Karnataka

Mangalore, September 4: Leaders of various political parties who recently came together to form Karavali Souharda Sangharsha Samithi, organised a protest-rally in the city on Tuesday. According to the organisers, the intention of the programme is to fight for communal harmony in the region in the backdrop of homestay attack. Addressing the gathering in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner, B

Mangalore, September 4: The body of a schoolgirl who had committed suicide by jumping into Nethravathi River eight days ago has been found on the shores of Manjeshwar beach. The deceased has been identified as Sonali Patel (15), daughter of Ashwin and Alpha Patel of Mohan compound in Krishnanagara, Puttur. Her body was found at Manjeshwar beach on Monday evening. A 10th standard student of Sudana

Mangalore, September 4: Introduction of Volvo buses by withdrawing 'Rajahamsa' services on certain routes have caused losses to the KSRTC in Mangalore division, Praveen Kumar, General Secretary, KSRTC Joint Committee of Workers' Unions, Mangalore, said. Addressing mediapersons at Press Club in Mangalore on Tuesday, Mr. Kumar said that introduction of buses to routes such as Panaji besides others

Dozens of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad activists on Tuesday staged a protest at Bunts Hostel Circle, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of the alleged coal block allocation controversy. The protest was in response to nationwide protest and college bundh jointly called by ABVP and Youth Against Corruption (YAC). The protesters said the Prime Minister should

Mangalore, September 4: A few family members of those arrested in connection with the Morning Mist Homestay attack on Tuesday appeared before the media claiming their innocence and demanding their release. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore, family members of Taranath, Venugopal, Taranath Alva and Rajesh claimed that they were innocent and had nothing to do with the homestay

Manipal, September 4: Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Pratap Reddy has urged to take immediate steps to install close-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in buildings and complexes at the earliest to keep an eye on students in Manipal. Speaking at an interaction programme jointly organised by Udupi district Police Department and Manipal University to imbibe discipline among university

Jeddah, September 4: Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) flights have implemented a new baggage allowance rule for the passenger, based on the "piece concept" replacing the current "weight concept". According to the new system, which came into effect on September 1, each economy class passenger will be allowed to carry only one piece of luggage weighing 32kg or less. For the first and business class

Kasargod, September 4: There has been an evident upswing in the Indo-US diplomatic relations after the strategic dialogue in June between the two major democracies of the world, T.P. Sreenivasan, former Ambassador to the United Nations and Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, has said. He was delivering the first lecture as part of a diplomatic lecture series on 'Indo-U.S

Subramanya, September 4: The Anti-naxal Force has intensified combing operations in the forest areas of Palligadde near Kulkunda, especially near houses which the ultras visited recently. Around five naxals were seen in the vicinity around 6 pm on Sunday. There were skirmishes between the extremists and the ANF and the ultras threw a couple of grenades on the forces and escaped into the forest

Mangalore, September 4: The first State-level meet of Life Insurance Corporation Agents' Organisation of India (LICAOI) held here on Monday highlighted the demands of benefits for women LIC agents. It includes providing a Provident Fund, pensions, health schemes, pensions and welfare schemes for women LIC agents. Of the 1 lakh LIC agents in the State, 40,000 are women. “We have never heard of