Karnataka

Masuri (Ghaziabad), September 17: Two days after riots broke out in Masuri village, most of the Muslim males whose families live in the area have fled, fearing a backlash. Only women, children and the elderly remain. There is a rumour doing the rounds that the police has finalized a list of some 400 locals who will be picked up for Friday's incident. The police has repeatedly announced that they

Mangalore, September 17: Syed Usman Taqui, student of PA College of Engineering has been selected for the two-year Erasmus Mundus scholarship sponsored by European Commission for pursuing Master's programme in Membrane Engineering. He is one among 15 students selected for this scholarship from all over the world. The total scholarship award to Syed is 48,000 Euros (Rs 34 lakh) for a period of two

Bhatkal, September 16: A six inch long dead snake was allegedly found in a 200 ml tetra pack of Maa mango fruit juice pack for the second time in little more than a month in Bhatkal on Sunday. A school boy who consumed the juice was admitted to the hospital after he felt uneasy. According to local sources, Abdul Mannan, a 12-year-old student of Jamia Islamia Bhatkal, had bought the tetra pack of

Mangalore, September 16: Showing minorities and weaker sections of the society in bad light and sowing seeds of hatred in the minds of little children through text books in the form of saffronisation must stop, said Indodhara Honnapura, Editor of 'Samvaada'. He was speaking at a seminar on 'Saffronisation of Text Books and Subaltern Voice' organised by the Pathya Pustaka Kesarikarana Horata

Hyderabad, September 16 : Two Hyderabadi youth, who returned home after spending over four years in a jail in Madhya Pradesh, said they were implicated in a false case under what they call a "conspiracy" by police to terrorize Muslim youth. Baleeguddin Jaber and Muqeemuddin Yasir were acquitted in a criminal conspiracy case by a court in Indore Thursday and they returned here Saturday night. The

Mangalore, September 16: An innovative curriculum based Cricket Education Programme in affiliation with Cricket Australia was launched in Mangalore on Sunday. Brijesh Patel, Former Indian Cricketer and Former Secretary of Karnataka State Cricket Association, Matthew Betsey, Cricket Australia's Coach Manager, and Martin Gleeson, CEO, Sports Education Development of India Ltd. inaugurated the

Mangalore, September 16: Family members of a girl from Kotekar who died this morning have accused doctors of J S Hospital, Kotekar for negligence. The deceased is Deepika, a resident of Kondana, Kotekar and a II PUC Commerce student at St. Anns College, Mangalore. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Thilak, Ms. Deepika's brother accused the doctors of JS Hospital, Kotekar of negligence which resulted

Kasargod, September 16: Life returned to normal in Kasargod district on Sunday after a day-long state-wide hartal called by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in protest against the increase in diesel prices. Shops and business establishments reopened this morning and traffic on all routes was plying. The hartal had evoked total response in Kasargod, where normal

Karwar, September 16: After filing the First Information Report (FIR) against 13 iron ore mining companies, stevedoring agents and exporters in Bangalore on Friday, officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted simultaneous raids at Karwar, Belekeri, and Yellapur of Uttar Kannada district on Saturday. They raided the offices of Adani Enterprises, Mallikarjuna Shipping

Mangalore, September 16: Union ministry of tourism is contemplating on developing infrastructure across an 8,000-km stretch of coastal areas in the nation to attract tourists. Union minister for tourism Subodh Kant Sahay said that coastal states were asked to submit detailed reports on tourism projects that can be implemented on the coast. He was speaking after inaugurating information centres of