Karnataka

Mangalore, December 17: Tribal communities under the banner of Karnataka Aranya Moola Budakattugala Okkoota, DK, held a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore seeking fulfilment of their various demands. The protestors demanded that applications submitted by tribals under the Forest Act 2006 be considered and lands be sanctioned accordingly to them. Authorities must

Mangalore, December 17: The district Congress Minority Cell has condemned the attack on Masjids in Kulai, Mukka and Karnad that took place this morning. Addressing media persons at a press meet at the district Congress office in Mangalore on Monday, Moideen Bawa, President, District Congress Minorities' Cell, said that the attacks have come at a time when Assembly elections are round the corner in

Mangalore, December 17: A group of students backed by members of Sri Rama Sena sat in protest on Monday at the gate of Canara PU College, Mangalore, against the action of the Principal of the college who did not allow a student into the college with his 'Aiyyappa' shawl. The I PUC student by name Rakshit Kumar Rao who had come to the college wearing the 'Aiyyappa' shawl, was not entertained by the

Mangalore, December 17: Hundreds of devotees of Sayyed Madani Darga of Ullal on staged a demonstration to register their protest against the outside interference in Darga affairs. The protest was organised under the joint auspices of Sayyed Madani Sunni Association Ullal and Ullal Central Committee. The protesters, who took out a silent march from Kotepur to Melangadi Darga, later submitted a

Shirva, December 17: Family, relatives, friends and large number of people of this coastal Karnataka town will Monday bid farewell to Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who was found dead Dec 7 in London. The body of Saldanha, 46, will be laid to rest at the cemetery after prayers at the Our Lady of the Health Church in Shirva, about 400 km from Bangalore. The body of the Indian origin nurse

New Delhi, December 17: Terrorist Rajender Chaudhary, who allegedly planted a bomb in Samjhauta Express in 2007, also involved in the Makkah-Masjid blast in Hyderabad in which nine people died in May 2007 and could help NIA in solving the case, NIA sources said. Chaudhary, who is in his mid-30s, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last night from Nagda, 50 kilometres from

Bangalore, December 17: Thouseef Ahmed of Madikeri has been chosen as the Karnataka Zone President of Students Islamic Organisation for the term 2013-2014. This election took place in a meeting of Zonal Advisory Council (ZAC) held in Bangalore under the supervision of Abdullah Javed, the zonal patron of SIO and Karnataka state president of Jamat-e-Islami Hind. 25-year-old Mr Ahmed completed his

Mangalore,December 17: Members of the Sri Rama Sene (SRS) staged a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office on Monday demanding cancellation of the scheduled cricket match between India and Pakistan at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore later this month. Speaking on the occasion, division chief of Sri Ram Sena Kumar Malemar said that Pakistan is an enemy country and the Sena condemns

Udupi, December 17: It is the duty of every person in the society to work towards creating moral awareness and thereby protect the tradition of Indian harmony, said AP Aboobakkar Musliyar Kantapura, Chief Secretary, All India Sunni Ulema Union. He was speaking at 'Moral Awareness' convention held at Katpady on Sunday. Assayyad Abdur Rehman Al Bukhari of Ullal carried out dua. Udupi Qazi Ibrahim

Mangalore, December 17: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) increased the auto-rickshaw fares in the city with effect from Saturday. An official release said here that the minimum fare (up to the first 1.5 Km) had been increased to Rs.20 from Rs.17. The fares for every kilo meter thereafter had been fixed at Rs.13, a Re.1 increase. The auto-rickshaw drivers' unions had demanded a minimum fare