Karnataka

Kasargod, May 6: Poor educational and infrastructure facilities have paved the way for the growth and expansion of terror networks in various parts of the world, Sri Lankan Commerce Minister Basheer Shaikh Dawood has said. Mr. Dawood was addressing a public function after inaugurating the Saadiya Orphanage Handicraft Centre at Jamia Saadiya Arabiya at Deli, near here, on Saturday. “There is an

Udupi, May 6: Daniel Monteiro of St Mary's Syrian College, Brahmavar, has entered in Guinness Book of World Records for his unqiue collection of 4,911 stamps on birds from 263 countries. Earlier, Paul Irvin Oswald had the record for posessing 2,166 stamps of birds. Speaking at a press meet, he said: “My teachers had asked us to cultivate hobby in life. Since my childhood, I am collecting stamps

Mangalore, May 5: News reports are saying a small fire occurred on board 'Cap Norte' on Saturday off the Mangalore coast as the Sri Lanka flagged ship was sailing towards Mumbai Port. The fire was confined to a one of the one of the containers of the ship and was quickly extinguished by the Coast Guard ship Savithri Bai Phule five nautical miles away from Mangalore coast, officials of Coastal

Mangalore, May 5: Oscar Fernandes, MP, has defended the dumping of mud along the Phalguni river near Kuloor by MSEZ terming it a 'developmental activity'. Speaking to mediapersons at the district Congress office in the city on Saturday, Mr. Fernandes said that the move will not cause any ecological imbalance. “Instead, people who are protesting against it today will praise the step tomorrow as

Mangalore, May 5: Janata Dal (Secular) has fielded C M Panchaksharayya as its candidate for the Karnataka State Legislative Council elections scheduled for June. Addressing media persons in a press meet held in Mangalore on Saturday, Mr. Panchaksharayya said that he has been fielded as a candidate from the South West teachers' constituency. Mr. Panchaksharayya said that he has served as the

Mangalore, May 5: Dr S Ayyappan, an alumnus of the College of Fisheries, Mangalore, who on January 1, 2010 had assumed charge as Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Secretary to Government of India, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) New Delhi, was warmly felicitated at his alma mater by the past and present faculty, staff and students

Puttur, May 5: While other houses in Charvaka, the native village of Shobha Karandlaje, State Energy Minister, are reeling under the problem of power cuts, the Minister's house has been getting constant power supply, it is reported. Electricity to Charvaka and Kaniyur areas is supplied by Savanoor Power Sub-centre. The villagers of these areas have alleged that they have been leading their lives

Uppinangady, May 5: Unidentified robbers made a futile attempt to loot a cooperative bank at Kalleri near here in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The miscreants had broken open the shutters of Thannerupantha Seva Sahakari Sangha bank using the gas cutter of the ground floor and had reached the first floor which houses safe locker. After entering the first floor, they also had

Mangalore, May 5: Amidst the ongoing protest by the residents of Melukoppalu and Athrebail areas in the city against the Mangalore Special Economic Zone's move to reclaim Phalguni river bank to lay corridor road, the MSEZ officials have filed a complaint with the Urwa Police against six activists including Vidya Dinakar of Citizen's Forum for Mangalore. Activists, who have backed the residents'

Mangalore, May 5: In a shocking incident, a 30-year-old labourer jumped to death from the seventh floor of a private hospital in the city on Friday. The deceased is Shivamani Vittal (30), a native of Bagalkot and a resident of Lingappaiah Colony in Mulky. He was staying the A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences since last four days taking care of his wife, who was being treated for a complication