Karnataka

Mangalore, June 25: A protest against the district administration demanding payment of rent and promised sanction of land for displaced Adivasi families was held in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Monday. The protest was organized jointly by CPI (M), Karnataka State Adivasi Rights Committee, and Dalit Rights Committee, Mangalore. Following Mangalore- BC Road four laning

Bangalore, June 25: Kerala High Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and Air India on petitions by relatives of two cabin crew who perished in the May 2010 Mangalore air crash that claimed 158 lives seeking compensation of Rs75 lakh as stipulated by the Montreal Convention. When the petitions by Syed Iqteder Ali, father of Mohammed Ali (25) from Bhopal and Panchami Rana, mother of Yugantar

Mangalore, June 25: With doctors in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada joining the daylong nationwide strike called by the Indian Medical Association, medical services across the coastal Karnataka were remained paralysed on Monday. The strike was called in protest against the proposed National Commission for Human Resources in Health (NCHRH) Bill, 2011. Most of the private hospitals

Mangalore, June 25: Another incident where a Church property has been tampered with in Mangalore, surfaced on Monday at Holy Hill near Pumpwell in the city. The lighting on the Cross atop the Servants of Lord prayer hall at Holy Hill was found to be tampered with, besides broken flower pots. The lamp at the site of the Cross has also been damaged. “Like always, I had closed the main gate at 7:15

Kasargod, June 25: More than two years after the Mangalore air crash that left 158 dead, families of the four-member cabin crew of the ill-fated Air India Express aircraft are awaiting compensation, with one family approaching the Kerala High Court. Parents and sister of Mohammed Ali, a flight steward from Bhopal who died when the aircraft crashed on May 22, 2010, has filed a petition at the high

Kochi, June 25: The campaign for the nomination of 39 serial sites of the Western Ghats as a world heritage site will be renewed at the 36th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) which will begin at St. Petersburg on Sunday. A decision on the nominated sites will be taken by a 21-nation panel including India. The task of the panel will be to “identify the cultural and natural properties of

Karwar, June 25: Mankalu Vaidya, zilla panchayat member from Bhatkal taluk, on Sunday refuted the allegation that he had incited violence at Mathadahitlu in Bhatkal taluk on June 8. He told presspersons in Bhatkal that the disturbance at Mathadahitlu was due to the dispute between two communities and it had nothing to do with caste. It may be recalled that a huge protest was held on Friday in

Mangalore, June 24: One person is feared dead after he along with five others slipped into a river near Soorinje here on Sunday. As per preliminary information, a group of six people had gone fishing at River Nandini near Soorinje when they slipped into the waters. Among them, five were rescued to safety by locals while one is feared dead. The hunt for the body of Ritesh (18) son of Eshwara, is on

Mangalore, June 24: The Belthangady Court has reserved its decision regarding bail for tribal boy Vittala Malekudiya, an MCJ student of Mangalore University and his father Linganna who were arrested by ANF for alleged naxal links, for July 2. On Saturday, a hearing with regard to bail for the father-son duo took place at Belthangady Court wherein the bench heard the arguments from both sides. The

Mangalore, June 24: Several young boys were initiated to chanting of the 'Gayathri Mantra' amid Vedic rituals as part of a 'Samuhika Upanayanam' ceremony organised under the aegis of Shree Krishna Dharmopayana Samithi here on Sunday. The mass thread ceremony organised at Shree Krishna Kalyana Mandir in the city was the 43rd annual event. The devotees recited Mantra on the occasion. The 'Samuhika