Karnataka

Mangalore, August 27: Moodbidri Police on Sunday arrested an auto rickshaw driver who coaxed a young woman into his rickshaw on the pretext of showing her around and attempted to rape her. The arrested suspect has been identified as Mohammed Haneef from Handel, near Moodbidri. It is said that he is one of Vidyagiri Park's auto rickshaw drivers of Moodbidri. The victim is a Dalit girl hailing from

Kasargod, August 27: Days after the arrest of two persons in connection with the circulation of counterfeit currency notes in northern Kerala, the police have intensified probe into the reported flow of fake currency notes, of the face value of Rs.30 lakh, to the region. The police have intensified the investigation into the fake currency racket allegedly being operated from the Gulf. The arrest

Mangalore, August 27: A recent circular issued by the Karnataka State Wakf Board seeks to make registration of mosques, dargahs, and other Islamic religious institutions mandatory. However, serious questions were raised on the efficacy of such an order when the board itself was plagued with problems ranging from shortage of staff to lax implementation of the Wakf Act (1995) and Karnataka Wakf

Udupi, August 26: The model fish market built at Padubidri in association with National Fisheries Development Corporation was formally inaugurated on Sunday by district-in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary. Speaking on the occasion Mr Poojary said that the government has increased the subsidy of houses to be allotted to the fishermen from Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000. Subsidy to asmany as 260

Mangalore, August 26: Eleven fishermen, who were returning from a 10-day-long fishing voyage, survived high rising waves after their mechanised fishing boat, capsized off the South Wharf, here. Unpredictably, the sea turned rough in the wake of strong wind near the mouth-of-estuary when the boat was moving towards South Wharf late Saturday night, sources said. However, all the Tamil Nadu based

Mangalore, August 26: Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF), UAE, hosted an educational scholarship meet at Loyola Hall, St Aloysius P.U. College, in the city on Sunday. Approximately Rs 22 lakh was distributed among more than 450 students as scholarship to pursue professional courses and graduation irrespective of their caste and religion. Dr M Shantharam Shetty, Vice Chancellor of Nitte University

Mangalore, August 26: Low lying areas in and around Mangalore were inundated due to the heavy rains that lashed across coastal Karnataka on Saturday and Sunday. The South-West monsoon turned streets and bazaars into rivulets in the several parts of city including Yekkur, Jeppinamogaru, Pandeshwar and Kottara. Merchants and buyers cursed the city fathers for not solving the age-old problem of

Mangalore, August 26: Lancy D'Cunha of Mangalore has been elected as national vice-president of All India Catholic Union. The decision was taken at the annual general body meeting of AICU held recently Kolkata. Mr Lancy D'Cunha served AICU as Honorary Treasurer in 2008-10 and Secretary General in 2010-12. He was the President of Catholic Sabha, Mangalore Pradesh for two terms (2008-2010). AICU

Mangalore, August 26: The new branch of Lakshmi Gold Palace, a unit of Lakshmi Gold Khazana Pvt Ltd, was launched on Saturday at K S Rao Road, Mangalore. Inaugurating the outlet, Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes congratulated the proprietor of Lakshmi Gold Palace K P Nanjundi, who is also president of Vishwakarma Samaj. He said that with launching new outlet in coastal city of Lakshmi Gold

Mangalore, August 26: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Member Oscar Fernandes said that a central team has already been requested to visit the district and chalk out special packages and programmes to control spread of diseases like malaria, dengue and leptospirosis. He was speaking to media persons during his brief visit to Government Wenlock Hospital here, Mr. Fernandes said the outbreak