Karnataka

Udupi, November 17: An incident of a Dalit youth being assaulted over a trivial issue by a group, said to be Bajrang Dal activists, has been reported. Nagaraj (22), a resident of Uppoor, along with eight others by name Nagaraj Nayak, Mithun, Nithesh, Santhosh, Prashanth, Bharath, Suresh and car driver Afzal, were assaulted by a group at Kukkehalli in Hiriyadka Police Station limits. Nagaraj, who

Mangalore, November 17: Dakshina Kannada Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd launched a new product Mango lassi to mark the continuation of a tradition where the union has launched a new product as part of National Cooperation Week since the past 12-years. Lassi, the popular and traditional yoghurt-based drink will get a dash of mango to it will be sold in sachets, the 200-ml mango lassi is

Mangalore, November 16: The members of Hindu Jagrana Vedike on Friday lashed out at 'Citizens of Dharmasthal' a group of local people of Dharmasthal who had recently criticized Kemaru mutt pontiff Esha Vittala Dasa Swamiji for allegedly trying to mislead the case of Saujanya, a PUC girl, who was raped and murdered by Santosh Rao. The development comes following a protest by 'Citizens of

Mangalore, November 16: A conspiracy is being hatched to shift the proposed construction of Ambedkar Bhavan to Urwa market area from the earlier earmarked site at Derebail. If any attempt is made to shift the Ambedkar Bhavan to another place, it will be an insult to Dr. B R Ambedkar which will not be tolerated by Dalits, said M Devdas, State Convenor, Karnataka Dalitha Sangharsha Samiti (DSS)

Moodbidri, November 16: It is one of the main responsibilities of a language to mirror or reflect both present and permanent, opined senior litterateur and Jnanapeeth awardee Prof U R Ananthamurthy. Speaking after inaugurating the ninth edition of 'Alva's Nudisiri' programme at Moodbidri on Friday, he said language must not be exposed to choosing between present and permanent in terms of relevance

Belthangady, November 16: “The recent cases of double-murder and rape and murder of a college girl in the temple town of Dharmasthala have given way to numerous doubts and suspicion in the society. The state government should hand over the investigation of these cases to the Central Bureau of Investigation, urged Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade. In the wake of these incidents the

Padubidri, November 16: A 65-year-old man who had set out to fish in the sea has gone missing under mysterious circumstances near here. Dada Mohammed, a resident of Dada House at Hejamadi Kodi, near Padubidri, had set out to fish a couple of days ago and did not return home. Mohammed had been fishing from the past three years in 'Kavita' trawler (boat) belonging to Karunakara Karkera. Although the

Bhatkal, November 16: Sadashiva Nagappa Naika, 26, who had been arrested by the Bhatkal police for allegedly raping, robbing and murdering an elderly woman, has confessed to the crime, police sources sadi. 45 year old Kalpana Ashoka Mahal who had been missing since November 4 from Jaali village in Bhatkal taluk, was found murdered in the Konar forest area on November 11. The police recovered the

Mangalore, November 16: Pioneers of 'Mangalore Christian Council' (MCC) were remembered and honoured on the occasion of its golden jubilee celebrations at a programme organised on Thursday at Bishop Jathanna Auditorium in Balmatta, Mangalore. A book covering 'A Brief History of the Mangalore Christian Council' was jointly released by Dr Hannibal Cabral and Dr Joseph Martis, rectors of Karnataka

Mangalore, November 16: With the completion of several new power projects, the State is most likely to be self-sufficient in electricty generation and supply by 2014 on the lines of Gujarath, said Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje. Yeramarus and Yedlapur thermal power stations, III unit of Bellary power plant, coal based plant in Chattisgarh, gas plant in Bidadi which are yet to start functioning