Karnataka

Mangalore, October 22: The Mangalore City Corporation in association with Suvarna Kanrnataka, Mangalore, on Monday launched a campaign on city cleanliness and destitute rehabilitation centre. Inaugurating the publicity vehicle of the campaign, in front of Town Hall in the city, Mangalore Mayor Gulzar Banu urged the public to join hands with civic body to make the city clean and beautiful. Speaking

Mangalore, October 22: The Bharath Parikrama Yatra undertaken by RSS Pracharak Seetharam Kedilaya of Puttur with an intention to 'Know Bharat, Be Bharat and Make Bharat Vishwaguru' reached Mangalore on Monday, October 22. Addressing the media persons at Bikarnakatte here, Mr Kedilaya said there is need to stop commercialization, materialization and politicization of any issues. He said

Kochi, October 22: Managements of several private schools in Kerala want women teachers to adopt a dress code to avoid prying eyes of male students. They have suggested teachers wear an apron or an overcoat "to cover themselves properly" in class. There isn't a formal diktat but it's the talk of staff rooms after many women teachers noticed students taking pictures of them with mobile cameras. "We

Mangalore, October 22: Brian Santhumayor, Liaison Officer, Bureau of Consular Affairs, US State Department, visited the AIMIT campus of St Aloysius College and addressed the MBA students recently. Mr. Santhumayor began his talk by giving a brief about his academic life and his work experience in various parts of the globe especially the United States. He spoke about the various educational avenues

Mangalore, October 22: Two young students from Daskhina Kannada district - Rakshith Vamanjur and Prakamya Puttur won the overall championship in a state-level Yogasana competition organized by Aviskar Yoga Kendra in the boys and girls categories. In the competition held at Sharada Vidyalaya, in the city on Sunday, Charan Vamanjoor, Nandana Belthangady, Deekshith Vamanjoor, Mangala, Sampath Bajal

New Delhi, October 22: Bowing to pressure from Indian government Saudi Arabia on Monday deported Fasih Mohammed, accused of being involved in conspiracy of bomb blasts in Bangalore and Delhi, to his home country. The 28-year-old Fasih Mohammed was arrested at Delhi Airport after being deported to India. The Delhi Police Special Cell has taken custody of Fasih. Earlier, Saudi Arabia had red-flagged

Mangalore, October 22: City based Universal Welfare Forum (UNIWEF) honoured six meritorious students from financially backward families with 'Moulana Abul Kalam Azad' and 'Dr. Sir Allama Iqbal' awards in the city on Sunday. Four students who scored well marks in PUC in the recently concluded academic year, namely Sirajuddin (Commerce), Mohammed Jazeer (Science), Shakira Banu (Arts) and Fathimatul

Mangalore, October 22: Panic struck the public after they found a huge cache of explosives inside a concrete drainage pipe near Kadandale village under the limits of Paladka Gram Panchayat in Mangalore taluk. Moodbidri police, who seized 4,923 detonators stuffed in plastic and gunny bags, said that the explosives and the place where they found were belonged to a local stone mining company. Hareesh

Mangalore, October 22: A youth was arrested by Mangalore police for attempting to outrage the modesty of a girl in the city last evening. The accused has been identified as Saeed Asad, a resident of Addyar on the outskirts of the city. Police said the girl, a resident of Lady Hill, was walking home after evening shopping when the accused attempted to outrage her modesty. The woman immediately

Thiru'puram, October 21: Kerala Police, the airline and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation are all inquiring into the comedy of errors that dogged the Air India Express flight on Friday from Abu Dhabi to Kochi, resulting in a fracas between passengers and security personnel and a 'hijack' alert. When the flight to Kochi was diverted to Thiruvananthapuram because of bad weather and the crew