Karnataka

Udupi, June 23: Members of the Udupi District BJP Yuva Morcha on Thursday evening staged a protest demanding the central government to impose a ban on Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD), for the alleged involvement of its members in the murder of two students of Hunasur. BJP District Vice President and advocate Mattar Rathnakar Hegde alleged that in the absence of a Common Civil Code, a section of

Udupi, June 23: Udupi district unit of Joint Committee of Trade Unions (JCTU) on Thursday evening took out a protest jatha from Service Bus Stand to Taluk Office, against the hike in the price of petrol. Speaking on the occasion member of the Joint Committee of Trade Unions (JCTU), Karnataka, Vishwanath Rai said that announcing the hike in the prices of petrol is the opportunistic move of the UPA

Mngalore, June 23: Three youth including a student were feared dead after they were swept out to Arabian Sea by a rip-tide at Tannirubavi beach on Thursday evening. The missing youth have been identified as Deepak (21), a student and Tilak (23) and Santosh (23). The trio had come to the beach at around 4:30 pm along with their relatives Dhanush, Mahesh, Nithesh, Prashanth all residents of

Mangalore, June 23: A man was crushed to death by a train near Yekkur Railway bridge on the outskirts of the city on Thursday morning. The deceased whose identity could not be ascertained, was wearing a white shirt and black trousers and is believed to be aged between 40 and 45 years. The severity of the accident, which said to be occurred at around 8:30 am, was such that the man's both legs were

Mangalore, June 23: Mangalore City Police have arrested two persons for selling stolen property to a jewellery store here. The arrested are Muhammad Shareef (28), son of late M Abbas and resident of Belma in Deralakatte village and Raees Muhammad Raja (21), son of Abdul Hameed and resident of Uliya road at Ullal. They are accused of assisting Jamaluddin, the prime accused in the extortion case

Mangalore, June 23: N Yogish Bhat, the MLA of Mangalore South constituency, under whose limits, the street vendors has been facing the wrath of Mangalore City Corporation on Thursday skipped a scheduled meeting with the representatives of Beedhi Badi Vyaparasthara Horata Samiti. The Samiti, which has been fighting against MCC's eviction drive against street vendors in the busy areas of the city

Mangalore, June 23: The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FKCCI) has conferred Diya Systems (Mangalore) Pvt. Ltd. (GlowTouch Technologies); a US based IT/ITES Company with the most Prestigious Export Excellence Award 2011 – GOLD for the fourth consecutive year, at an event organised at Bangalore recently. Diya Systems has received the FKCCI Gold Award for being one of the

Mangalore, June 23: Following a heated debate with street vendors which almost resulted in chaos at the Central Market area yesterday, the Civic Tiger squad succeeded in displacing four sugarcane juice stalls, near State Bank here on Thursday. In order to avoid chaotic scenes like yesterday, a large number police officers were present at the spot as the civic tiger squad seized bundles of

Mangalore, June 23: The vision of government should be aimed at betterment of citizens, but due to number of scams, centre as well as state governments are more worried about finding ways to protect themselves rather than thinking of development of the country, said Mohammed Rafiq, Chief Secretary, H.M.S (Workers Organization). He was addressing the agitators who gathered in front of Deputy

Mangalore, June 23: Those who donate blood surely won't shed the blood of others. Donating blood to an ill person, who is a bread winner of the family, is like supporting the whole family and the purpose of donating the blood should be to get rewards from Allah, said Mohammed Kunhi, Convener, JIH Youth Wing. He was speaking on the third blood donation camp conducted by Jamath-e-Islami Hind, Bunder