Karnataka

Kasargod, November 20: Defence Minister A.K. Antony has been requested to intervene to revive the proposal for a 71-km Kanhangad-Kaniyur railway line, which will bring Bangalore and northern Kerala closer. M.C. Jose, executive member of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, who submitted a memorandum to the Defence Minister during his recent visit here, said here on Monday that Mr. Antony evinced

Mangalore, November 19: The 'Pretorium' of St Aloysius P U College was visibly enlivened with the enthusiasm of participants from as many as 25 P.U. colleges participating in Pre-Unique 2012, a state-level inter-collegiate fest hosted annually by the College. The two-day intellectual and cultural fest with various competitions like ice-breaker, live photography, mime, quiz, dumb charades, salad

Udupi, November 19: A labourer was killed after he accidentally fell from the top of a house, which was under construction near Kemthur temple in Korangrapadi in Udupi district. The deceased has been identified as Shivananda Tackeray. He lost balance and accidentally slipped down while sprinkling water to the walls of the house on Sunday. A case has been registered in Udupi town police station

Mangalore, November 19: The New Mangalore Port has so far handled 22. 29 million tonnes of cargo during the current year 2012-13 as against 19.65 million tonnes handled during the corresponding period of previous year with a growth rate of 13.43%. A media release issued here by the NMPT stated that the increase in the handling of POL crude and Products, Coal, fertilizers, etc. has contributed the

Mangalore, November 19: As part of 'Childline Se Dosti' week, a massive nationwide campaign against immoral trafficking of women and children, a programme was jointly organised by Dakshina Kannada district administration, Zilla Panchayat and Women and Children Welfare Department (WCWD), Mangalore, at the Town Hall here on Monday. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, Mangalore South MLA and

Mangalore, November 19: The Karnataka high court on has stayed an FIR filed against Mangalore based television journalist Naveen Soorinje in connection with Morning Mist Home-stay attack. The development comes two days after the bail application filed by Mr Soorinje was rejected by the III JMF Court on Saturday. Mr Soorinje, the prime witness to the attack carried out by the members of Hindu

Dubai, November 20: A Mangalore-based 27-week pregnant woman with premature labour pains was allegedly refused treatment by at least six private and government hospitals across three emirates last week. Nearly all hospitals, she has claimed, said they did not have bed space. The seventh hospital also initially refused the Indian woman, but took her in after realising that she would deliver within

Mangalore, November 19: Popular Front of India has brushed aside the media reports of receiving financial aid from Sangh Parivar to bring large number of people to its recently held convention at Nehru Maidan in the coastal city. Several thousand people from different parts of the coastal Karnataka had taken part in the convention held on November 2 as part of PFI's nationwide campaign “Why

Bhatkal, November 19: The vehicular traffic on the National Highway 66 was disrupted for more than four hours on Sunday after a coal-laden truck caught fire on the Arabail ghat. This was the second such incident in the last fortnight. A truck carrying petroleum product was gutted in the same area a few days ago. No one was injured in Sunday's incident. But the delay in the arrival of the fire

Puttur, November 19: In a shocking incident, two women were found brutally murdered on Monday at Kabaka in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. Police sources said that the bodies of the two women –aged around 55 and 20 years- whose identities yet to be ascertained were found lying near the railway track under a bridge. While the elder woman was wearing saree, the younger woman was wearing