Karnataka

Honnavar, February 1: Members of a women's self-help group (SHG) on Tuesday laid siege to the Honnavar police station seeking the arrest of three persons who had been allegedly selling hooch at Keravalli village in Honnavar taluk. They said Ishwar, Narayan, and Gajanan were selling hooch in the village. This had led to law and order problem in the village. Many families in the village had lost

Mangalore, February 1: The minority morcha of the district unit of the BJP will hold a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on February 7 demanding withdrawal of cases filed against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat in connection with a speech he made in Uppinangady last month. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Anwar Manippady, chairman of Karnataka Minorities

Mangalore, February 1: Members of the United Christian Association and Christian Reform Foundation staged a silent demonstration here on Tuesday demanding that some of the families residing in houses owned by the Catholic church be given ownership of the houses. They demonstrated in front of the Bishop's house in Kodialbail. In a pamphlet distributed to journalists, the two groups said that

Mangalore, January 31: The Supreme Court on Tuesday indefinitely postponed hearing a petition filed by The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd (CAMPCO) and other Arecanut marketing cooperative societies against a ban imposed by court on Gutka. Campco and other marketing cooperative societies had impleaded themselves in this case urging the court to reconsider its

Mangalore, January 31: The concerns of the Beary community fuelled by the uneasy political situation in West Asia were articulated at a discussion held here recently. It highlighted that the Arab spring has left the expat population in these countries worried about their jobs and safety although the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council countries, barring Bahrain, have remained relatively unaffected

Mangalore, January 31: Men with their faces, head and clothes covered with colours were all over the city on Tuesday suggesting it was the last day of the six-day grand car festival of Sri Venkatramana Temple on Car Street, here Okkuli, a traditional and religious sport in which people apply colours on one another and take mass bath under water pumped from parked tankers, was the highlight of the

Mangalore, January 31: Dakshina Kannada district level students' Kabaddi Championship will be held on February 5, at Nehru Maidan in the city. The event is being organized by The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) in association with Jaya Karnataka and Dakshina Kannada District Amateur Kabaddi Association. The tournaments would be conducted in separate

Mangalore, January 31: The Cochin Port Trust emerged as the overall championships in the 32nd All-India Major Ports Shuttle Badminton Tournament – 2011-12 concluded on Monday. The event was jointly hosted by New Mangalore Port Sports Council and Major Ports Sports Control Board from January 28 to 30. Vishakapatnam Port has bagged the winners trophy. The details are as below: Men Singles Winners

Bekal, January 31: The Bekal Resorts Development Corporation Ltd. (BRDC) has set up an office at the Periye Service Cooperative Bank building to facilitate the setting up of the proposed airstrip at Periye here. BRDC had been entrusted with the work and it expected the airstrip to be ready in by the end of the next year. The office would handle issues related to paying compensation to families

Mangalore, January 30: In a heart rending tragedy, a young labourer lost his life in a mudslide, when he was engaged in the task of setting up rings for a well at Panambur near here on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Vishnu (23), a resident of Kollam. Vishnu birthed his last, after he was trapped in loose earth that fell on him. Panambur police who have registered a case of negligence