Karnataka

Mangalore, July 6: As part of nationwide campaign to 'save Jammu and Kashmir', the Mangalore City-South unit of Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a demonstration in front of Bharat Mall in the city on Thursday. Rejecting the interlocutors report on Jammu and Kashmir as 'prejudiced', Monappa Bhandary, the former DK District President of warned against any attempt on restoring pre-1953 status to

Mangalore, July 6: An engineering student reportedly committed suicide by coming under a train in the city. Renol Miranda, a fourth semester student of St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, was run over by a train near Suterpet on Thursday morning. It is believed that he committed suicide by lying over the railway track. Though the reason for this extreme was not confirmed, it is learnt that

Mangalore, July 6: It seems that the administration and the police yet to wake up from deep slumber as packed autos continue to ply on city roads. On Thursday evening, a nine-year-old schoolgirl was injured when she fell off an autorickshaw near Valencia. Rishel D'Costa, a class 3 student at St. Agnes English School was among the eight students travelling on the autorickshaw. The girl standing on

Udupi, July 6: In yet another water-tragedy, a student from Poland is feared to have drowned while his friend was rescued after the two went for swimming near Malpe beach in Udupi on Thursday evening. The victim is 21 year old Milocz Lachowski. According to the police, the four had come to the country on July 1 for a two-month internship programme at Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT). Milocz

Mangalore, July 5: Dakshina Kannada district unit of 'Sanatan Sanstha' has urged the authorities to take legal action against Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) for terming the former as anti-national and terrorist organisation. In a press release issued here on Thursday, the Sanstha stated that all the allegations made by the KKSV against the organisation are baseless and far from truth. The

London, July 5: UK fibreglass mast manufacturer Pollite has reminded airports globally of the importance of installing thoroughly tested frangible ground handling infrastructure, in light of new recommendations released to Air India. Recommendations from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Airports Authority of India and the Ministry of Civil Aviation pertaining to the Mangalore Air Crash

Mangalore, July 5: The department of Political Science of St. Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangalore, will be organising one day seminar on 'the topic 'Sixty Years of Karnataka Legislative Assembly', on Saturday, July 7. D H Shankar Moorthy, Chairman Karnataka Legislative Council would inaugurate the Seminar.Suresh Kumar, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Law, Urban Development, Government of

Mangalore, July 5: In a bid to recover the misused funds under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS), MP Nalin Kumar Kateel set a deadline of one month from Thursday, to all the Taluk Panchayat Executive Officers in the district to recover the misappropriation amount. Presiding over the District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting at Netravati Hall in Zilla Panchayat on

Mangalore, July 5: More than four months after they were arrested by on charges of alleged links with Naxalites, Mangalore University student Vittala Malekudiya and his father Linganna Malekudiya were finally released on Thursday. The activists of district units of Communist Party of India (Marxist), Democratic Youth Federation of India and Students Federation of India extended a floral welcome to

Kasargod, July 5: Three persons were killed and 30 others were injured, some of them seriously, when a bus and a jeep collided near Cheruvathur in the Kasargod district on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as S K Sharafuddin (25), his wife Umaira (20) and the jeep driver Lincy Joney (25). It is learnt that the couple who had marred last month was returning home to Bedadaka after paying