Karnataka

Mangalore, March 25: Child trafficking is rampant in Dakshina Kannada district and illegal adoptions through children's homes are high, child rights activist Renni D'Souza said here on Thursday. Speaking during an interaction programme with Chairperson of the Karnataka State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights Nina Nayak, Mr. D'Souza said that the child trafficking prevention committee

Mangalore, Mar 24: A day after publicising his resignation to the Congress party, MG Hegde on Thursday formally joined Janata Dal (Secular) along with over a dozen disgruntled Congress workers. At a simple ceremony organised by the district unit of JD(S), former Chief Minister of Karnataka H D Kumaraswamy wholeheartedly welcomed the incoming political stars of Dakshina Kannada to the party

Mangalore, March 24: Continuing his tirade against Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy said that Karnataka has never witnessed throughout its history a more arrogant Chief Minister as him. The former Chief Minister was addressing the media persons at an interaction programme organized by Journalists' Study Centre at Mangalore Business School here, on Thursday. He said

Mangalore, March 24: In a humane gesture, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday paid all the remaining bills of a destitute woman, for whose treatment he had taken special interest. The 32-year-old Vijayalakshmi, who had become completely immobile after enduring a fall while fetching firewood, happily discharged from the AJ Hospital after several months of stay.

Mangalore, March 24: The South Karnataka unit of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama will organise a Samastha Sunni Conference on Sunday, March 27 in the city. Disclosing this at a press meet here on Thursday, Abdul Azeez Darimi said that thousands of people from various parts of the southern Karnataka are expected to participate in the day long convention being held under the promulgation of

Mangalore, March 24: Lawyers in the city under the banner of Mangalore Bar Association (MBA) on Thursday joined thousands of their counterparts across the state to protest against a move by the Union government to usher in The Legal Practitioners (Regulation and Maintenance of Standards in Profession Protecting the Interest of Clients and Promoting the Rule of Law) Act, by wearing red badges in

Mangalore, March 24: Tulukoota Kuwait, a socio-cultural organization has donated a dialysis unit to SCS Hospital in the city. Addressing media persons here, Dr Jeevaraj Sorake, Managing Director of the hospital said that the department will be inaugurated on March 27 by Krishna J Palemar, District in Charge Minister and Vinaya Kumar Sorake of AICC. MLAs Yogish Bhat, UT Khader, MLC Ganesh Karnik

Mangalore, March 24: A case of a secretly turned polygamist, deceiving his previous wives after borrowing a huge amount of dowry has surfaced in the region. Hailing from Achangimane in Sakleshpur Taluk, the accused Ansar Ahmed had married Safiya from Thekkaru village in Belthangady taluk about three years ago. Subsequently, he married Shahida a last year. On Sunday, Safiya and Shahida found around

Udupi/Surathkal, March 24: As against the hot speculations that production of fish catch has come down in the post tsunami, fishermen, fish traders and fishmeal unit owners in Malpe ascertain that it is the usual phenomenon witnessed during summer and tsunami has no role in it. Speaking to mediapersons, industrialist Pramodh Madhwaraj, who owns two fish processing units out of three in Malpe

Mangalore, March 24: The appeal for euthanasia for Aruna Shanbagh, a rape victim suffering for the past 37 years has put Indians in a dilemma of choosing death over life. When Aruna's case has pumped the country to take stands, Shubhada Society and Bethany Social Service Trust, Mangalore, took a step further by organising a 'Symposium on Euthanasia,' enabling the city to voice their opinions at