Karnataka

Kundapur, June 7: Home Minister R Ashoka has assured that he would bring the issue of sea erosion to the notice of the Chief Minister D V Sadanada Gowda. Speaking to media persons during his visit to Kundapur to take part in the Legislative Council poll campaiagn on Wednesday, Mr Ashok said that his government would take immediate measures to check the sea erosion across Karnataka. After paying a

Mangalore, June 7: Vittal Malekudiya, a student of Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism in Mangalore University who is in judicial custody for his alleged naxal links, has moved the High Court, seeking bail and quashing of the First Information Report against him. Vittal was arrested along with his father Lingappa Malekudiya by the Anti-Naxal Force on March 3, 2012. He was taken into

Bhatkal, June 7: Police in the town have asked all the soft drink sellers not to sell 'Maa' mango fruit juice after a dead snake was found in a 200 ml tetra pack purchased by a local resident. One of the two persons, who fell ill after consuming the juice from the snake-filled Maa pack three days ago, has still not recovered and undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kundapur. Sayyad Mohammad

Mangalore, Jun 6: A ghastly road accident that left a motorcyclist dead on Wednesday evening in the city laid bare the carelessness of police. The rider who was thrown onto the road and died on spot, after being hit by a speding tipper, was left to lie in the middle of the road in front of Abharan Jewellers near Kadri for nearly half an hour. Local residents who stood gazing at the tragic the

Mangalore, June 6: Rains continued to lash coastal and interior areas of southern Karnataka on Wednesday as the south-west monsoon advanced into the state from neighbouring Kerala late Tuesday, though delayed by three days. "Moderate to heavy rainfall has been reported since morning across coastal and south interior areas as monsoon clouds advanced and will cover other parts of the state by this

Mangalore, June 6: As the Common Entrance Test results were out on Wednesday, tension on the face of the PUC students were relieved and were smiling. Several students from Dakshina Kannada district have excelled in the CET. As usual several students of city based Expert P U College, and students who received postal coaching from Expert and Boscoss Tutorials have secured the top 100 CET ranks

Mangalore, June 6: The act of Mangalore City Corporation officials, who allegedly yielding to the pressure from Sangh Parivar activists, raided a beef-carrying auto rickshaw in the city on Wednesday, has raised many eyebrows. The officials intercepted a hired auto-rickshaw, in which a passenger was carrying a few kilograms of beef purchased from MCC's beef stall at Kankanady. Sources said that

Mangalore, June 6: A women delivered a male child at the Okha express train when it was reached near Surathkal on Tuesday. According to the sources, a Maharashtra-based couple boarded the Okha Express along with their two little children from Bhatkal. The pregnant women started experiencing diately she went to the toilet when a co-passenger Ahmed from Murudeshwar noticed this, he alerted other

Mangalore, June 6: People in the city turned their attention to the daytime sky on Wednesday to make sure they caught the once-in-a-lifetime sight of the transit of Venus. For some astro-enthusiasts, it wasn't just a rare planetary spectacle as it won't be seen for another 105 years. They hoped the passage of Venus between the Earth and the sun would spark curiosity about the universe and our

Bangalore, June 6: The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has announced the results of the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) 2012 on Wednesday. A Common Entrance Test (CET) is a competitive exam conducted for the purpose of admission of students to the first year or first semester of full time courses in Medical, Dental and Engineering Courses in professional colleges within the state in