Karnataka

Mangalore, August 7: Busting a prostitution racket, police have nabbed six persons allegedly engaged in flesh trading at an apartment in the city on Monday evening. Interestingly, all of the arrested including men and women are said to be local leaders and activists of Bharatiya Janata Party. Two among the arrested identified as Sandeep Shetty (35) and Dooraiah (35), were active leaders of BJP in

Mangalore, August 7: Mangalore Airport has banned the entry of visitors to the terminal building or visitors' gallery from August 5 to 20. Airport Director M.R. Vasudeva Rao said that stringent excise checking and screening measures have been employed during the duration of the temporary ban. It is a regular enforcement during the Independence Day in all the airports across the country. This

Mangalore, August 7: Heavy rains continued to lash most parts of twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Tuesday morning. On Monday Puttur, Belthangady Bantwal and Sullia taluks bore the brunt of incessant rains. The Bangalore based Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre issued 12 high-rainfall alerts from 6am up to 10pm. The highest amount of 128.5mm rainfall has been recorded at

Mangalore, August 7: Two more traditional fishing boats capsized at mouth of estuary off the South Wharf here, due to the high-rising waves and powerful storm on Monday. Fortunately, other fishermen, who caught a glimpse of the accident at sea, rescued all eight fishermen on board the two capsized boats and brought them to the coast. Losses are estimated at over Rs 20 lakh. A fishing boat 'Saniya

Malpe, August 7: Minister for Ports and Muzrai Kota Srinivas Poojary has said that the work on construction of the first phase of a permanent sea wall to prevent sea erosion would be launched at Ullal in Dakshina Kannada district shortly. He was speaking at a function to mark the inauguration of the MLA's Office at Malpe here. Later, he inaugurated the new road divider constructed on the Citizen

Mangalore, August 6: The Mangalore City Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday launched an awareness campaign as a prelude to its massive dharna scheduled to be held on August 27 against the alleged anti-people policies of Mangalore City Corporation. Local leader of CPI (M) Vasanth Achar formally inaugurated the three-day-long 'Jatha' by handing over the party flag to CPI (M)

Udupi, August 6: A youth was killed on spot and four others sustained injuries when a car in which they were travelling in rammed into a mighty near Uchila in Udupi district in the wee hours of Monday. The victim has been identified as Rakesh (25), a native of Kundapur. Vivek Pai, Arjun Shenoy, Trivikram Pai and Damodar Pai have been hospitalised with severe injuries. The tragedy occurred at

Mangalore, August 6: Around 25 per cent of malaria cases found in the state of Karnataka were reported from its twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, said Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Dr. K.N. Vijayaprakash. Delivering the keynote address at the inaugural session of a workshop for media representatives on 'National Vector-borne Diseases Control Programme

Mangalore, August 6: The city unit of the Hindu Yuva Sene and Nagarika Seva Horata Samithi, Alape, have jointly condemned the 'manhandling' and arrest of Corporator Mohan Padil by the police. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Monday, Vasudev Bhat, Spokesperson, Hindu Yuva Sene, said that Mr. Padil is a respected social worker and has been serving the society by taking

Mangalore, August 6: The coastal areas of Karnataka received good rains in the last four days, throwing normal life out of gear. The movement of vehicles on National Highway-234 linking Mangalore and Kadur was disrupted on Sunday, following a landslide at the Charmadi Ghat. The landslide occurred in the evening at Jappelpade, some two-kilo metres outside the district border of Dakshina Kannada