Tuesday after the vehicle rally, Mr. Rai said that Congress is the only party which has given adequate

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