Karnataka

Mangalore, August 27: Two Mangalore-bound Air India Express flights were diverted to Calicut Airport due to fog and low visibility on Sunday, official sources said. An Air India official said that an Air India Express flight from Dubai, which was scheduled to land at Mangalore Airport at 6:00am on Sunday, was diverted due to unsafe weather. On the same day at 5:45 pm a Kuwait-bound flight from

Mangalore, August 27: Rumours are once again doing the rounds that the Mangalore Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh is likely to be transferred. Though Mr Singh has left for a compulsory training in Hyderabad, sources within the police department suggested that he may not return to the city as Commissioner, as preparation for his transfer were underway. Meanwhile, declining to comment about

Mangalore, August 27: Moodbidri Police on Sunday arrested an auto rickshaw driver who coaxed a young woman into his rickshaw on the pretext of showing her around and attempted to rape her. The arrested suspect has been identified as Mohammed Haneef from Handel, near Moodbidri. It is said that he is one of Vidyagiri Park's auto rickshaw drivers of Moodbidri. The victim is a Dalit girl hailing from

Kasargod, August 27: Days after the arrest of two persons in connection with the circulation of counterfeit currency notes in northern Kerala, the police have intensified probe into the reported flow of fake currency notes, of the face value of Rs.30 lakh, to the region. The police have intensified the investigation into the fake currency racket allegedly being operated from the Gulf. The arrest

Mangalore, August 27: A recent circular issued by the Karnataka State Wakf Board seeks to make registration of mosques, dargahs, and other Islamic religious institutions mandatory. However, serious questions were raised on the efficacy of such an order when the board itself was plagued with problems ranging from shortage of staff to lax implementation of the Wakf Act (1995) and Karnataka Wakf

Udupi, August 26: The model fish market built at Padubidri in association with National Fisheries Development Corporation was formally inaugurated on Sunday by district-in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary. Speaking on the occasion Mr Poojary said that the government has increased the subsidy of houses to be allotted to the fishermen from Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000. Subsidy to asmany as 260

Mangalore, August 26: Eleven fishermen, who were returning from a 10-day-long fishing voyage, survived high rising waves after their mechanised fishing boat, capsized off the South Wharf, here. Unpredictably, the sea turned rough in the wake of strong wind near the mouth-of-estuary when the boat was moving towards South Wharf late Saturday night, sources said. However, all the Tamil Nadu based

Mangalore, August 26: Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF), UAE, hosted an educational scholarship meet at Loyola Hall, St Aloysius P.U. College, in the city on Sunday. Approximately Rs 22 lakh was distributed among more than 450 students as scholarship to pursue professional courses and graduation irrespective of their caste and religion. Dr M Shantharam Shetty, Vice Chancellor of Nitte University

Mangalore, August 26: Low lying areas in and around Mangalore were inundated due to the heavy rains that lashed across coastal Karnataka on Saturday and Sunday. The South-West monsoon turned streets and bazaars into rivulets in the several parts of city including Yekkur, Jeppinamogaru, Pandeshwar and Kottara. Merchants and buyers cursed the city fathers for not solving the age-old problem of

Mangalore, August 26: Lancy D'Cunha of Mangalore has been elected as national vice-president of All India Catholic Union. The decision was taken at the annual general body meeting of AICU held recently Kolkata. Mr Lancy D'Cunha served AICU as Honorary Treasurer in 2008-10 and Secretary General in 2010-12. He was the President of Catholic Sabha, Mangalore Pradesh for two terms (2008-2010). AICU