Karnataka

Mangalore, August 4: Breaking fast in congregations in Masjids is one of the phenomenon that has become popular across Mangalore over the last few years. Hundreds of believers throng different Masjids during Ramadan evenings for Iftar and over the years the arrangements for such congregation has significantly improved with respective Masjid committees taking extra interest in organizing such get

Mangalore, August 4: Thousands of devotees thronged Shiv Temples across Dakshina Kannada early on Thursday morning to offer special rituals as part of Naga Panchami. The devotees worshipped Rudra Avtaar Shiva and gave alms and clothes to snake charmers. In Shree Ananthapadmanabha Temple of Kudupu, devotees worshipped the serpent god from 4:30 am and offered different rituals according to their

New Delhi, August 4: Claims of compensation with families of 62 passengers of Mangalore air crash have been settled and nearly Rs 70 lakh paid to them, the government told the Parliament on Wednesday. The settlement has been according to the Montreal Convention and Carriage by Air (Amendment) Act and a compensation of one lakh special drawing rights (equivalent to Rs 70 lakh) have been paid to

Ullal, August 4: Ullal police have arrested two persons on Wednesday on charge of killing a youth near a shop in the town last Saturday night. The arrested have been identified as Bharatesh Bangera, and his brother-in-law Ahswin Putran. The duo had gone missing since the last three days. 22-year old Shrikanth Kanchan was allegedly killed by the duo, who were upset over his love affair. Srikanth, a

Mangalore, August 4: Heavy rains which started lashing Dakshina Kannada and Udupi since last Monday evening continued on Thursday morning too, inundating low-lying areas and throwing life out of gear. Strong winds continued to damaged houses and destroy agricultural fields in many parts of the twin districts. A house which was under construction collapsed and damaged the neighbouring house at

Udupi, August 3: Though DV Sadananda Gowda is a member of parliament representing Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency, his connections here were very little and he was considered more a Puttur man by the people of Udupi. Prior to his election as the MP, though he had occupied a rented house in Udupi, he or his family had hardly been to that house. Within a few months, Gowda had even vacated that house

Mangalore, August 3: A festive mood prevailed in the Bharatiya Janata Party dominated areas across coastal Karnataka soon after Udupi-Chikmagalur MP D V Sadananda Gowda was chosen the next Chief Minister of State. In Mangalore BJP workers came out on the streets in large numbers distributing sweets and bursting crackers to celebrate DV's victory, who is expected to become the second Chief Minister

Mangalore, August 3: New Mangalore Port has achieved a record in handling two lakh tonnes of LPG in a month during July 2011 which is the highest qty of LPG handled in a month so for by surpassing the earlier record of 1.86 tonnes handled during March 2011. NMPT being the topper in handling LPG in the country has so far handled 7.13 lakh tonnes of LPG during the current year 2011-12 (upto July

Vittla, August 03: Frustrated by the mental and physical torture meted out by her husband and in-laws a pregnant woman committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence at Golikatte in Kanyana village near here. The deceased has been identified as 26 year old Reshma daughter of Dayananda Shetty and Jayanthi residing at Kolnadu hamlet in Kodange village. Rajesh alias Raj Kumar had married

Mangalore, August 3: Sri Sharada Seva Trust, Surathkal and Sri Sharada Mahotsava Samiti, Surathkal in association with Department of Kannada and Culture, Dakshina Kannada, Kalkoora Institution, Kodialbail and Sri Krishna Geetha Jnana Samiti will organise an eight-day long discourse on Bagavad Githa by Vidvaan Paavgada Prakash Rai of “Satya-Darshana” fame, at Town Hall, Mangalore from August 6 to