Karnataka

Ullal, Feb 12: A group of miscreants pelted stones at the madrasa at Thiblepadav on Sunday night and damaged the board and tiles of the madrasa. Stones were also pelted at AL-Madina hall nearby and the mirrors of this hall too have been damaged. A complaint has been filed with the Konaje police by Panchayat member Mohommad. On the same night, banners on Poyyathbail Uroos put up at Natekal area too

New Delhi, Feb 11: Mehfuz Ali Khan was only a private secretary to jailed mining baron G Janardhan Reddy. But he seems to be not an ordinary person as his bank account shows that the total transactions he made was whopping Rs 103.09 core in just nine months. Besides he had also owned 250 acres of land near Bangalore International Airport. The CBI, which is probing the illegal mining activities of

Bangalore: Feb 12: Home Minister R Ashoka told the Assembly on Monday?that the government would set up a special cell to check drug peddling and book the culprits under the Goonda Act. He was replying to the allegation by Congress MLA Narendra Babu that though the government had done away with hookah bars, it was oblivious to the trend of youngsters smoking hookah in cars. Participating in a

Mangalore, Feb 11: Residents of Kasba Bengre held a protest in front of Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Monday opposing the advent of harmful companies in their area. Speaking at the protest organized under the banner of Madrasathuddeeniyya Association, Bengre Jamath, Bilal Moideen, Vice-President of the Jamath said that the Bengre of today is nowhere close to what it was some years

Mangalore, Feb 11: Bringing to the fore problems faced by emigrant workers employed in the Gulf countries, a case has come to light wherein family members of a 26-year-old Mangalore-based youth employed in Qatar complained that he had been denied of his rights and was neglected by the employer following an occupational accident at the workplace. Speaking to mediapersons at a press conference

Mangalore, Feb 11: The second foot over bridge at Mangalore Central Railway station was inaugurated by Nalin Kumar Kateel, Member of Parliament, in Mangalore on Monday. The foot over bridge, having a width of 3 metres, now connects platform no.1 with platforms no.2 and 3 of the station. The bridge has a steel structure with a concrete pathway and is equipped with non-slippery heavy duty ceramic

Dubai, Feb 11: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have 10 Indian billionaires, according to a new survey. According to the first-ever GCC Indian Rich List published by financial weekly magazine 'Arabian Business', Landmark Group founder Micky Jagtiani — who once worked as a London cab driver — topped the list with an estimated wealth of $4.5 billion. The top 50 between them are worth $40

Rome, Feb 2: Pope Benedict, leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, said on Monday he will resign on Feb 28, because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. The 85-year-old German-born Pope, hailed as a hero by conservative Catholics and viewed with suspicion by liberals, said he had noticed that

Mangalore, Feb 11: Main Line container vessel of M/s Pacific International Lines (PIL) – M.V. Hans Pepenburg from East Africa (Port Matwara) called at New Mangalore Port on Monday. This is the third main line vessel which called at the Port during the current financial year. The vessel commenced its operation of unloading 247 boxes of raw cashew for distribution among various cashew processing

'Al vida', said Afzal Guru to his executioner, who had himself bid him good bye with the same words a few seconds earlier. And then as the executioner pulled a lever, Afzal's frame hung from the gallows. “He was dead in a minute, though”, as per the jail norms, the body was kept hanging for a full half hour, said an official who witnessed the hanging. Thereafter Afzal's body was taken down from