Karnataka

Mangalore, November 9: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada may now be better prepared than before to handle disasters thanks to the training programme conducted in the city by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), New Delhi, under aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs. The five-day training programme on Incident Response System (IRS) for officials of various departments in and around

Mangalore, November 9: City based senior orthodontist Prof U S Krishna Nayak, has been appointed to chair the eighth Asia- Pacific Orthodontic Congress to be held at New Delhi from November 29 to December 2, 2012. Prof Nayak is the Dean Academics of A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences and Consultant Orthodontist in Mangalore. He had also served as the president of Indian Orthodontic

Bangalore, November 9: Seeking to give momentum to his stated objective to float a regional party, former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today installed his loyalist Venur Dhananjaya Kumar as President of Karnataka Janatha Paksha (KJP) as he prepared to officially quit the BJP next month. Kumar, who served as Minister of State for Finance and Textiles in the NDA government headed by Atal Bihari

Mangalore, November 9: In an apparent bid to spoil communal harmony in the region, unknown miscreants have thrown a severed head of an animal on a road-side parapet built by Hindutva outfits at Farangipet on the outskirts of the city. The members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, who on Friday morning noticed the severed cow-head on the parapet, resorted to protest demanding the immediate

Kasargod, November 9: A tense situation prevailed in Kasargod district following violent clashes between activists of Democratic Youth Federation of India and Indian Union Muslim League, near here. Stones were pelted at four houses and a car was set on fire in the wee hours of Thursday following the sudden recurrence of violence at Uduma-Mangad area. The four damaged houses belong to M Indran

Mangalore, November 9: A woman has complained that she and her fellow travellers were robbed of Rs. 3 lakh in cash and a cell phone by a group of 12 miscreants while travelling in a car near Bajpe on the outskirts of city. Zubeida Deeba Algani, 23, was attacked because she was travelling in a car with a person from another community. Her mother, Zubeida, is an independent member of the Padubidri

Kasargod, November 9: Terming as gross human rights violation the circumstances that led to the drowning of six sailors of the cargo vessel MT Pratibha Cauvery during the 'Nilam' cyclone off the Chennai coast last week, the family of the deceased sailor Krishna Chandran from Uduma in the district has lodged a complaint with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In a letter to the Prime Minister, K.K

Mangalore: November 9: Adivasi Janjati Adhikar Manch (AJAM), in its seventh national convention which was concluded on Thursday, has decided to pass a resolution opposing the eviction of tribals in the State by implementing Tiger project and other such projects. Briefing the reporters on Thursday, AJAM National Committee member and South India Tribal Federation Convenor Matthadi said that with the

Mangalore, November 8: Two accomplices of underworld fugitives Ravi Poojary and Kali Yogish alias Yogesh Bangera were arrested by Mangalore City Crime Branch Police on charges of extortion on Thursday. Police identified the arrested as Taranath (32) from Suratkal, and Subrahmanya alias Subbu (28). Taranath owns a milk parlour 'Milk Way' opposite BJP office at Kodiyalbail, while Subrahmanya runs a

Mangalore, November 8: Mangalore police have apprehended two persons for allegedly printing and issuing fake documents and academic certificates through a website. The arrested are Avinash Shetty (31), son of Shridhar B Shetty, resident of Marigudi in Suratkal, and Mohammed Shahid N P (32), son of T P Shahadulli, from Kannur in Kerala. According to police sources, Avinash Shetty had played a small