Karnataka

Manipal, July 4: District Health Officer Dr Ramachandra Bairy said that 371 children up to six year old in the district are suffering of malnutrition.Speaking to media persons in Udupi on Tuesday, the DHO said that out of the 371 kids suffering from malnutrition, about 280 are suffering from lack of nutritious food. The remaining are suffering from the deficiency due to other health problems

Mangalore, July 4: As announced by Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri, the “Shalegaagi Naavu Neevu” programme would start from July 6 and will go on till July 31, said K.N. Vijay Prakash, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat. Mr. Prakash told presspersons here on Tuesday that the programme

Mangalore, July 4: “With my parents fighting all the time, there was no peace at home. My father died a few years ago and my mother remarried. However, she too died. I and my younger sister were sent to our Uncle's home who took the best advantage of orphaned kids. My uncle sent me to differnt homes for house work and made good money. I taught my dream of being a doctor will remain a distant

Mangalore, July 4: Mangalorean Sahana Kumari, an alumni of Gokarnatheshwara College became the 14th Indian athlete to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games when she cleared 1.92m to achieve this distinction on the first day of Senior National Athletic Championship in GMC recently held in Hyderabad. She is a sportswoman par excellence and has proved her mettle by qualifying for the London

Udupi, July 3: In a murder for gain, a septuagenarian woman was brutally murdered at Ammunje in Uppuru here on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased is Radhu Karkera, wife of Thukra Karkera. The victim was alone in the house when intruders had tightened piece of cloth around her neck and looted jewellery. Her son Gopal Karkera lodged a complaint at Brahmavar police station. Accordingly a case was

Mangalore, July 3: The district unit of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) has urged the central government to declare the undivided Dakshina Kannada district as a communally sensitive region besides implementing the Prime Minister's 15 point programme that deals with action against perpetrators of communal crimes. Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Tuesday, Suresh Bhat

Mangalore, July 3: Firefighters continued their search operation in the muddy water on Tuesday to trace a 13-year-old boy who accidentally drowned in a stream on Monday evening. The missing boy has been identified as Muhammad Afrid, son of Muhammad Ali, a resident of Katipalla. He was staying at his grand-mother's house in Majal Thota. Local sources said that on Monday evening the boy along with

Mangalore, July 3: Exactly four months after being arrested by the Anti-Naxal Force, Mangalore University student Vittala Malekudiya and his father Lingappa Malekudiya were on Tuesday granted conditional bail by the Belthangady Judicial Magistrate First Class court. Mr. Vittala and his father Mr. Linganna who are currently in Mangalore sub-jail, had applied for bail with the High Court of

Mangalore, July 3: Two innocent youth have been taken into custody by the police in connection with Kalladka violence, their family members have alleged. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Ibrahim of Madakka near Kalladka said that his son Mohammed Naushad and his cousin Ashiq, both final year BBM students, have been taken into custody by police although they have nothing to do with the violence that

Mangalore, July 3: The Congress party will hold a public awareness programme against the maladministration of the BJP led state government at Town Hall in Mangalore on July 7, said B Ramanath Rai, MLA and President, Dakshina Kannada district Congress. Speaking to media persons in Mangalore on Tuesday, Mr. Rai said that the state is currently in a crisis with no government control. The BJP