Karnataka

Karwar, July 1: In a major fire mishap, the office of the Assistant Director of Fisheries in Karwar was destroyed in the early hours of Saturday. The fire spread quickly despite heavy rain, destroying four computers, furniture and some documents. The files that were kept in the steel cupboards were also burnt. The fire, which was spotted at 4.30 a.m., was doused by personnel of Fire Force after an

Mangalore, June 30: MCC Commissioner Dr Harish Kumar has warned that stringent action will be initiated within a week against all those who have taken licence for house and are carrying out commercial activities like running hostels and paying guest, said He was speaking at Mangalore City Corporation monthly meeting here on Saturday. He said the hostels and PG centres are run without providing

Mangalore, June 30: Tense atmosphere prevailed across the town of Kalladka in Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday evening after a group of miscreants waylaid a mini lorry for alleged cow trafficking and brutally assaulted its driver. The police resorted to a baton charge when the minor incidence led to a major group clash within a few minutes. There were reports of injuries and damages from

Udupi, June 30: Unidentified culprits broke into a temple at Kemmundelu Bhandarmane at Yellur village near Padubidri and decamped with an expensive image of a demigod. Sources from jurisdictional Padubidri Police Station said that miscreants gained entry in to the temple the intervening night of Thursday and Friday and stole the portrait of the Eshwar Kumar Daiva. The silver portrait was decked

Mangalore, June 30: Continuing their agitation against hike in fees of seats under Government quota of CET, the activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad staged a protest in the city on Saturday. The protesters warned of intensification of the protest if the government failed to withdraw the recent hike. Addressing the protesters Chinmaya Rai, City Coordinator, ABVP, said that the fee hike

Mangalore, June 30: Citizens under the banner of 'Jana Jala Vedike' organized a march for water as a protest against privatization of water resources and commercialization of water on Saturday. The protestors gathered at Kankanady and procceded to Thumbe Dam site where they took a pledge that they will not allow government authorities to privatize the city's water resource. Prasanna Heggodlu

Mangalore, June 30: The overdependence on machines in the post-industrialization era has changed people's approach towards life. The fast-paced lifestyle is taking a toll on the modern man's mental health. In the olden days people used to put in lot of hard work to make a living, but still the physical exertion would make them get a sound sleep in the night. But the mental pressure brought about

Mangalore, June 30: Jagotik Konkani Songhotton has condemned the move of Karnataka State Konkani Linguistic Minorities Institutions (KSKLMI), which had recently raised voice against considering Konkani works written in scripts other than 'Devanagari' for Central Sahitya Akademi awards. Addressing a press meet here on Saturday, Eric Ozario, General Secretary, JKS, lamented that despite the fact

Mangalore, June 30: The media in general went overboard in portraying the Nityananda Swami issue said Shashidhar Bhat, senior journalist. He was speaking at a programme organized by the Journalists' Study Centre, Mangalore, as part of the Kannada Press Day celebrations on Saturday. Stating that a majority of media did not speak about Lingayat Swamijis standing in support of former chief minister B

Puttur, June 30: Well-known herpetologist Dr Ravindranath Aytahl, who is kwon for rescuing snakes and treating the victims of snake-bites in Puttur, has added a new feather on his cap by artificially hatching 30 Cobra eggs. Dr Aythal already has the credit of breeding over 5,000 snakes using artificial incubation in the last 30 years. Nearly two-and-a-half month ago Dr Aithal was given 18 eggs of