Karnataka

Mangalore, March 14: Two youth Malik and Salim Riyaz who were injured after being hit by an unknown vehicle on ONGC road (Baikampady-Jokatte road) on Friday, succumbed to injuries at private hospital here. Malik alias Muhammad Salauddin had breathed his last on Saturday while Salim Riyaz succumbed to the injuries on Sunday, Panambur police said. The unknown vehicle, after hitting the two wheeler

Moodbidri, March 14: Students should utilize all the opportunities to be competent by engaging themselves in extra-curricular activities, said Dr Mohan Alva, Chairman of Alva's Education Foundation. He was speaking after inaugurating Founder's Day and Annual day of Sri Mahavira College here. MLA Abhaycandra Jain presided over the function. Prof Chandrashekhar Deekshith, Principal of the College

Kasaragod, March 14: A farmer ended his life allegedly by consuming a pesticide at his residence near Puthige in the district on Sunday. The police said Koragappa (54) was found lying in an unconscious state inside his Kattathaduka residence around 10 a.m. He was rushed to a nearby hospital. However, he died on the way to the hospital. Koragappa's relatives, who reported the incident to the Kumbla

Kasaragod, March 14: Two natives of Kasaragod were arrested on Sunday with quarter kilogram brown sugar at Tellichery, Kannur. Brown sugar dealers PH Aboobaker (51) and P M Muhammed Satar ( 31) of Mogralputtur were the arrested by a team led by Circle Inspector M V Anil kumar. Police seized the brown sugar form a bag. The accused were waiting for its transaction to a customer when the suspected

Mangalore, Marc 14: The Air Crash Victims' Families Association, set up to fight the cause of the victims of IX812 crash near here on May 22 last year, on Sunday engaged the services of Swedish law firm Advokaterna Liman & Partners, a mid-size independent firm, for settlement of compensation claims. After talks on modalities of fee and other issues with the firm's representative Stephan Eriksson

Puttur, March 14: The presence of Bharatiya Janshakti Party chief Uma Bharati at the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha here fuelled speculation that the former Madhya Pradesh CM would rejoin her parent party BJP. Uma Bharti apparently is trying to seek blessings of the RSS leadership to pave her re-entry in to her parent party. Uma Bharati was suspended from the BJP in November 2004 till further

Mangalore, March 14: Father Muller Charitable Institution on Sunday celebrated its Institution day cum Graduation Ceremony. The Chief Guest was Dr Veerappa Moily, Minister of Law & Justice Government of India. Dr Ramananda Shetty, Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore was the guest of honour. In his speech Dr Moily said that Fr Augustus Muller started

Mangalore, March 13: DK Superintendent of police Dr AS Rao assured to discuss the issue of 'Made Snana' in Kukke Subrahmanya with the Deputy Commissioner of District, as a move to prevent the same. He was replying to a question by a by leader of Dalith Sangarsha Samithi at the grievances meeting related of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. “Before taking a decision to prevent Made Snana issue

Mangalore, March 13: The Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) will not put any kind of pressure on BJP led-state government, said national secretary of RSS, Suresh Joshi, on Sunday. On the concluding day of three-day Akhila Bharatha Prathinidhi Sabha at Puttur, he said BJP and RSS have sibling relationship. Both follow same ideology but there is no rule that both should go on a same track. “Differences

Udupi, March 13: Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily hit out at the Opposition over spectrum scandal saying “the BJP-NDA regime is the source of corruption.” Speaking to press persons Moily said: “The procedures for the distribution of 2G spectrum were designed during the BJP-NDA regime. The first-come-first-serve basis adapted in the 2G-spectrum distribution led to corruption and scams. Whereas