Karnataka

Mangalore, May 13: The case of a two wheeler rider going missing after having reportedly fallen into the Phalguni river has got more mysterious. Police are suspecting that Swati, wife of the missing Ganeshpura resident Srinivas Padakannaya, has not furnished accurate details while filing the case and is hiding the truth. To begin with, the police are perplexed over the very fact as to why Mr

Mangalore, May 13: Young Dalit entrepreneurs must be aware of the subsidies being given by the government so that they can prosper in their industrial endeavours said S G Hegde, Joint Director, District Industrial Centre, Mangalore. He was speaking at a seminar on “Coastal Dalits Towards Becoming Successful Industrialists and Entrepreneurs” organized by Ambedkar Memorial Foundation in the city on

Mangalore, May 13: A Mangalorean was killed on spot in a ghastly road mishap occurred at Kadur in Chikmagalur district last night. The deceased has been identified as Zubair Ahmed (47), a resident of Permude near Bajpe. The incident took place when he was on his is way to Bangalore from Honnavar. A speeding LPG cylinder laden lorry which came from opposite direction rammed against his car while

Mangalore, May 13: A police officer himself threatened a Dalit girl for filing a complaint against Bajrang Dal activists over an incident, members of the Dalit community alleged at the monthly SC/ST grievance meet chaired by Abhishek Goyal, Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada district, on Sunday. Raising the issue of a Dalit girl Manjusha of Renjilaadi, Kadaba, who was tortured by Bajrang

Mangalore, May 13: Chief Minister D V Sadanada Gowda on Saturday evening visited Karnataka Beary Sahithya Academy chief Rahim Uchil, who is recovering from multiple stab injuries at a private hospital in the city.

Mangalore, May 13: Unidentified miscreants broke into a house at Kambalabettu near Vittal and decamped with cash and gold worth Rs 11 lakh in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. According to police, the hose belongs to one Haji Moideen Shafi. It is said that he had kept the cash at home for his daughter's engagement scheduled to be held on Sunday. The miscreants broke open the back door

Mangalore, May 13: The pre-monsoon showers coupled with thunder and lightning lashed most part of Dakshina Kannada district causing loss of life and property. A young lineman was electrocuted to death while being engaged in the repair work on an electric pole in front of a Church at Vamanjoor on the outskirts of the city. Local sources said that Jerald Vegas, a resident of Kavoor, was killed when

Mangalore, May 13: Society should create new breeds of medical scientists, who would set new standards of medical ethics in this new era of medical advances, said Seyed E Hasnain, member of Scientific Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister, Delivering the convocation address of the Manipal University here on Saturday, he said that the curriculum required to be reinvented to achieve this goal

Belthangady, May 13: Stating that violent reactions will kill innocents, Pejawar Mutt chief pontiff Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji said that Naxal movement could be checked only through non-violence. Interacting with the forest dwellers of Kudremukh National Park, at Malige mane in Sulkerimogru in Belthangady taluk on Saturday, he said that he will try to solve the problems related to Naxal movement

Mangalore, May 12: A two-day job fair — Alva's Pragathi 2012 — got under way in Moodbidri on Saturday. It was inaugurated at Alva's College by Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M. Veerappa Moily. This is the third consecutive year that Alva's Foundation has organised the job fair. The foundation said more than 14,000 job aspirants had registered for the mela, including about 2,000 registrations