Karnataka

Mangalore, July 2: All India Postal Employees Union has decided to launch a nationwide indefinite strike from July 5. The Joint Council of Action representing the National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE), Federation of National Postal Organisations (FNPO), All India Postal Extra Departmental Employees Union (AIPEDEU) and the National Union of Gramin Dak Sevaks (NUGDS) have called the strike

After giving 81 umbrellas to the students of the Gandhi Nagar Primary school to 'induce the rain gods' to give rain which succeeded as it has been raining cats and dogs in Mangalore, we decided to conduct one more of such by giving bags to those of the students who did not have them. Not just any ordinary bags but those with slogans on them to make them think. There were about 68 students needing

Mangalore, July 2: Labeling the draft of 'Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill, 2011' which has been put in the public domain, as anti-Hindu, the activists of Hindu Janajagruthi Samithi said that a nationwide campaign would be launched protesting the enactment of this bill. Ramananda Gowda, District Convener of the Samithi told media persons here on Saturday that the draft of bill

Mangalore, June 2: Dozens of women under the banner of Dakshina Kannada District Women Congress Committee staged protest against the policies of BJP ruled state government on Saturday. Addressing the protesters gathered in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner here, former Zilla Panchayat President Mamatha Gatti accused the Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa of conspiring against farmers and poor

Riyadh, July 2: Seven people including a man hailing from Kundapur taluk in Udupi district, were killed in a fire mishap early on Saturday morning at Riaydh, the capital city of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The tragedy occurred in a residential room in the upper part of Al-Suvailin Supermarket in Bathha area of the capital. Muhammad Kota The Kundapur based victim, who was working in the same

Bajpe, July 2: Bajpe police nabbed a person for threatening a shopkeeper demanding hafta at Gurpur Kaikamba near here.The arrested is Gireesh (28), a local resident. According to police the accused entered 'Srinivas Enterprises' owned by K Shridhar Rao in Kaikamba and demanded hafta of Rs 2,000. Bajpe SI Anantha Murudeshwar arrested and produced the accused to the court.

Thrissur, July 2: The Cheraman Juma Masjid in Kodungallur, believed to be the country's first and oldest mosque, will soon be restored to its original form. Its management committee was giving final touches to a renovation project that would start in September, according to masjid president P.A. Mohammed Sayed. The 1400-year-old mosque was reconstructed many times to accommodate the increasing

Mangalore / Bangalore, July 1: The editor-in-chief of 'Kannada Prabha' Kannada news daily, Vishweshwar Bhat, is now slated to take simultaneous control of the Suvarna News 24×7 channel, as group editor. With this Mr Bhat has become the first prominent Kannada journalist to have a foot in both the print and electronic media. However, sources within the 'Suvarna News' has confirmed that Hameed Palya

Mangalore, July 1: Two persons were arrested in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 12-year-old Dalit girl. The arrested are Manoj Shetty (33), an auto-rickshaw driver and resident of Sunkadakatte and his friend Dinesh Amin (22), a resident of Padu Perav at Chavandypalke in Bajpe. The duo had allegedly raped Arpitha, resident of Kompdavu village in Mangalore Taluk at Kajepadavu Kolambe

Mangalore, July 1: Congress leader Ivan D'Souza accused the BJP led Karnataka Government of failing to reduce the VAT and cess on petroleum products in the state, at a time when Centre has been compelled to hike their prices. Addressing media persons here on Friday, the KPCC Secretary said that Congress ruled states of the country have lessened the burdern on the poor people by reducing the VAT