Karnataka

Mangalore, October 23: Sleuths of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)'s regional unit landed a huge catch of red sanders wood that was sought to be exported illegally to Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE on Ayudha Puja day. The sleuths arrested four persons from Kerala and recovered 240 red sanders wood totally weighing about 5,810 kg found concealed in a container. The said goods were not declared to

Thiru'puram, October 23: The SOS sounded by an Air India pilot at the Thiruvananthapuram airport last week, prompting a hijack scare, will be investigated by three different agencies. The Kerala police, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, and the regulatory body for airlines, the DGCA will all study what prompted Captain Rupali Waghmare to hit the emergency button on Friday. In a complaint to

Mangalore, October 23: The zonal level Rotary Foundation seminar was held at Rotary Bala Bhavan, Mangalore, recently. Inaugurated the session, city based industrialist and Past Dist.3202 Governor Rtn. Prakash Mundangat said that the Rotary Foundation played a key role in eradication of polio – a dreaded disease from the world. It was well acclaimed all over the world and during the natural

Mangalore, October 23: Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa needs to do some introspection and recall his journey from being a party worker to becoming a party leader before embarking on quitting the BJP and forming a separate party, C T Ravi, DK District in charge Minister, and BJP leader, said. He was speaking at a press meet in Mangalore on Tuesday. Responding to a media person's question as

Mangalore, October 23: The coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi celebrated Ayudha Pooja with pomp and gaiety on Tuesday. Vehicles were specially decorated and aligned for the pooja. A number of associations had organised various contests and entertainment programmes. Special rituals were performed at most of the Hindu homes, shops, workshops, commercial complexes and offices. Members of

Mangalore, October 23: A gang of four robbers forcefully entered a house in Krishnapura, on the outskirts of the city, sprayed a liquid on the house-owner and threatened the couple, before decamping with jewellery and other valuables worth Rs 1 lakh on Monday evening. The robbery took place in the house belonging to NMPT employee Abdul Samad. It is said that four well-built men sprayed a liquid

Mangalore, October 23: 'Love Jihad' and 'forcible conversion' are the root causes of communal clashes and all other confusions and chaos in the society, said BJP leader and MLC Monappa Bhandary. Speaking at 'Bakrid Message', a programme organised by Akhila Bharata Beary Barishat at Jamiyyatul Falah Auditorium in the city on Monday called upon the Muslims to refrain from communal activities. If

Bangalore, October 23: The state Government, on a recommendation from the State Wakf Board, has changed the date of public holiday for Eid-ul-Adha to October 27 instead of October 26 as fixed earlier. On Monday, the government issued an Order to this effect. All government offices and nationalised banks will function on October 26 and will observe holiday on October 27 under Negotiable Instruments

Karwar, October 23: Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, on Monday said the Finance Department had given its go-ahead for the appointment of 4,000 teachers to primary schools in the State. Mr. Kageri told presspersons in Sirsi that the process of appointing the teachers would commence next month. He insisted that only candidates who had completed the D. Ed course

Belthangady, October 23: The state government has decided to step up intelligence gathering in coastal belt and improve security in the region, Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister R Ashoka said on Monday. As a first step, the State government has decided to sanction Rs 30,000 to each Coastal Security Police (CSP) Stations, he said while speaking to media persons after inaugurating the new