Karnataka

Udupi, September 27: Managing Director of Kanchana Hyundai Prasad Raj Kanchan has been re-elected as the president of Udupi Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the year 2012-13 for the third time. At the election held in Hotel Kediyoor on Thursday, Prasad Kanchan said that the interests of large as well as small and medium industries would be protected to create more employment opportunities in

Mangalore, September 27: There is a need to create a conducive atmosphere with regard to homestays in Mangalore to boost tourism besides creating awareness about several myths concerning homestays, said N S Channappa Gowda, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district. He was speaking at a programme organized in the city as part of the World Tourism Day on Thursday. Although homestays are

Mangalore, September 27: Master wrestler and ace swimmer Bengre Anand Amin, who is working in Syndicate Bank's mission street branch in the city, bagged two gold medals and four silver medals in the 14th State-level Masters Swimming Championship which concluded at Vijayanagar Swimming Centre in Bangalore recently. He represented Mangalore Aquatic Club, Mangalore, in the championship. Amin secured

Kasargod, September 27: One more Popular Front of India activist was arrested on Wednesday by the police team investigating the murder of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activist Sachin Gopal. Sachin Gopal The police identified the arrested as Shameer (24), a local functionary of the PFI at Kottali in Kannur. He was arrested by the police team headed by Town Circle Inspector Vinod Kumar

Mangalore, September 27: Five power-lifters were cheerfully welcomed on arriving at the Central Railway Station here on Wednesday after returning with laurels from the Asian Benchpress Powerlifting Championship in Kazakhstan. Vincent Carlo, Vijay Kanchan, Sadananda Amin, U Lakshman and Mithun Shetty were the five power-lifters who represented India in the championship which was held from September

Bantwal, September 27: A four-year-old girl, who was in a critical state after consuming rat poison, breathed her last failing to respond to treatment early on Wednesday in Vittla Kasaba. The child was Murshida Banu, daughter of Basheer from Okketturu in Bantwal. Unaware of it, Murshida ate the rat poison that had been placed in her home on Tuesday evening. Being taken ill, she was taken to Vittla

Kundapur, September 27: Renowned theatre artist and MP B Jayashree has been chosen for the annual 'Dr Kota Shivarama Karanth Huttura Prashasti' for 2012. The award would be given to Jayashree on the occasion of the birth anniversary of late Kota Shivaram Karanth on October 10 at Kota. The award is instituted by the Kotathattu Gram Panchayat in Udupi district, in memory of the Jnanpith Award winner

Kasargod, September 27: At least 35 persons were injured, many of them critically, in a serial accident involving a fish-laden truck, private bus and an autorickshaw at Chalingal, near Periye, here on Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred around 3 p.m. when the rear portion of the truck hit the private bus that was on its way back from Kasaragod carrying the Centre of Indian Trade Unions

Mangalore, September 27: Power minister Shobha Karandlaje said that according to the intelligence department, thousands of Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are residing illegally in Bangalore. Addressing the gathering during a special seminar for college girls' students, organized by Ramkrishna Mutt as part of 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in the city on Wednesday, she said that there

New Delhi, September 27: No innocent person should be branded a terrorist and put behind bars simply because he belongs to a minority community, the Supreme Court has told the Gujarat Police. Police must ensure that no innocent person has the feeling of sufferance only because “my name is Khan, but I am not a terrorist,” a Bench of Justices H.L. Dattu and C.K. Prasad said on Wednesday. It ordered