Karnataka

Udupi, March 10: Udupi district has been witnessing highest ever power cuts since a few days. On an average there is a power cut of 10 hours a day. Thanks to the protests against the coal based power project- UPCL. According to the sources, officials in the KPTCL had been unofficially asked to maximize the power cut in the district to nib the protests against the coal based power plant, causing

Udupi, March 10: Members of Udupi Block Congress Committee headed by its president Pramod Madhwaraj on Thursday evening staged a dharna infront of the Gandhi statue at Service Bus Stand here protesting against the state government's decision to stop accepting applications for the Sandhya Suraksha (old age pension), widow pension and handicapped pension. Hundreds of Congress activists participated

Kasargod, March 10: Police arrested Narasimha Naik (48) the accused in the Kumbla girls molestation case in Thekkot on the Kerala-Karnataka border on Thursday. A case under section 353 and 356 of the IPC for molestation and rape has been registered against him. Narasimha Naik who was running a gambling den in Kumbla allegedly molested five girls belonging to Dalit families by luring them with

Mangalore, March 10: Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) took out a rally on the occasion of the 52nd Tibetan National Uprising Day in support of the freedom of language in Tibet from Jyothi Circle and staged a demonstration at Nehru Maidan here on Thursday. Tasho Dhoudup, President of the TYC who led the rally said “We commemorate with pride March 10 in the annals of our freedom struggle as a glorious

Mangalore, March 10: Dubbing the charges of robbery and attempt to forcible conversion made by an 18 year old boy and saffron outfits against a Christian man in the city as an “apparent lie and conspiracy”, Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee (DKDCC) urged the police to withdraw the 'false cases' and appoint a higher police officer to conduct a thorough investigation into the entire issue

Mangalore, March 10: United Foundation, a City based philanthropic organization released a new Cricket World Cup song “Jeethega Thu” at Press Club here on Thursday as a tribute to Indian Cricket team wishing them all the best to win the World Cup.Fr Valerian, Chairman of Sandesha released the album CD. The song is composed by Kerala based Musician and cricket fan Joe Jee Mathew. The album is

Mangalore, March 10: “Abbakka Sankathana” a two day seminar on freedom fighter Ullala Rani Abbakka as part of the Abbakka Utsava under the aegis of Kannada and Culture Department and Ullala Veera Rani Abbakka Utsav Samithi will be held from March 12 at Ravindra Kalabhavan in Mangalore University College here. UT Khader, Honorary President of the Samithi told media persons here on Thursday that in

Mangalore, March 10: The Mangalore branch Vaastu of Sri Gokarna Mutt located at Car Street, Mangalore, is celebrating 350th year of its inception. To commemorate this auspicious occasion various religious, charitable, social and cultural activities have been arranged in the divine presence of HH Shrimad Vidhyadiraja Teertha Sripad Vader Swamiji Sri Samsthan Gokarna Parthagali Jeevotham Mutt. Laghu

Mangalore, March 10: A group on Thursday prevented personnel representing the district administration from demolishing an illegal platform built around a giant peepal tree located in front of the temple of Venkataramana at Car Street here. The demolishers, who were acting as per the direction of district administrant, had to go back after removing a couple of stones of the controversial platform

Mangalore, March 10: A Surathkal based couple, who were arrested in connection with a major fraud case, were remanded to police custody for five days by a local court.Mayyaddi (62) and his wife Zubeida (52), who amassed wealth worth crores of rupess by cheating people through a finance enterprise, were caught by Mangalore police last Sunday. According to the police, the accused have borrowed