Karnataka

Uppinangady, June 12: If you think all the eight women, who were tricked to marry Rajesh alias Sukumar, who is in police custody now, would be dying to see stringent punishment being handed to the culprit, you may be wrong. Call it Stockholm syndrome, or the magnanimity of the highest order, Jayanti, one of the eight victims, is more than willing to forgive him and revive marital life with him. “I

Hubli, June 12: The Hubli-Dharwad police have busted an inter-state racket engaged in selling luxury four-wheel vehicles of dubious background by creating forged documents. The kingpin of the racket is Aboobaker Sadik, a resident of Sajipamunnur in Bantwal taluk, who had been residing in Bellary with another racketeer Abbas Ali, on a rented villa on Anantapur Road in Bellary. The duo had converted

Mangalore, June 12: The 42and anniversary and 33rd convocation ceremony of Sayyid Madani Arabic College will be held on Thursday, June 14 on the premises of Ullal Dargah, near here. This was announced at a press meet here on Tuesday by U S Hamza, President of Ullal Jumma Masjid and Sayyid Madani Dargah. As part of the event a massive burda majlis will be conducted on the preceding night, he said

Mangalore, June 12: Children are innocent and do not realize what rights they possess. It is therefore the responsibility of the government and the society as a whole to ensure that no encouragement is given to child labour, said Ashok G Ningannavar, Chief District and Sessions Judge and President of District Legal Services Authority. He was speaking after inaugurating the World Anti-Child Labour

Mangalore, June 12: Vittala Malekudiya, a student of Mass Communication and Journalism in Mangalore University, who is in judicial custody for his alleged naxal links, has been denied bail from High Court. In its objections to Vittala's interim bail plea, the State Police had appealed to the court not to grant him bail stating that incriminating documents, newspaper cuttings and pro-naxalism

Hebri, June 12: Sukriti, a second PUC student of Jawahar Navodaya School is the only student from Karnataka selected to go to Japan on an educational tour. The Home Ministry, Foreign Ministry and Human Resource Ministry in association with Japan Government has arranged a 14-day education tour for students. As many as 580 students from India will go on this tour which will be held in five phases

Mudipu, June 12: If at all the kids living in and around Nyupadpu and Harekala area of Dakshina Kannada district can read and write the credit should solely go to this illiterate orange vendor named Harekala Hajabba. Keeping all his problems aside, Hajabba had dreamt of having a good school in his village itself so as to help the students study nearby school instead of treading a few kilometres in

Sirsi, June 11: C M Bhat, retired Director General of Police, and a native of Kangod village in Sirsi taluk died on Sunday. He was ailing from some time and was hospitalized at Bangalore. He served mostly in North India and was a recipient of the President's Gold Medal. He had also served as ASP in Central Reserve Police Force and as head of the Border Security Force. His cremation was held at

Murudeshwar, June 11: A man died of snake bite at Bastimakki village near Murudeshwar on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Vasant Somayya Devadiga (28) of Bastimakki village. Mr. Devadiga's family members said that he had left for his farm after attending a family function at about 1 am. It is being suspected that he might have been bitten by a cobra on his left arm at his farm at about

Mangalore, June 11: A free CET Counseling awareness programme is being organized by Career Guidance and Information Centre, Mangalore, in association with Hidayah Foundation, Mangalore. The first session was held on Sunday which was attended by about 230 students. Sessions will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday too for 50 students in each batch. A similar programme will be organized at Udupi for