Karnataka

Mangalore, July 18: Khaleel Ahmed has been re-elected as President of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District unit of Jamiyyatul Falah, a well-known non-governmental organisation promoting education in Muslim community since 1988. The Selection held in an annual general body meeting held recently at Jamiyyatul Falah Community center, Mangalore. Khaleel Ahmed is a soft skills trainer. He has conducted

Mangalore, July 18: Finally a compromise formula to end the ongoing stand-off between the students of the Muslim community studying at Ramakunja First Grade College in Aathur near Uppinangady and the management over the issue of wearing scarf in the classroom appears to have been struck on Wednesday. Parents and guardians of nearly 30 students have reportedly agreed to back-out from the week old

Mangalore, July 19: Words of condemnation echoed in front St Aloysius College in the city with several students protesting against the July 9 molestation of a teenaged girl in the Guwahati, Assam. Addressing the protesters, student Suman D'Silva said, “We feel disgusted. The incident has raised questions about the safety of women in the country. There were many women who had undergone such

Subrahmanya, July 18: Scientists have found a new ornamental fish in Subrahmanya raising the possibility of discovery of many more new species in the Western Ghats. A new eel loach species named Pangio ammophila was found in Kumaradhara river in Subramanya in the district. They were collected from the sandy areas in the river's shallow by an Indo-British team of researchers. The fish is 25-30 mm

Mangalore, July 18: Two minors boys are languishing in Udupi jail as under-trials after the police arrested them along with six others after a communal violence in Kalladka recently. Khader and Abdulla (names changed) — both employed by a local bakery — have been in jail for more than 18 days, and yet the police did not check their age. While the First Information Report (FIR) by the B.C. Road

Mangalore, July 18: Politicians cutting across party lines, representatives of various associations, RSS cadres paid their last respects former RSS Sangh Sanchalak and former MUDA chairman Dr B Madhava Bhandary who died here on Tuesday. The cremation took place in the evening at Bolar crematorium. Mr Bhandary's body was brought from his house to the Sangh Nikethan Hall, Gandhinagar here and kept

Kadaba, July 18: The new teaching block at the Aysha Educational Institutions in Athoor, Uppinangady, was inaugurated on Tuesday by Jamaate Islami Hindi national secretary Ejaz Ahmed Aslam. M.B. Abdul Rehman, former president of Beary Sahitya Academy, B.S. Sharfuddin, guest lecturer, IGNOU Centre, Kuwait, K.M. Ashraf, secretary JIH Karnataka, Harekala Hajabba, Realiance Real Heroes award winner

Mangalore, July 18: Iqra Arabic School, Mangalore, observed its annual day recently at Bearys Public School here. The programme witnessed a huge turnout that comprised of respectable parents, distinguished guests and honorable faculty. The programme commenced with the Qirat by a group of students led by Sadeed Mohammed Deen. Following which, Yusuf Bhalli delivered a speech in eloquent Arabic that

Mangalore, July 18: The boys and girls team of Morning Star Higher Primary School, Bajpe have emerged as the champions of 16th Independence Independence Cup football tournament in Higher Primary Boys and Higher Primary Girls category respectively. In the High School Girls' category the team of St. Joseph High School, Bajpe, lifted the Cup. St. Joseph girls thrashed NITK-A 2-0, with Simran D'Souza

New Delhi, July 18: The six Indian women athletes, who were caught for doping last year, lost their case in the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne, Switzerland, as it upheld the International Association of Athletics Federation's appeal to impose a two-year ban on them. A National Anti-Doping Agency panel had handed a lenient one-year ban on the six quartermilers, including Asian Games