Karnataka

Mangalore, June 16: The National Women's Front (NWF) has welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court that there should be no lesser punishment for culprits responsible for dowry deaths than life imprisonment. In the wake of women being exploited in the country and increasing dowry deaths, the decision of the Apex Court will help in checking the menace to a great extent, Shahida A, State President

Mangalore, June 16: A young man was murdered by stabbing on Friday night at Akash Bhavan in Konchadi area. The deceased has been identified as Kumar (19), a resident of Mullakad. Internal conflict resulted in the murder, Kavoor police told Coastaldigest.com. A conflict between Mr. Kumar and a group of five including Santhu, Gautam, Akshay and two others resulted in him being stabbed with a knife

Karwar, June 16: Officials of the Women and Child Development Department, with the help of social activists, stopped a child marriage in Alvewada in Karwar on Thursday. The marriage was to be held on Friday. On receiving information about the marriage, social activists Madhav Nayak and Anu Kalas with the officials of the Women and Child Development Department and the police visited the house of

Puttur, June 16: Although two days have passed since four members of a family were allegedly murdered at their residence at Kakkur of Bettampady village in Puttur taluk, police are yet to trace Venkataramana Bhat , who is the prime suspect in the case. The police have initiated a search operation to trace the whereabouts of Venkatramana Bhat, who is suspected to have gone missing after the

Udupi, June 15: From June 15, Friday, Udupi and Kundapur Traffic police will track the traffic violators using Black Berry technology. This will help in bringing in efficiency, transferency in Traffic management, said Udupi SP Boralingaiah MB, after announcing the launch of the system here on Friday. He told media persons that the system has been introduced in Udupi and Kundapur city areas, coming

Mangalore, June 15: A case of a woman being assaulted in connection with a land issue came to light in Ullal on Friday. Trouble began when a certain Qasim accused Muhammad Haji and his four brothers of encroaching on land belonging to him near Ullal Dargah which resulted in some heated verbal exchanges between the two parties. The matter got worse and Mr. Qasim along with her daughter Ramlath are

Mangalore, June 15: The High Court of Karnataka has, in its final order on the PIL filed by the residents of Melakoppala, Athrebailu and Kulur areas along with the Citizens' Forum for Mangalore Development against the mud dumping by MSEZL along the Phalguni River for its road cum pipeline corridor project, directed the company to refrain from carrying out any work not comprehended or permitted by

Mangalore, Jun 15: Tulu entertainment film 'Bangarda Kural' has successfully completed its 50 days of screening. The movie team led by director Ram Shetty celebrated this success on Friday in a simple prorgramme at Jyothi Cinema in the city. Shri Niranjan Swamiji of Sunkadakatte inaugurated the programme in the presence of former minister Amarnath Shetty. Thanking the Tulu movie lovers for the

Mangalore, June 15: Members of the District Physical Education Teachers' Association on Friday sat on a silent dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore demanding fulfillment of their various demands. A memorandum was submitted to the MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik after the dharna, urging the state government to fulfill their demands. The Association's demands include appointment

Mangalore, June 15: A young doctor, who was found unconscious in his room under mysterious circumstances, breathed his last while being taken to the hospital on Thursday in the city. The deceased is Dr Balamurali (29), a native of Mysore. He was working in Kasturba Medical College. A 29-year-old doctor working in the Kasturba Medical College, who was found unconscious in his room, died while being