Karnataka

Mangalore, March 3: Women continue to remain insecure, despite several laws being brought about to protect them, said Madhu Bhooshan, Vimochana of Bangalore.She was speaking as the chief guest at a function in Town Hall on Thursday organized by the Network of Women's organizations in which more than 50 women organization participated across the district to mark 101st year of International Women's

Mangalore, March 3: Mangalore City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh on Thursday inaugurated the renovated Police Control Room, which will be soon equipped with the latest technology. With this, the city police have advanced a step further in using technology for effective policing. Located near the office of Commissioner, the control room will also supervise the GPS fitted CPR vehicles of

Mangalore, March 3: Agriculture policies of the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre and the Bharatiya Janata Party Government in the State are worsening the plight of farmers, Maruti Manpade, State committee member of the Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha, said on Wednesday. Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Manpade said that the Centre had reduced its allocation for agriculture by Rs. 172

Mangalore, March 3: When Chetana Jagadish, a student in Mysore, telephoned her father at Marsa El Brega in Libya on Wednesday, she could hear the gunfire. She, however, was happy that her father, Jagadish Kumar, who works with the Sirte Oil Company “is safe”. About 65 people working for Sirte are Indians and are trapped there. “Colonel Qadhafi's men walked into the oil company premises and

Mangalore, March 3: People of Bangra Kulur fear that they will be evicted from their locality as it is one of the sites being considered for the proposed cricket stadium. The area was inspected by the Deputy Commissioner recently. With nearly 250 families, Bangra Kulur village is off National Highway 17 and part of it runs parallel to the Gurupur river for about a km. The land which is being

Udupi, March 2: Kota police have arrested two persons illegally carrying deadly weapons to supply them to the underworld criminals of Bangalore. When the Sub Inspector of Kota Police Station along with his team was on a routine check up on the NH-17, in front of the Airody Gram Panchayath office on Tuesday night, the police stopped a Ford Icon vehicle bearing registration number KA 05 8105, coming

Mundgod, March 2: In a heartrending incident, two school children drowned in a small lake in the Mundagoda Taluk of Uttara Kannada district on Wednesday. The victims have been identified as Muhammad Yaseen and Muhammad Jafar, both aged 16 and students of SSLC at a local High School. The incident occurred a few minutes after the children got into Chitidi Lake in Bhadrapur village for fishing

Udupi, March 2: Govardanagiri Trust promoted by Pejawar Mutt pontiff is organizing Homa, Yaga and other religious rituals at the goshala premises on the auspicious Panchagraha Yoga days of Mar 2, 3 and 4. This is being done to make it convenient for the donors and other interested parties to visit the goshala run by the trust in Neelavara near Brahmavar and have a look at the cattle there

Mangalore, March 2: Thousands of youth and children took out a rally on Wednesday in Mangalore under the banner of Sunni Students' Federation (SSF) to mark the occasion of 'Eid-Milad'. The men only march coupled with vehicle rally, was organised by Dakshina Kannada district committee of SSF as part of its month-long state-wide Eid-Milad celebration. Led by a galaxy of Sunni religious leaders, the

Mangalore, March 2: Amid various rituals, Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra at Kudroli on Wednesday received a splendid gift, a silver chariot offered by an affluent family in the presence of former minister B Janardhana Poojary and a galaxy of priests. The ratha was formally dedicated to the temple on the auspicious vrashaba lagnam muhurtha of 12:42 pm coinciding with the period when the annual festival