Karnataka

Mangalore, December 20: The local unit of Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat (ABVP) on Wednesday staged a demonstration urging the government to distribute adequate compensation to endosulfan victims Addressing the protesters in front of the deputy commissioner's office here, anti-endosulfan activist Shridhar Gowda said that endosulfan was sprayed on cashew plantations using helicopters in 92

Kasargod, December 20: Timely intervention of the Fire and Rescue Services personnel by containing a fire that broke out at a stationary tanker carrying crude palm oil averted a major tragedy in the busy national highway at Cherkala locality near here on Wednesday. The fire, that destroyed the cabin of the stationary truck, triggered panic at the Indira Nagar locality forcing the authorities

Mangalore, December 19: A group of Muslim leaders in the Congress party has reiterated its demand that adequate representation be given to Muslim candidates in the impending Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in constituencies of Dakshina Kannada district. Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Wednesday, a delegation of Muslim Congressmen such as former Mayor K Ashraf, B H Khader

Mangalore, December 19: Caste system and poverty are bigger factors causing human rights violations than police and the state, said Dr. P L Dharma, Head of the Department of Political Science, Mangalore University. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a national seminar 'Human Rights Advocacy: A Step to Prevent Human Rights Violations' organized jointly by the SDM College of Business

Mangalore, December 19: The upgraded 12-bed unit of Paediatric Intensive Care was re-launched along with the inauguration of the Mangalore branch of Manipal Research and Diagnostic Centre at KMC Hospital at Attavar, here on Wednesday. Speaking after inaugurating the units, Pro Chancellor of Manipal University Dr H S Ballal welcomed the new development in the medical institute and said that the use

Mangalore, December 19: The 'builders lobby' is disrupting officials of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) from carrying out their duty and eliminating illegal encroachments of public property like roads, Corporator Mariyamma Thomas alleged at the monthly meeting held at the MCC on Wednesday. Ms. Thomas speaking about a builder encroaching upon a road by constructing a lawn which is causing

Mangalore, December 19: In yet another shocking incident, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly chased and raped while she was walking home alone in a remote village under the limits of Subrahmanya Police Station in Dakshina Kannada district. Though the incident occurred on last Sunday, the victim came forward to lodge a complaint against the accused after getting admitted to a hospital on Monday. The

Indore, December 19: A saffron terrorist reportedly involved in Malegaon, Samjhauta and other blasts, has been nabbed by Satna police and handed over to the NIA. The terror accused identified as Ram Lakhan Maharaj alias Dhan Singh alias Swami, a resident of Hatod (Indore) was arrested from a village under Naya Gaon police station area in Satna district on Monday. This is the second arrest in

Mangalore, December 19: No one has been arrested so far in connection with the attack on masjids in Kulai, Mukka and Karnad towns of Mangalore, taluk, police sources said. All the three towns fall under Mangalore city police commissionerate limits. Miscreants threw stones and soda bottles damaging window panes and doors of Sirajul Islam Association Badriya Jumma Masjid in Kulai, Jumma Masjid

Kasargod, December 19: The elder sister of a 14-year-old girl from Manjeswaram in Kasargod district, who had been raped by her brother and his friend for over two years, told the police here on Tuesday that she also had been driven into prostitution by her brother. A special squad, led by V. Madhusudhanan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Crime Records Bureau, interrogated the 16-year-old