Karnataka

Vitla, March 15: A 15 year old boy has been missing from Gadiyar near here since March 10, after he left home for school. Muhammad Althaf, a Class IX student, at Perne High School, neither reached the school, despite leaving home early morning, nor retuned back home after last Thursday's departure, according to his parents. The parents of the boy came to know that he was missing only when the

Udupi, March 15: The media has failed to cover the genuine cause and the fact of real happenings in Egypt and the Middle East. The news you are reading in the newspaper is not a fact. You have to keep your sixth sense open said Bhatkal Anjuman Arts and College Professor Abdul Gafoor Savnoor addressing a community meeting organised by Jama'at-e-Islami Hind, Udupi Dist unit to discuss on the

Bantwal, March 15: In a bizarre incident, unknown thieves have stolen gold jewellery from the vanity bag of a woman, while she was travelling in a private bus on Tuesday afternoon. Mohini, a 28 year old resident of Manila Taridala, who works at a company in Baikampady near Mangalore, has lost her gold necklace, ear-ring, finger ring and bangle, onboard Vitla-Pakkalakunja bus. Thieves have used

Kundapur, March 15: Unidentified thieves, gained entry into a wholesale cigarette shop on Tuesday night and decamped with 30 huge boxes of cigarette packets, worth Rs 21 lakh, official sources said. It is assumed that the thieves might have used some heavy vehicle to transport the cigarette boxes after breaking open the lock of the KP Kamath and Company, located near Venkataramana Temple at the

Ullal, March 15: AK Sports Udupi and Alva's College Moodbidri have won National level flood light Tennis Ball Cricket (Over Arm) and Inter-State Kabbadi tournament respectively organized by Mukkacheri Friends Circle and Diamond Sports Club at Ullal Sea Groud near here. AK Sports Udupi, Naash Bangalore Davanagere Friends and Friends had entered the Semi final. But, in final AK Sports Udupi defeated

Kundapur, March 15: A college going girl has ended her life by hanging herself to death from a ceiling fan at her house. Police identified the deceased as Sampavathi, a 19 year old daughter of Kedur Sanjeeva Kulala. She was a first year degree student at Kundapur Government First Grade College at Koteshwar. It is said that after coming home from College on Monday evening, she went inside a room

Mangalore, March 15: Nearly two years after he was arrested on charges of illegal entry into India, the Bangladesh national Mohammad Azazm Khan, was deported to his country by Mangalore police on Monday, official sources said. Khan had earlier been caught by the Saudi Arabian authorities in Jeddah, for illegal stay, and later he was wrongly deported to India, after he lied to them that he was an

Belthangady, March 15: In order to gain the mercy of Almighty and concentrate our mind towards spirituality and divinity, people should engage themselves in Dhikr, said Zainul Abideen Jamalulleili Thangal Kajoor. He was delivering presidential address at Dikr Majlis which was held as part of the first anniversary celebration of Mansharussaquafathil Islamiyya at Mansharabad at Gerukatte in

Chikmagalur, March 15: Brushing aside the request made by Bababudangiri Inam Dattatreya Peeta traditional head Syed Gous Mohiyuddin Shakhadri, Deputy Commissioner N S Channappa Gowda has asserted that the Uroos festival will be held at the Sri Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swamy Darga on the very next day of the Holi festival. Shakhadri had requested the district administration to postpone the Uroos

Mangalore, March 15: The condition of the fish market near the State Bank Bus-stand is deplorable. Fish is sold in what appears to be unhygienic conditions. Keeping the place clean is a problem as there are only two taps serving 400 fresh fish sellers and 200 dry fish sellers in the market. While one is at one end of the market, the other is defunct. Fish sellers said that for the past three