Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 25: Over a hundred motorbikes and two-wheelers took part in a bike rally – ‘Riders for Helmets’ in the city on Sunday promoting safe riding rules including compulsory usage of helmets while riding two-wheelers in Mangaluru. As part of 26th National Road Safety Week - 2015, Dakshina Kannada district administration, Transport Department and Mangaluru Traffic Police in collaboration

Mangaluru, Jan 25: “Graduation is a proud moment and a memorable occasion in an academic career. It is not a final accomplishment. It is only an opening of a new chapter in student’s life. Education is an endless journey of competence and knowledge” urged Registrar of Mangalore University Prof. P.S. Yadapadithaya. He was addressing the fresh graduates of 5th batch of Engineering, M.B.A. and M.C.A

Mangaluru, Jan 25: Team Mangalore, a Mangaluru based hobby group of kite flyers has been officially invited to the Dubai International Kite Festival being organized by Classic Concepts LLC, an event management company in connection with Dubai Shopping Festival from January 29 to 31 at Jumeira Beach, Dubai. This unique Kite Festival is being organised for the fourth time in UAE. It will showcase

Mangaluru, Jan 25: Former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said that the two major problems that the Election Commission faced during elections in India were money power and voter apathy. Addressing a gathering on the occasion of National Voter’s Day at a programme here on Sunday, he said that the Expenditure Control and Monitoring Division of the Election Commission had not been able to

Jeddah, Jan 25: To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return,” said Indian Islamic scholar Sheikh Abubaker Ahmed. “I express my heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of King Abdullah. I join the family of King Abdullah and other members of the royal family, in their sorrow and grief,” he added. Sheikh Abubaker said: “I would like to recall that, under King Abdullah, who took the throne in 2005

Patna, Jan 25: The woman who triggered the bomb blast in the premises of the Ara civil court in Bihar's Bhojpur district that killed two people has been identified, police said on Saturday. A day after two people — a woman and a police constable — were killed and more than a dozen injured in the explosion, police said a middle-aged woman, Rina Gaudh, carried the bomb and died in the blast. "The

Bengaluru, Jan 25: The state government has taken up an initiative to distribute e-kisaan (Namma Raitha), a tablet which would act as a platform to share the best practices in agriculture and serve as an interaction tool among farmers. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who launched the tablet here on Saturday, said the device helps farmers know and understand the best agriculture practices adopted

Mangaluru, Jan 25: Minister for Textiles, Ports and Inland Transport Baburao Chinchanasur said that all the tranches of ADB-funded project to prevent sea erosion would be completed in Ullal region of Dakshina Kannada by June 2016. Addressing mediapersons at a press conference here on Saturday, he said that the first tranche of the project that includes construction of four inshore berms and two

New Delhi, Jan 24: In an embarrassment to Delhi Police, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has given a clean chit to Liaquat Shah who had been arrested by it and labelled as a terrorist two years back. The NIA, instead, named absconder Sabir Khan as the main accused who had allegedly planted weapons on Shah to project him as a militant of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen. Ironically, according to

Puttur, Jan 24: Even after four years after the brutal murder of wife and three children of Kakkoor Venkatramana Bhat from Bettampady village in Puttur taluk, the case has remained unsolved while Venkatramana, who went missing soon after the murders, have still remained untraced. During this while, it is astounding to note that his wife and three children are alive as per official government