Karnataka

Mangalore, July 21: The Supreme Court has allowed Navdanya, a recognised premier network of organic farmers headed by Dr Vandana Shiva and human rights activist and environmentalist Dr Ravindranath Shanbhag to file an intervention application in the case filed by Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) seeking a country-wide permanent ban on Endosulfan. According to a press release, the apex

Mangalore, July 21: The Kerala High Court judgment ruling that the families of the victims of the Air India Express crash in Mangalore Mangalore last year are entitled to a minimum individual compensation of Rs 75 lakh has evoked a sense of relief among the the relatives of those who died in one of the worst air disasters in India's aviation history. Welcoming the decision, Mohammed Beary

Mangalore, July 20: More than a month after his son was released, Muhammad Ali, a 60 year old resident of Ullal, who was arrested on terrorism charges nearly three years ago, walked free from Bangalore Central Jail located in Parappana Agrahara on Wednesday, July 20. Mohammad Ali was dragged out of his home at Ullal along with his son Javed Ali (22), in a pre-dawn operation carried out by Mumbai

Mangalore, July 20: Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor Prof T C Shivashankara Murthy was conferred with the honorary rank of Colonel Commandant by the Director General of National Cadet Corps (NCC), Ministry of Defence at a solemn ceremony on the University Campus at Mangalagangothri near here on Wednesday. He is the third VC of the Mangalore University after his predecessors B Hanumaiah, and K

Mangalore, July 20: A 32-year-old married woman alleged that she was gang-raped by two persons inside an auto-rickshaw near Gantalkatte under Moodbidri police station limits. Shamshad, wife of Abdul Basheer, a resident of Paddandadka near Venur in Belthangady taluk accused certain Naushad and Farooq, residents of Gantalkatte of raping her after taking her to an isolated place on Monday, July 18

Mangalore, July 20: Civic workers of Mangalore City Corporation on Wednesday staged a semi-nude protest demonstration in the city seeking fulfillment of their various demands including regularisation of their services. Over a hundred Pourakarmikas, both men and women, under the banner of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Pourakarmikara Hagu Nalkane Darje Naukarara Sangha, took out a rally from Jyothi Circle

Mangalore/Kochi, July 20: The families of victims of the Air India Express crash in Mangalore last year are entitled to a minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh each, the Kerala High Court held today. Justice P R Ramachandran Menon passed the order while allowing a petition filed by Abdul Salam and Ramla, parents of 24-year-old B Mohammed Rafi, who was killed in the crash. 158 passengers and crew on

Mangalore, July 20: A youth, who was playing cricket with his friends on Tuesday evening near Bhatkal, has been taken away by four people, who identified themselves crime branch police. The arrested has been identified as Mohammad Haneef (25), a resident of Bhatkal Puruwarga. He was working as a driver for Thouheed English Medium School in Shirur. Bhatkal Deputy Superintendent of Police M Narayan

Mangalore, July 20: Centre for Integrated Learning (CIL), a city based NGO will organize Navaras Utsav and Kargil Vijay Divas at Don Bosco Hall in the city on July 26. The programme will be a blend of cultural extravaganza, launch of social projects, and felicitations to war veterans, according to Sachitha Nandagopal, Director of the CIL. Addressing the media persons at Press Club here on

Mangalore, July 20: In an order issued by the Karnataka State Government, two prominent officials of Dakshina Kannada have been promoted and transferred. Dakshina Kannada Additional Deputy Commissioner Prabhakar Sharma has been promoted and transferred as Udupi Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer. Mangalore City Corporation Commissioner Dr K N Vijayprakash has been posted as the new Chief