Karnataka

Bangalore, November 1: Dr Usman Ghani, a Bangalore-based doctor, detained in Saudi Arabia, was released on Sunday after being held by Kingdom police for 20 days, family source confirmed. Dr Ghani working in National Guard Hospital in Riyadh was detained by Saudi Arabia police based on the request of Bangalore police seeking his arrest in relation with controversial terror module case. Though the

Mangalore, October 31: Mangalore Airport belongs to the people of Mangalore and now it is up to them and everyone connected to it, to see to it that no more room for misapprehensions regarding it given, M R Vasudeva, Outgoing Director, Mangalore International Airport, said. He was speaking at a farewell programme organized by Airport employees at the old airport premises in Bajpe on Wednesday

Mangalore, October 31: Mangalore police arrested two persons on Wednesday on charges of chain-snatching in the city. Acting on a tip off, police arrested Vincent D'Souza (48) and Naveen Sequeira (39) from Hotel Blue Star in Falnir. Four gold necklaces have been recovered from the arrested. In three separate instances, two necklaces weighing 18 sovereign altogether were snatched from a woman in

Mangalore, October 31: An 'Eid get-together' was jointly organised by the Mangalore Corporation Unit of Jamiyyatul Falah (JF) and Shree Ganesha Seva Trust (SGST) at Saanidhya Residential School and Training Centre for the mentally challenged situated in Shaktinagar in Mangalore on Wednesday. Delivering the Eid message, Khatheeb of Hawwa Jumma Masjid, Bolangady, Moulana Yahya Thangal Madani said

Bangalore, October 31: Air India Express will introduce a new flight between Bangalore and Mangalore with effect from November 9. The four-days-a-week flight, IX 508, will leave the city at 7.15 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays to reach Mangalore at 8.15 pm, the airline said in a statement. "For Bangalore passengers this flight will provide a convenient connection to Dubai by flight

Bangalore, October 31: Noted writer Boluwaru Mohammad Kunhi and artist Ramesh Kalladka are among the 50 eminent personalities who have been chosen for coveted Karnataka Rajyotsava award 2012. Minister for Kannada and Culture Govind Karjol on Wednesday announced the names of 57 achievers and 7 institutions, chosen for the precious award which will be conferred on Thursday, November 1, Kannada

Mangalore, October 31: As many as 19 eminent personalities from Dakshina Kannada District will receive the Dakshina Kannada district Rajyotsava award at the Kannada Rajyotsava Day function to be held at Nehru Maidan here on November 1. Announcing the list of awardees at a media conference here on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda said senior journalist and Mangalore bureau

Mangalore, October 31: All inmates of overcrowded old-fashioned District Sub-jail were on Wednesday morning shifted to new barracks amidst tight security. The new prison building, constructed adjacent to the old building, had remained unoccupied for the past three years. The much-awaited move comes a week after group clash in old prison following which P S Ambekar, Assistant Superintendent of

Mangalore, October 31: A man from Kumbla of Kasarogd district died and three others sustained severe injuries when a hot air balloon accidentally exploded in the emirate of Sharjah on Tuesday night. The deceased has been identified Abdul Khander, aka Khalid, hailing from Seenthagoli in Kumbla. An expatriate worker from the Indian state of Paschimbanga and two Pakistanis were injured during the

Mangalore, October 31: A septuagenarian woman was killed when a speeding bus knocked her down near Kankanady bus stop in Mangalore on Wednesday. 72-year-old Veronica Pinto, wife of Antony Pinto, a resident of Kulshekar, had just alighted from a city bus when she was hit by Rajkumar travels plying from State Bank to Addyar (route number 11 A). It is learnt that the woman was returning home after