Karnataka

Mangalore, June 18: In a heartrending incident, a pedestrian was knocked down by a speeding city bus in the heart of the city on Monday. The victim, aged 50-55 years, was killed on the spot after being hit by the bus at around 11:00 am, while walking on the sidewalk of the road near Hotel Roopa at Hampankatta. The body was later shifted to the mortuary of Government Wenlock Hospital. However, the

Mangalore, June 18: More than one acre of land in Maravoor near Bajpe on the outskirts of the city has been flooded following the collapse of a retaining wall attached to an under-construction vented dam. Dozens of coconut and other trees have been uprooted and at least three houses in the area also have been partially collapsed due to the flash flood. Oswald, a local resident said that he lost

Mangalore, June 18: The Kali Valley environment awareness campaign and the Save Kali movement on Sunday passed a resolution urging the Union and State governments to take steps to protect the bio-diversity in the valley at a meeting at Keravadi. The meeting, attended among others by Sri Gangadharendra Saraswathi Swamiji of Swarnavalli Math, felt that the big dams built across the Kali river, the

Mangalore, June 18: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party will be holding a 'Jail Bharo' programme on June 22 in the city against the recent hike in prices of petrol and other commodities. The party's district unit president K. Padmanabha Kottary told presspersons that the activists would court arrest by blocking roads. He also said that the party would also organise 'Save

Manipal, June 18: The body of a third year student of information technology in Manipal Institute of Technology, who was reported missing in a boating accident at Mannupalla lake in Shivalli village here, was recovered from the lake on Sunday. 21-year-old Kiran Chandramouli had gone to the lake in the early hours of Saturday along with his batchmate Nikhila Mallimadugula, 20, and Shaunak Mahbubani

Udupi, June 17: In India the number of people killed in police custody and fake encounters is multiple times more than the number of victims of terrorism, pointed out senior journalist Abdussalam Puthige. Responding to queries over the relationship between religion and terrorism, at a `Sneha Samvada', a convention on communal harmony organised by Forum For Humanity, in association with, Lions

Mangalore, June 17: Continuous rains over the last few hours threw normal life out of gear in the city on Sunday. Roads in the city resembled mini lakes owing to the enourmous amount of water flow, making it difficult for vehicle users to ply normally. Identifying potholes and road egdes especially of concrete roads that differentiate it from the footpaths, was a problem faced by vehicle users

Karwar, June 17: More than 50 passengers including nearly 20 school children sustained injuries in a major head-on collision between two transport buses in Uttara Kannada district on Sunday. The condition of nine passengers including children and women is said to be critical. It is learnt that among the injured 12 persons have been shifted to KIMS in Hubli. Both buses were damaged in the accident

Mangalore, June 17: As many as 17 students, who scored highest marks in recently held PUC and SSLC examinations on Sunday, received Talent Academic Excellence Award-2012. Mangalore MLA U T Khader inaugurated the award ceremony organised by Talent Research Foundation at Talent Conference Hall in the city. The award was instituted by TRF last year to encourage talented students, especially

Mangalore, June 17: To augment the production of jackfruit in India, the Global Village Fruits Inc. on Saturday launched a campaign. Global Village Fruits Inc. is a for-profit social enterprise started by pre-med anthropology concentrator and Harvard public service traveller Annemarie Ryu which has plans to export 25 tonne of dried jackfruit from India to the US. "Many people in India do not know