Karnataka

Mangalore, April 11: Low-intensity tremors were felt in several parts of Karnataka including in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Wednesday afternoon, causing panic among residents who rushed out of their homes and apartments out of fear. The Nalapad Residency at Light House Hill and few other buildings felt the vibration a few minutes after a massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude

Mangalore, April 11: 'Youth Against Dowry', an organization formed by youth of coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi to fight against the evil practice of dowry existing in the Muslim community, will hold a signature campaign on April 13 in the city. Addressing media persons at the Press Club in Mangalore, Dr. Farhan Muhammad, President, Youth Against Dowry, DK and Udupi, said that the

Mangalore, April 11: City dentist Dr. Mitra Hegde, who has been in the news of late for wrong reasons over the authenticity of her claim of being appointed as the dentist to the President of India, refused to comment on the issue and stormed off the press meet at Press Club in Mangalore on Wednesday. Dr. Hegde appeared before mediapersons and aplologised for her 'counter statements that appeared

Mangalore, April 11: Witness testified before the Fast Track Court here on Tuesday that Sashikala of Bantwal Taluk who was reported missing on May 5, 2007, was found dead on the same evening at KSRTC bus stand in Mysore. Madhusudhan testified that he had found the lifeless body of Sashikala on the floor of the second platform in Mysore KSRTC bus stand on the night of May 5. Lakshmi, a caretaker at

Mangalore, April 11: Eight activists of Popular Front of India have been acquitted of the charges of ransacking the office of a two prominent newspapers in the city in the year 2010. The third Additional District and Sessions Court exonerated all the eight accused from the case for lack of evidence. It can be recalled that a group of masked miscreants had stormed into the office of 'Kannada Prabha

Mangalore, April 11: Unidentified thieves broke into a house and decamped with with valuables worth Rs. 2 lakh at Tallur village near Kundapur. According to police, thieves gained entry into the house of Arun Mendonca at Tallur between 5 a.m. on April 7 and 4 a.m. on April 10. They made good with gold ornaments, whose value is estimated at Rs. 2 lakh and cash Rs. 3,000. A case had been registered

Mangalore, April 11: The Department of Environment and Ecology has issued a notice to the Mangalore Special Economic Zone Limited (MSEZL) asking it to remove the mud it has dumped in the Phalguni River. Over the last two months, the MSEZL had been dumping mud for a stretch of around 1 km along the Phalguni river to widen the KIOCL-Jokatte railway gate road for a special road-cum-pipeline corridor

Mangalore, April 10: Dozens of students of a prestigious private college on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday evening staged protest on their college premises, alleging that relentless harassment by a lecturer of the institution drove a female engineering student, Mehnaaz, to her death. Mehnaaz, 20, a student of BE second year (biotechnology batch) at the PA College of Engineering, near here

Mangalore, April 10: Privatisation of water is financially imprudent, ecologically unsustainable and socially unjust and a strong public opposition is required in Mangalore as authorities have planned to implement it in the coastal city, said Kshitij Raj Urs, Karnataka People's Campaign for Right to Water. He was speaking at a discussion organized by Citizens' Forum for Development, Mangalore, at

Mangalore, April 10: The Summer Camp on Golf Coaching for Children got underway on Monday at Pilikula near here. The camp is being organised by Corporation Bank in association with Pilkula Golf Club. Inaugurating the Camp, Ajai Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, Corporation Bank, said playing Golf does not only provide physical exercise but it also improves concentration. The game helps the