Karnataka

Mangalore, September 18: With Ganesh Chaturthi a day away, the prices of vegetables have shot up to alarming levels and threaten to mar the celebrations. The high prices of vegetables are making people think twice before going for big purchases. Prices of a majority of the veggies have increased since the fest demands vegetarian delicacies. On the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi, the Mangalore market was

Mangalore, September 18: Union Civil Aviation Ministry has ordered immediate suspension of six senior officers of Airports Authority of India (AAI) for committing serious irregularities and wrong doing at Mangalore Airport and several other airports of India. A statement issued by ministry stated that Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh ordered immediate suspension and initiation of major penalty

Udupi, September 18: State Government has already sent a Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Coastal Beach Circuit, a beach development programme as part of the tourism development, to the centre and the latter is likely to sanction Rs 50 crore within a month, said State Tourism Minister Anand Singh. He was speaking to press persons after inspecting the construction of a jetty to enable the

Bangalore, September 18: The High Court on Monday favoured providing night train services to Karwar from Bangalore, in the larger interest of the passengers and gave two options to the South Western Railways (SWR) to facilitate the same. Hearing a petition by city-based advocate Shankar Bhat and others seeking a direction to quash the August 18, 2011 letter by SWR rejecting the request for the

Bangalore, September 18: The High Court on Monday issued notices to Union Information and Broadcasting Department, State government, Mangalore police commissioner and Karnataka Women's Commission with regard to media coverage of incidents like the recent homestay attack and other such incidents since 2006. Hearing a public interest litigation by Louis J Pinto of Arise Mangalore, an organisation

Mangalore, September 17: Members of Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) held a protest in front of A B Shetty Circle in Mangalore on Monday demanding action against doctors for their negligence which led to the death of Deepika, II PUC student from Kotekar. Speaking on the occasion Ramesh, State Secretary, ABVP, said that the family members of the girl have already alleged that doctors have

Mangalore, September 17: Irked by the UPA government's decision to hike the prices of diesel and LPG gas as well as its decision to allow up to 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, the Dakshina Kannada District Committee of BJP held a protest on Monday in front of the District Commissioner's office. Terming Congressmen as crooks, Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel said that the Congress-led

Dubai, September 17: A graduate student of Amity University in Dubai collapsed and died on Sunday night, leaving his parents and classmates in sorrow. Nikhil S. Warrier, 20, a second-year graduate student of Human Resources at the college was watching television after dinner at his home in the Meadows, when he collapsed and died. The young boy, who has been undergoing treatment for a heart

Mangalore, September 17: The New Mangalore Port Trust conducted a combined security mock drill on board LPG Ship M.V. 'Maharshi Devatreya' inside the harbour recently. According to a press release, the entire disaster management crew of the NMPT Disaster Management Plan participated in the exercise including NMPT's CISF, Port Fire Service, Pollution Control team and all the port crafts. Fire

Mangalore, September 17: The foundation stone laying ceremony for 'Plama Crest', the new project of Plama Developers Ltd was held at Suratkal near here on Monday September 17. The foundation stone was laid by the Chairman of Mahabaleshwar Promoters & Developers K C Naik, with the Mangalore Mayor Gulzar Banu and the Chairman of Plama Developers P M A Razzak. K C Naik congratulated Plama Chairman