Karnataka

Mangalore, December 22: Love for moolah can drive one to invent bizarre ways to acquire it. A city resident was arrested here on Sunday for faking the death of his wife to claim Rs 5 lakh insurance money. The accused, identified as Shivaram Shenoy, a resident of KS Rao Road, in the city, planned this disgraceful act earlier this year with the help of others, police said. The matter came to light

Mangalore, December 22: The secret behind the device built by President of Federation of Indian Rationalist Association Dr Narendra Nayak that had supposedly averted the apocalypse or 'Doomsday' on Friday, December 21, is finally out. Introducing a sophisticated water purification plant as 'Pralaya Prevention Machine' to the reporters on Saturday, Rationalist Narendra Nayak said that the machine

Mangalore, December 22: The best way to combat corruption is through spiritualism and nationalism, said Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt. He was speaking after inaugurating the All Karnataka State Youth Convention as part of Swami Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary celebrations organized by Ramakrishna Mission, Mangalore, at Sangha Niketan in the city on Saturday. Corruption is one of

Kasargod, December 22: With incidents of sexual harassment of women and children on the rise in Kasargod and other parts of the state, a special advisory meeting convened at the district police headquarters here called for more vigilance on the part of the police to initiate stern action against the culprits. At the meeting, attended by Childline, Legal Services Society, NGOs, and Women Cell

Mangalore, December 22: The tragic story of Jacintha Saldanha, who committed suicide in her nursing staff quarters in London on December 7, may have much deeper roots than just the humiliation she suffered at the hands of the two Australian Radio DJs two days earlier, on December 5. Eleven months before she ended her life, Jacintha had developed suicidal tendencies. She had attempted suicide twice

Mangalore, December 22: Minister for Higher Education C T Ravi on Friday inaugurated the month-long karavali Utsav began at Karavali Utsav Grounds in the city. Various cultural events, an exhibition and a beach utsav will be held as a part of the utsav that will be celebrated till January 27. Speaking on the occasion Mr Ravi said that the country's richness was know not by the wealth of its people

Mangalore, Dec 21: Youngsters who experience sexual harassment must report the matter to the RTO said C Mallikarjuna, Regional Transport Officer, Mangalore. Speaking on 'Road Safety' at a programme organized by the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in Mangalore on Friday, the RTO said that the incidents of sexual harassments are not confined to metros. Citing example of the recent

Mangalore, December 21: Diocese of Mangalore has several plans lined up for Christmas to bring smiles on the faces of the less fortunate. The major plan of the Diocese is to build houses for the homeless and site-less families living in the diocese jurisdiction. Informing about the same, Mangalore Bishop Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, in a news conference said that in commemoration of 125 years of the

Mangalore, December 21: The Minority Cell of Dakshina Kannada district Congress has demanded probe into Panjimogaru double murder, advocate Preetham and Kodikere Shivaraj murder cases by the CBI. Speaking at a protest organized in this regard on Friday in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore, Moideen Bawa, President, DK Congress Minority Cell, said that in spite of a year and a

Mangalore, December 21: According to the ancient Mayan predictions, the World, as we know it, would come to an absolute end on December 21, 2012. Termed 'Doomsday', December 21 is already here, and yet there is no sign of the impending apocalypse. Rationalist Dr Narendra Nayak claims to have invented a machine which is in fact currently preventing the end of the world today. The reason that the