Karnataka

Dharmasthala, November 6: Parents of Saujanya (17), a PUC student of SDM College, Ujire who was raped and murdered by one Santhosh Rao at Dharmasthala recently, have submitted a memorandum to the Governor, requesting a CBI inquiry into the case. They also submitted the copy of the memorandum to Kemaru Esha Vittaldasa seer, who visited the house of Saujanya, at Pangala near Dharmasthala on Monday

Mangalore, November 6: An 18-year-old girl with a birth defect of the aorta, a major artery in the human body, successfully underwent a corrective surgery at Unity Health Complex in Mangalore last month. Speaking at a press conference held on Monday, senior cardiologist Dr Paul Varghese said that the three-hour surgery was performed out by the cardiac team headed by him and the anaesthetic team

Mangalore, November 6: The city police have registered a case against President of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah Syed Sarwar Chishti for allegedly making provocative and inflammatory speech here last week. "The contents of Chisht's speech at a public meeting at Nehru Maidan in the city on November 2 attracted the provision of 153-A 1 (a) of Indian Penal Code”, a police officer said. The contents of

Mangalore, November 6: Shri Shanaishchara Seva Samiti, an organisation of Hindu devotees in Dubai will be organising a grand Sri Shanaishchara puja under the leadership of Odiyoor Sri Gurudevadatta Samsthanam seer Sri Gurudevananda Swami at JSS School auditorium on Dubai Sheikh Zaid Road in Dubai on November 23. Other than Odiyoor seer, Sadhvi Sri Mathanandamayi of the mutt will also bless the

Mangalore, November 5: In praise of the service rendered by former Mangalore Airport Director M R Vasudeva, president of Kanara Chamber of Commerce Mohammed Ameen said that the standard had been high for his successor as the director of the newly designated International Airport of Karnataka. Speaking at a felicitation programme in honour of the former Airport Director jointly organised by

Manipal, November 5: Manipal University which has tie-ups with a number of overseas universities, broke ground in China last week signing agreements with Shanghai's Tongji and Tianjin Universities. A delegation from Manipal University comprising Vice Chancellor Dr K Ramnarayan, Registrar, Dr Gopalakrishna Prabhu and Honorary Director, UNESCO Peace Chair at Department of Geopolitics, Prof M.D

Mangalore, November 5: The members of Dakshina Kannada unit Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS) courted arrest after they attempted to picket Mangalore Taluk Panchayat office here on Monday. They were protesting to press their demands such as provision of sites to those who do not have houses, title deeds to those who have constructed houses on government land without charging penalty and

Mangalore, November 5: Even though umpteen measures may be taken to prepare for emergencies, credit or criticism will be solely measured depending on the response system, said Inspector General of Police (Western Range) C H Pratap Reddy. Delivering the inaugural address of a training programme on Incident Response System conducted by the National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, in

Bangalore, November 5: Three eminent Beay personalities- Hamza Malar, Ahmed Bava Bajal and Ismail Moodushedde- were presented with honorary awards of the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy for 2011. State Higher Education Minister C T Ravi conferred the awards at a function at the Raveendra Kalashetra here on Sunday. The award comprises a purse of Rs. 10,000 and citation each. The awardees have been

Mangalore, November 5: A mother went into labour and delivered a baby girl in a 108 ambulance near Bellare in Sullia on Saturday. The mother identified as Thayira (28) who was expecting her third child, was admitted to the Kadaba community hospital by her husband Mohammed Latif of Kalara in Kabada. Doctors on duty, suspecting that the delivery would be complex, advised him to shift his wife to the