Karnataka

Mangalore, July 11: Functioning in all courts in twin districts of coastal Karnataka Wednesday got paralyzed when lawyers joined the two-day strike called by the Bar Council of India. Members of Mangalore Bar Association and Udupi Bar Association have joined the strike in protest against the proposed legislation that could affect its autonomy and the entry of foreign law institutes and

Mangalore, July 11: The 16th Independence Cup Football Tournament will be held under the aegis of Dakshina Kannada District Football Association from July 14 at District Football Stadium adjacent to Nehru Maidan in the city. Addressing a press meet here on Friday DKDFA president D M Aslam said as many as 150 teams including girls' teams have registered their names for the tournament and the

Kasargod, July 11: In a heart-wrenching tragedy, a 19-year-old girl was accidentally run over by a train near the Neeleswaram railway station on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Ashwini, a first-year B.Sc. student at Govinda Pai Memorial College, Manjeswaram. Eye witnesses said that the tragedy occurred while she was crossing the double track. When she was on her way to board the

Mangalore, July 11: The members of Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) have demanded the Union government to fix Rs 10,000 as minimum wage for labourers according to 15th Indian labour conference, which has got approval again in 44th Indian labour conference recently. Addressing protesters here in front of DC office on Tuesday demanding fulfilment of their various demands, CITU Vice President B

Kundapur, July 11: A man was seriously injured after his son allegedly assaulted him for not lending him money, in Kundapura taluk on Monday afternoon. Kota Police said that at around 1 p.m., Basava, a daily wage worker, left his house at Bidkalkatte when his son Raju confronted him. According to the complaint filed with the police, Raju cursed him, then started beating him. Basava suffered

Mangalore, July 11: As many as 4,500 students seeking admission to professional courses through the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) for 2012-13 got their documents verified at the Mangalore helpline centre between June 25 and July 10, according to C. Suresh Thunga, nodal officer of the centre. Addressing presspersons at the centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka (NIT-K)

Belthangady, July 11: A team of six suspected naxals were spotted at Shishila in Beltnangady taluk on Tuesday evening. According to sources the group had four armed men and two women. The team clad in khakhi colour uniform had visited a SC colony situated in the periphery of forest at Ambudedange. It was said that the team had visited a house in the colony and had said that they were Naxals and

Mangalore, July 10: A decomposed body, suspected to be that of a foreigner has been found at the shores of Panambur beach here on Tuesday. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Harish, Panambur Assistant ASI, said that the body has decomposed but the skin is whitish, which could be an indication that the body is of a foreign national. Both hands from the body have been found dislocated, he added. The

Mangalore, July 10: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Janata Dal (Secular) has expressed opposition to Yettinahole project stating that it is just a pretext to divert Netravati waters. Addressing media persons at a press meet JDS leader M G Hegde said that in spite of being aware that Mangalore struggled for water during summer, the authorities are looking to divert Netravati River water to

Muscat, July 10: One more low-wage Indian worker has taken his life in Oman. Jisine Govindan, a 30-year-old mason, who was reported missing by his friends last Friday, was found hanging from a tree in Oman's southern town of Salalah on Monday. In the first two months of this year, 15 Indian workers committed suicide, prompting cultural organisations to run anti-suicide campaigns across the country