Karnataka

Mangalore, July 29: Embarrassed by the brutality of the Hinduvta activists, who molested girls and thrashed boys, who were having a party at a private home-stay in Mangalore, the BJP-led Government on Sunday rushed a top police official to probe the incident, which has triggered protests. As the attack in which about a dozen girls and boys were targeted by a 50-member group, suspected to be

Mangalore, July 29: The media, which played a crucial role in showing the brutality of the self-proclaimed custodians of Hindu culture in the city on Saturday to the entire nation, is now also facing allegations of continuing the trend of 'unethical journalism'. A group of around 50 miscreants, claimed to be the activists of Hindu Jagarana Vedike on Saturday at around 7: 30pm stormed into private

Mangalore, July 29: Members of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike were on Sunday taken into custody by police for violating the Section 144 that is enforced in the city following the Padil party attack. The activists of the Vedike assembled in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office and held a sit-in shouting slogans against westernization of culture. It is learnt that they have planned to stage a

Siddapura (Udupi), July 29: As part of Bharatiya Janata Party's continued efforts to pacify the former Kundapur MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty, former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda visited former MLA Haladi Srinivas Shetty, on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, Gowda said that it was a courtesy visit. “We have discussed internal issues. I am a close associate of Haladi. He was not involved in

Mangalore, July 28: The self-proclaimed custodians of Indian culture have once again unleashed their fury against partygoers in the coastal city by mercilessly thrashing helpless young women at a resort on Saturday. A group of around 50 miscreants, said to be activists of Hindu Janajagrana Vedike, all of a sudden barged into Morning Mist Home Stay at Padil, here, and beat up a group of young women

Manjeshwar, July 28: A girl who is supposed to be scaling the ladder of higher education after completing SSLC has been stuck by a painful disease, making her poverty stricken life even more painful. Daughter of Poovappa Belchad, a coolie worker, and Chandravathi of Kedumbaadi, Vorkady, 16 year old Pavithra is walking around with the weight of a huge tumor on her head. A student of Kunjatthoor

Mangalore, July 28: The newly elected member of Member of Legislative Council, Monappa Bhandari was given a warm felicitation by the special children in the city on Saturday. The programme was organised at Sanidhya Residential School for differently-abled children, at Shaktinagar, here. On the same occasion, a new phenol called as “Swachatha”, produced by the mentally challenged children of the

Mangalore, July 28: Members of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Public Works Department Contractors' Association have decided not to take up any asphalting and road projects until the state government clears their pending bills. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Saturday, Radhakrishna Naik, President of the DK unit of the Association said that bills amounting to Rs. 90 crore for

Mangalore, July 28: Zionist representative and Consul General of Israel Orna Sagiv will be visiting coastal city of Mangalore in the month-end. She is expected to deliver talk on '20 years of Indo-Israel diplomatic relations' at Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry Exim Facilitation Centre here on July 31. After decades of non-aligned and pro-Arab policy, India formally had established

Mangalore, July 28: J R Lobo, former commissioner, Mangalore City Corporation and Executive Director, Pilikula Nisargadhama Society, was officially inducted into the Congress party amid chaos at the district Congress office in Mangalore on Saturday. As the formal programme began, a fight broke out between Congress activists gathered at the venue over the absence of microphone for the occasion. The