Karnataka

Mangalore, June 27: Over 20 passengers were injured, two of them critically, when a speeding city bus skidded off the ever-busy NH66 and plunged into a gorge near Kallapu on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. The accident occurred around 11:00 am, when the driver of 'Maroli Travels' bus on rout number 43A plying towards Talapady from the city was trying to overtake another speeding bus. Two

Karwar, June 27: Dozens of angry protesters laid siege to the District Hospital here on Tuesday following the alleged medical negligence which led to the death of a newborn baby. According to relatives of the victim Geeta Premanand Mahale, a resident of Nandanagadda, in Karwar, had given birth to a child in the hospital on June 18. Although the newborn appeared normal, the relatives suspected

Bhatkal, June 27: In a bid to end inter-community clash that broke out following a dispute over a road in Mathadahitlu near Murudeshwar, Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police K T Balakrishna on Tuesday held a peace meeting. Bhatkal was tense for the last fortnight due to the clash between Namadhari and Moger communities. Mr. Balakrishna, who addressed people from both communities at RNS

Mangalore, June 27: Days after setting up a high school in the backward Newpadpu area near Konaje, Hajabba was back in business in the Hampankatta area here on Monday, selling fruit to earn a living. It has been nearly 10 months since the unlettered man from Harekala was seen in Hampankatta. Mr. Hajabba has followed his dream of setting up a primary school and subsequently a high school at

Mangalore, June 26: India's leading Islamic movement Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has termed the success of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi in the Egyptian presidential election as an important political event in the present times. In a media release, JIH president Syed Jalaluddin Umari expressed the hope that the new government of Egypt would further strengthen its longstanding relations with

Udupi, June 26: Former president of Udupi Urban Development Authority Alevoor Nagaraj passed away on Tuesday. He was 65. Udupi Congress sources said that he died of cardiac arrest. An active Congressman Nagaraj had also served as the Alevoor Gram Panchayat member. He was one of the founders of the Sarvajanika Ganeshotsava Samithi in Alevoor. He was unmarried.

Mangalore, June 26: The resignation of Suresh Kumar, State Law Minister and a subsequent clean chit being given to him was all a 'drama', B Janardhana Poojary, Senior Congress leader has said. Speaking to media persons in Mangalore on Tuesday, Mr. Poojary said that Chief Minister D V Sadanada Gowda through a wicked plan has rescued Mr. Kumar who had tendered his resignation on Saturday after media

Mangalore, June 26: The attack on the Christian prayer hall at Holy Hill is a pre-planned attempt to ignite communal violence in the region, B Janradhana Poojary, Senior Congress leader, said. Speaking to mediapersons after visiting the prayer hall at Holy Hill on Tuesday, Mr. Poojary said that the attack has been carried out to create communal tension in the region and polarise votes as elections

Mangalore, June 26: “It is a combined responsibility of different sections of society to prevent people from getting addicted to drugs and the drug-addictors should not be treated as 'condemned.' Instead, they deserve the treatment of humility,” opined Mangalore City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh. He was speaking as a chief guest in a programme organised by Department of Psychiatry

Mangalore, June 26: A team of Mangalore City Corporation on Tuesday morning raided two prominent plastic manufacturing industries located at Baikampady Industrial Area in the city and seized huge quantity of prohibited plastic carry bags. The team comprising of Environmental Engineer Manjunath R Shetty, Madhu, Sanitation Inspectors Yashwanth, Santhosh, Sushanth, Poovappa, Karunakar and Babu