Karnataka

Bangalore, August 9: The five-page report on July 28 attack on Morning Mist Homestay in Mangalore, prepared by the Karnataka State Women's Commission not only demands action against the police for failing to prevent the attack but also speaks of “saving youth from forces that lead them astray”. The report which was submitted to Home Minister R. Ashok on Wednesday, by Commission chairperson C

Udupi, August 9: Sir Laxmivarateertha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt laid emphasis on the need of promoting communal harmony in order to establish a peaceful society in the region. Expressing his feelings to the Muslim community leaders during his goodwill visit to newly renovated Jamia Masjid, in Udupi, which is set to be inaugurated on Friday August 10, said that both Hindus and Muslims share equal

Kasargod, August 9: The Hosdurg First Class Magistrate Court II has issued arrest warrants against 30 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders and activists, including Kerala State party general secretary K. Surendran and party national executive member Madikkai Kammaran, for laying siege to the Bekal police station in March. The court issued the warrants

Bangalore, August 9: The High Court has ordered notice to the BJP-led State government in connection with a petition seeking action against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat for his provocative speech earlier this year. The petitioner Suresh Bhat Bhakrabail, president of Komu Souharda Vedike, Dakshina Kannada district, has moved the High Court, stating that despite an FIR being filed against Bhat

Mangalore, August 9: The sleuths of Mangalore based special police forest mobile squad nabbed a person and seized a leopard pelt from him at Nadapal, Somehwar in Hebri on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Santhosh Shetty (32). Based on information that Shetty and Ranjith alias Wilson are getting the pelt to be sold, the sleuths led by Police Sub Inspector Manjunath K R carried out a

Mangalore, August 8: Even before the furore created by a ban on burqa and hijab in classrooms could die down, an educational institution in Dakshina Kannada district has stirred a hornet's nest by mandating women - students, teachers and staff - to wear bangles and sport bindi on campus. The administrative board of Vivekananda Vidyavardhaka Sangha (VVS), Puttur, which runs several institutions

Mangalore, August 8: Over two-hundred female agitators, who staged a demonstration in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner in the city on Wednesday, exhorted the society and administration to uphold the 'sacred culture' of the country and denounced import of 'western culture'. Even though the demonstration was organised by Jagratha Hindu Mahila Vedike (JHMV) in the pretext of condemning drug

Mangalore / Malpe, August 8: After a gap of over one-and-half-months, fishermen of the west coast are happy to venture into the sea to fish in their mechanized boats. Though the Union government imposed ban on fishing by mechanized boats will formally be lifted on Friday, August 10, most of the deep see fishing boats have begun their voyage after August 3, a day after Samudra Pooja. However they

Mangalore, August 8: The Mangalore branch of Trinity Communication Centre, London, will be organising a 'Save Earth Awareness Walkathon' in the city on August 12 at 8 a.m. from Kadri Park to the Mangala Stadium, Mangalore, said member of the branch Manjunath at a press conference held on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, another member Bina Gonsalves said that the aim of the walkathon was to

Mangalore, August 8: A 'Health Check-up Camp' and 'Blood Donation Camp' will be conducted as part of Mangalore Airport Diamond Jubilee Celebration on August 19 at 8.45 a.m. at Ravindra Kala Bhavan, University College, Mangalore. The camp will be organised under the joint auspices of Airport Authority of India (AAI), AAI Sports Control Board (AAISCB), Indian Red Cross Society and Dakshina Kannada