Karnataka

Mangalore, January 31: The state government should fulfill its promise of giving greater freedom and power to Lokayukta to accomplish various tasks, said Lok Ayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde. He was speaking after laying foundation stone for the proposed new office building for the Dakshina Kannada division of Karnataka Lokayukta near Zilla Panchayat here on Monday. He said it is impossible for the

Mangalore, January 31: A customs officer ended his life at his residence near Kadri Road here on Sunday evening. The deceased has been identified as Shivaprasad (45), a native of Puttur, who was working as Customs Superintendent in the city since past five years. Police sources said that Shivaprasad took this extreme step after entering his bedroom in the pretext of taking rest. “At around 4 pm

Udupi, January 30: Central government has approved the proposal of reserving 20 per cent of seats in Engineering Colleges to the diploma holders trained in polytechnics, said Higher Education Minister Dr VS Acharya. He was speaking as the chief guest at the formal inauguration of Sri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology at Bantakal, near here on Saturday evening. He said that as many as 8,087

Mangalore, January 30: A person has lodged a private case against eight persons including Kudroli ward Corporator M Abdul Azeez, at second additional CJM court here, official sources said. The other accused are Venkatesh N Rao (48), Abdul Khadir Beary (57), Sahool (35), Navaz (27), Chelli (20), Kaliya (19) and M K Haneef. The complainant MV Riyaz accused them of land grabbing, producing fake

Kasaragod, January 29: Indian Union Muslim League Kerala state general secretary and former minister P K Kunhalikutty told media persons in his residence in Malappuram on Saturday that he was facing death threat from quotation gangs ( hired killers) from Mangalore. Media persons called on him in his residence on Saturday following reports that his personal security gunman had reported that

Mangalore/Bangalore, January 28: The Justice B K Somashekara Commission, appointed by the state government to investigate the church attacks of 2008, has given a clean chit to the BJP, Sangha Parivar and the state government. “There is no basis to the apprehension of petitioners that politicians, BJP, Sangha Parivar and the state government are directly or indirectly involved in the attacks”, the

Mangalore, January 23: Assayyid Fazal Hamid Koyamma Thangal Koorath son of Ullal Qazi Thajul Ulama Assayyid Abdurrahman Al-Bukhari took charge as the new Assistant Qazi on Sunday at the premises of Ullal Dargah. Thajul Ulama crowned the Assistant Qazi with the new responsibility by placing a turban on his head symbolizing the assumption of charge. Popularly known as 'Koora Thangal', he has been in

Mangalore, January 22: Congress leader Ivan D'Souza on Saturday accused the Mangalore police of directly involving in the state-wide bundh called by Bharatiya Janata party rather than maintaining law and order in the coastal city. Addressing media persons at the district Congress office, D'Souza said police have led the shutting down campaign in many parts of the city. “Many owners were forced to

Mangalore, January 22: The speculations that state-wide bundh call given by Bharatiya Janata Party government led by Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will not be having any effect in the district have been proved wrong, after both government private buses stopped plying in the early hours of Saturday. The bundh was called in protest of Governor HR Bhardwaj's decision to allow filing of criminal cases

Kundapur, January 22: G. Mohammed Sarfaraz, a resident of Haseena Manzil in Badriya Mohalla of Gangolli died in Dubai following a massive heart attack. 25-year-old Sarfaraz, eldest son of GM Irfan, was working with Al Gurair Company for the past three years. He breathed his last at around 3.30 am on Friday, according to family sources. Sarfaraz had visited his home about 18 months back on a