Karnataka

Mangalore, October 13: A young railway gangman from Bihar died after he was knocked down by a train near Kalnad bridge near Bekal on Friday, police said. The incident occurred at 8.30 a.m. as Surendra Kumar 24, son of Vasudev Prasad, a native of Dhana in Bihar's Nawada district, was knocked down from the bridge as two trains approached the bridge on the parallel lines. Surendra Kumar was attached

Mangalore, October 12: Four girl students of Capitanio High School in the city have reportedly gone missing under mysterious circumstances on Friday. The missing girls have been identified as Lavanya, Dhanyasree, Ruthika and Pratiksha -all Class 8 students and close friends. Three among them are residents of Kodakkal near Kannur while another girl is from Kollurugudde. Though the girls attended

Mangalore, October 12: Though a suspect in the brutal rape and murder case of a 17-year-old girl in Dharmasthala has reportedly admitted the crime, police have called him “mentally ill”. The development has caused outrage among the public, who demanded the police to hand over the suspect identified as Santosh Bajagoli to them “instead of entertaining his drama”. Inspector General of Police Pratap

Mangalore, October 12: Amidst the confusing statements by the police following the arrest of a suspect in connection with the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl in Dharmasthala, hundreds of angry protesters, most of them students, flooded to the streets in different parts of Dakshina Kannada district on Friday demanding stringent action against the culprits. Youth belonging to ABVP and Hindu

Mangalore, October 12: Large number of women gathered in front of Deputy Commissioner's Office on Friday in support of a protest organised by the city wing of BJP Mahila Morcha against the diesel price hike and cap on subsidised LPG cylinders. Addressing the protesters, Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel said that homes and families had been hit hard by the policies brought by the Congress-led UPA

Mangalore, October 12: The controversy over burqa ban on the campus of Kukke Shri Subrahmanyeshwara First Grade College has been reignited with the College management snubbing the district administration's directive by reinstating the rules which prohibits Muslim girls from entering the College premises with full body-covering dress. The college is run by the management of the Kukke Subrahmanya

Bangalore, October 12: After the big fat wedding is done with and the guests have gone home, what remains is the litter, dirty dishes and piles of excess high-calorie food. Enough to feed lakhs of children, in a country where malnutrition has been termed a "national shame" by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Statistics show that every third malnourished child in the world is an Indian. A survey

Bangalore, October 12: The family members of the 36-year-old Bangalore-based doctor working in King Fahad National Guard Hospital in Riyadh, who has been reportedly picked up by the Saudi police at the behest of their Bangalore counterparts, have postponed filing of habeas corpus petition in the Karnataka High Court after the Saudi police assured the family of his early release. A native of

Mangalore, October 12: The District administration has decided to ban the use of plastics in Dakshina Kannada district in a phased manner. The ban on the use of plastics has been implemented in Moodbidri TMC limits on a pilot basis. The plastic ban will be implemented in Mangalore city and taluk from November 1, said Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda. Chairing a meeting of various

Mysore, October 12: Udupi district Brahmavara's Little Rock India School students Abshik Rao and Swastik Udupa bagged the first place at the State-level IT?quiz organised jointly by Public Education department and Tata Consultancy Services, here on Thursday at the Mahajana's Vivekananda auditorium. International quiz master Giri conducted quiz and the winners garnered 45 points. Udupi's St Mary's