Karnataka

Puttur, October 6: Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel told media persons here that he had appealed to the Union government to name the Mangalore airport after Late Ullal Srinivas Mallya. It is appropriate to name the international airport after Late Mallya, the then Member of Parliament, the great reformer of this region, who conceptualized and saw the dream of Mangalore Airport becoming true in the

Mangalore, October 6: Despite the support by various local organisations to the ongoing agitation against the release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu, the Karnataka bandh did not evoke any response in the coastal district on Saturday. The dawn-to-dusk 'Karnataka bandh' called by Kannada outfits has disrupted normal life in many parts of the state except the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and

Mangalore, October 6: Villagers of 13 gram panchayats and Ullal town municipality on Friday resolved that the proposals of Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) and Relogistics Infrastructure Limited (RIL) of Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Limited (RGTIL), to lay a pipeline for the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through nearly 50 villages in Dakshina Kannada district

Mangalore, October 5: Expressing happiness over the Union Cabinet's approval for the civil aviation ministry's proposal to declare Mangalore Airport as international one, Union Minister for Corporate Affairs and Power M Veerappa Moily said that the coastal city has the potential to develop as an important commercial centre next to Mumbai on the Western Coast. “Mangalore is the gate way of

Mangalore, October 5: Integration of technology in education is the need of the hour and the country cannot wait for fulfillment of basic facilities to take educational standards to the next level, said Dr. S Ramananda Shetty, Vice Chancellor, Nitte University. He was speaking at a seminar on the topic 'Recent Developments in Higher Education in India', organized by the Association of First Grade

Mangalore, October 5: An awareness programme on the process of revision of voter list process which is being undertaken in the district as per the directions of the Election Commission, was held in Mangalore on Friday. Dr. N S Chennappa Gowda, Deputy Commissioner, DK, inaugurated the students' jatha at Nehru Maidan. The programme aimed at urging people to register themselves in the voter list, was

Udupi, October 5: A 30-year old woman has gone missing along with her two children under mysterious circumstances. The missing persons have been identified as Rubeena, wife of Haneef, a resident of Koyal Apartments, Doddangudde, their son Munaf (8) and daughter (4). According to Haneef he and along with his wife and children had gone to sleep on last Wednesday night. However, when he woke up in

Manipal, October 5: The Manipal University enhanced its security cover by adding 10 home guards to the existing police and campus security infrastructure. According to a release issued here, the 24-hour campus patrol vehicles one in Kasturba Medical College and the other in Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), will now have a home guard, a local police man, and one from the university security

Udupi, October 5: Three members of a family including a pregnant woman were killed and two others were injured when a speeding bus hit them near Vidyaniketan School at Kaup in Udupi district on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Rafeeq Ahmed (32), a resident of Hejmady, his sister Nafeesa (37) and wife Nusaiba. Nafeesa's son Fahad (2) and Rafeeq's son Ghalib have been hospitalized with

Kasargod, October 5: Three youths have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping two girls who were on their way to school near Kanhangad and Cheruvathur on Monday. Mungath Mubasheer, 26, Anish, 22, and Amal, 22, have been arrested for kidnapping the girls by promising to take them to circus shows and then confining them to Mubasheer's rented house at Velloor, near Payyanur, a senior police official