Karnataka

Karkala, April 12: The new Director-General and Inspector-General of Police A R Infant visited the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) camp at Karkala in Udupi district on Wednesday. Police sources said that Mr. Infant also held a meeting at Karkala. Additional Director-General of Police (Internal Security) Harshavardhan Raju, IGP (Western Range) Pratap Reddy, and Inspector-General and Commander of the ANF

Mangalore, April 12: Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Karnataka, is organizing a state level 'Srishti 2012' Project Exhibition Competition for engineering students on May 12, 13 and 14 at Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangalore. The competition cum exhibition will feature working models of final year engineering projects, 'Avishkar' – mini projects, technical paper

Mangalore, April 11: The Dakshina Kannada district administration has formed three teams as part of general preparedness in the wake of warning of possible tsunami. The alerts have been issued in wake of an earthquake of high intensity off the Sumatra coast. Deputy Commissioner NS Channappa Gowda and city police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh called on the people not to pay heed to rumours

Mangalore, April 11: Religious leaders from the Hindu, Muslim and Christian communities came together on a single platform at a harmony meet organized by Karnataka State Federation of Sunni organization in the city on Wednesday. The 'Manavatha Samaesha' was organized to publicise the 'Kerala Yatre' of Sunni organisations like SSF, SJU, SYS, SEDC and SMA under the leadership of AP Aboobakar

Mangalore, April 11: The district administrations of all three coastal districts of Karnataka have declared high alert and asked the fishermen not to venture in the sea owing to the Tsunami alert. Though the reports have indicated that there is no tsunami threat to the west coast of India, the administrations in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada have taken all precautions. A large number

Mangalore, April 11: AJ Hospital, in association with Rotary Club, Mangalore East and Corporation Bank will hold a free heart checkup camp from April 16 to May 15. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Wednesday, Dr. Prem Alva, Consultant, Pediatric Interventional Cardiology, AJ Hospital, said that 10 out of every 1000 children are born with heart related diseases. “This camp is

Mangalore, April 11: Low-intensity tremors were felt in several parts of Karnataka including in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Wednesday afternoon, causing panic among residents who rushed out of their homes and apartments out of fear. The Nalapad Residency at Light House Hill and few other buildings felt the vibration a few minutes after a massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude

Mangalore, April 11: 'Youth Against Dowry', an organization formed by youth of coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi to fight against the evil practice of dowry existing in the Muslim community, will hold a signature campaign on April 13 in the city. Addressing media persons at the Press Club in Mangalore, Dr. Farhan Muhammad, President, Youth Against Dowry, DK and Udupi, said that the

Mangalore, April 11: City dentist Dr. Mitra Hegde, who has been in the news of late for wrong reasons over the authenticity of her claim of being appointed as the dentist to the President of India, refused to comment on the issue and stormed off the press meet at Press Club in Mangalore on Wednesday. Dr. Hegde appeared before mediapersons and aplologised for her 'counter statements that appeared

Mangalore, April 11: Witness testified before the Fast Track Court here on Tuesday that Sashikala of Bantwal Taluk who was reported missing on May 5, 2007, was found dead on the same evening at KSRTC bus stand in Mysore. Madhusudhan testified that he had found the lifeless body of Sashikala on the floor of the second platform in Mysore KSRTC bus stand on the night of May 5. Lakshmi, a caretaker at