Karnataka

Mangalore/Udupi, Jan 1: The coastal cities of Karnataka erupted in a blaze of colour and light at midnight as the world ushered in the New Year in style. Hundreds of people, most of them youngsters, thronged to main roads of Mangalore and Udupi in the last moments of 2012 to witness the celebrations amidst fireworks. Spirit of the crowd rose as midnight approached and crackers made the sky

Mangalore, Jan 1: As a latest development to the Madrasa text-book row, members of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Muallimeen Central Council (SKJMCC) held a press conference to inform that Karnataka State Wakf Advisory Board had decided that the respective Jamaats of individual madrasas could implement the madrasa syllabus based on majority decision. Addressing a news conference here on Monday

Mangalore, Jan 1: A total of 57 cricket teams from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts will compete with each other in Paradise Cricket Fest 2013, a six-day cricket tournament, organised by Paradise Club, Krishnapura, which will commence on Tuesday. Announcing this at a press meet on Monday, President of Paradise Club and D K District Congress Minority Cell B A Mohidin Bava said that as many as

Mangalore, December 31: Mangalore City Police will file objections to the bail applications of six persons including a BJP leader arrested by them recently on charges of stealing LPG cylinders and selling the same in local gray market. The accused who have been remanded in judicial custody up to January 9 and are scheduled to be produced before the court on that day are likely to move for bail

Mangalore, December 31: A Bijapur born Kannadiga has come all the way from Chandigarh to Mangalore to join hands in the fight against Endosulfan and to offer monetary aid as a mark of sympathy to the Endo victims. Pandit Rao Dharennavar, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Government College, Sector 46 at Chandigarh in Punjab, who is on a cycle rally to spread awareness about Endosulfan

Mangalore, December 31: A man who tried to prevent his wife from being molested was brutally assaulted, at Majalu of Puttila village in Belthangady taluk. However, according to the victim, police listened to his woes but did not register a complaint. Hameed, neighbour of Ashraf (25), a resident of Majalu attempted to molest the latter's wife on December 25 at about 10.30 pm. When Ashraf tried to

Sullia, December 30: Amidst the people's outrage over increasing murder cases in Dakshina Kananda district, a housewife and youth were found murdered in Sullia taulk on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Padmavathi, wife of Harish Naik and Hithesh, a tractor driver employed by Naik. The dead bodies were found lying together near the house of Naik at Naraje near Jayanagar in Sullia

Mangalore, December 30: A woman, who recently returned from Dubai, has filed complaint against her NRI husband alleging him of abusing her physically and posing life threat. Complainant Sharon Fernandes (29), daughter of David Frank Fernandes and a resident of Balmatta Souza Arcade in her complaint has said that her husband Deepak Joseph Pereira along with one Monica Pereira had visited her home

Mangalore, December 30: The issue of sexual harassment of Dalit women was raised at the monthly SC/ST grievance meeting held at the Police Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Sunday. Raising the issue at the meeting chaired by Mutturaya, DCP (Law and Order), in the absence of Manish Kharbikar, Mangalore Police Commissioner, Dalit leader SP Anand said that Dalit women are being raped in the city

Mangalore, December 30: Two youths were brutally assaulted by a group of miscreants in the city on Saturday night under the pretext of preventing illegal cattle transportation. Abdul Sattar (23) and Basheer (22), residents of Kaup suffered severe injuries to their face, head, chest, leg and other parts of their body in the assault that took place near Besant Women's College. It is said that