Karnataka

Mangalore, November 20: A resident of Ajekar village under Marne Gram Panchayat in Karkala taluk, Gabrial D'Silva, has blamed S.K. Furniture and Wood Industries, a private timber workshop adjacent to his home for disturbing the peace and ruining the health of his family members due to continuous noise and dust from the past five years. Stating this at a press conference convened by the Dakshina

Mangalore, November 20: Books of all languages are available at one's doorstep today. By creating a culture of book collection in each house, it is possible to create mini libraries and unite the world in a way, opined Shudra Srinivas, senior writer and State Library Authority member. He was speaking at the valedictory ceremony of the National Library Week 2012 at Milagres auditorium in the city

Mangalore, November 20: A north Indian construction worker was buried to death while six others were rescued after a major landslip at a construction site at Derebail, Konchady in the city on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Vasyuta Mondal (50) from West Bengal. Six other workers, who were trapped under the debris after a part of a hillock collapsed at the construction site, were

Mangalore, November 20: A blood donation camp was at Hidayath Centre, Mangalore on Tuesday, by the Youth Wing of Jamaath-e-Islami Hind, in association with KMC Hospital, Mangalore. Inaugurating the camp, Dr Sreejith said that the social service done by the Youth Wing was laudable. He said that the blood donated by one person could help save three lives. Convenor of the district unit of Youth Wing

Mangalore, November 20: Andhara Seva Sangha (ASS) Dakshina Kannada, conducted its 178th free eye check-up and treatment camp, recently at Government Higher Primary School in Manjanady, in association with Jamiyyatul Falah, Mangalore. Over 150 members were screened at the camp by Ophthalmologists Dr Jayaram Shetty from K S Hegde Medical Academy (KSHEMA), Deralakatte, and Dr Norman Mendonca from

Mangalore, November 20: Three masked youth locked up an elderly woman in her own house and made off with jewellery on Monday evening, at Ombattukere near Ullal. At approximately 7 p.m. on Monday, the masked youth approached the house belonging to Vittala Nayak, forcibly led his wife Sharada (60) inside her home and locked the door, while she had been sitting outside with her mentally-challenged

Mangalore, November 20: “The BS Yeddyurappa led Karnataka Janatha Paksha (KJP) has come about as an opportunity for minorities and backward classes which they should utilise. With their additional support to Mr. Yeddyurappa who already has the backing of a large community, KJP will form government after the Assembly elections,” said Mohammed Nazir Ahmed, Secretary, KJP. He was in Mangalore with a

Mangalore, November 20: Being an important global player and ally of Palestine, India should exert pressure on Israeli regime through United Nations to immediately end its blatant aggression towards besieged Gaza, said P C Hamza, General Secretary of Welfare Party of India. Addressing a public meeting of the one-and-a-half-year-old party at Town Hall in the city on Monday evening, expressed his

Mangalore, November 20: The Child Development Programme Officer (CDPO) of Mangalore Rural cracked a child trafficking case and rescued a one-month-old girl child at Kinnigoli near Mangalore on Monday. On a tip-off, the CDPO raided a house at Kinnigoli where a family was fostering the baby for the last 23 days. The rescued baby has been shifted to Fit Institution in Puttur. Preliminary

Mangalore, November 20: A protest was staged in front of the Mangalore City Corporation on Monday by the Dalita Hakkugala Horata Samiti and a few other organisations, alleging that the MCC has not implemented work meant for the welfare of Dalits under 22.75 scheme. Addressing protesters, Samiti Secretary Lingappa Nantoor charged that the government had reduced the allocations in the budget for 22