Karnataka

Kasargod/Riyadh, May 12: A 45-year-old Indian expatriate worker has been murdered allegedly by a compatriot in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. Shasthitharan, was murdered by his friend Sunil on Tuesday, media reports said. The murder is said to have taken place in the early hours of Tuesday, when accused Sunil went into Shasthitharan's room while he was asleep and stabbed him several times

Udupi, May 12: The Catholic Sthree Sanghatan or Catholic Women's Organisation of Udupi district, was launched by Bishop of Mangalore Diocese Aloysius Paul D'Souza on Friday. The Sanghatan, which has 1,200 members, aims at working for the welfare of women coming under 47 churches in the five deaneries of Mangalore Diocese. District President of the Sanghatan Leena Roche welcomed the gathering. Vice

Mangalore, May 12: Journalist' Study Centre Mangalore organized a talk on writer Saadat Hasan Manto and held deliberations on journalist B M Bashir's book 'Angaiyalli Akasha,' in Mangalore on Friday. Speaking about Saadat Hasan Manto, thinker G Rajeshekar said that Manto brought out through his writings the failure and Shortcomings of the administration of his time. Comparing Manto and Mahatma

Mangalore, May 12: Congress candidates S P Dinesh and Ramesh Joyappa will defeat their opponents in the Legislative Council elections for the North West Teachers Constituency and the North West Graduates constituency respectively, according to Dakshina Kannada Pradesh Congress Committee president B Ramanath Rai. Addressing media persons here on Friday, Mr Rai said the poor image of the Bharatiya

Manipal, May 12: Around 60 boys were being put through their paces in a cricket camp under two coaches deputed by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) in Manipal, which boasts a turf wicket. The camp is being held under the banner of KSCA. The summer camp began on April 19 and will continue till May 25. The ground at End Point where the camp was being held compared with the best in the

Mangalore, May 12: A rider went missing after fell into Phalguni river on Kuloor Thokur stretch when his motorbike skidded on Friday morning. The person who went missing is Srinivas Padakannaya (26), a resident of Katipalla. The body has not been retrieved so far. It was said that Srinivas along with his wife was travelling on Friday morning. Srinivas was accidentally thrown in the river after the

Mangalore, May 12: A one-day-old baby girl with serious heart defects was operated upon successfully at the AJ Hospital & Research Centre here recently. Dr Prashanth Marla K, medical director of the hospital said that the newborn was brought to the hospital on April 25, after the baby turned blue soon after the birth. Doctors in the hospital found out that the baby had a serious heart defect. The

Karwar, May 11: A CID team arrived in Dandeli on Friday to probe the murder of Madan Nayak, Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF), Dandeli. The state government had transferred the ACF murder case to CID on Wednesday following allegations that the Dandeli rural police had not handled it properly. The CID officials --- KP Bheemaih, SP, and BB Ashok Kumar, DSP --- visited the spot where the ACF was

Mangalore, May 12: Chairman of the Committee constituted by the High Court to prepare an action plan to prevent the death of children due to malnutrition, Justice N K Patil, said that he has come a cross three cases of malnutrition in an anganwadi centre at Ramanagar in Uppinangady taluk, on Friday. He has visited four anganwadi centres in Uppinangady, Sampya and Ishwaramangala and a day care

Mangalore, May 11: The right to education should not be restricted to children between the age group of six and 14 as mentioned in the act, said P Lolaksha, working president of Ahinda, an organization of backward, minority and dalits. He was speaking at a consultation programme on the Right to Education Act 2009 organised at SDM College here on Thursday. Federation of Education Resource Centres (