Karnataka

Mangalore, March 6: More than 3,500 fish boxes were found gutted at port grounds in Bunder area of the city on Tuesday, March 6. An estimated loss of Rs. 20,00,000 has been caused following the burning of about 90 percent of the boxes belonging to 20 different fisheries companies. The gutting reportedly took place last night. It is being speculated that the act has been carried out by someone with

Mangalore, March 6: Denzil Karkada, the owner of Willies Garage in Balmatta, died at a private hospital in the city on Monday after a brief illness. He was 72. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for the last one week. Born to William Karkada and Lalitha Karkada couple in 1939, he was the music director of the Balmatta Musical Association since 1963. He shot to fame through a series

Udupi, March 6: In a daring robbery, three youths barged into a house at Doddanagudde here in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday and made away with valuables worth around Rs. 14.5 lakh, including ornaments and a car. Police said that the incident occurred at the house of Kanaka R Amin, located near Dr. A.V. Baliga Memorial Hospital, when Kanaka's brother Vasudeva Poojary and two relatives

Karkala, March 6: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has warned Maoists that government would not tolerate their activities at any cost. Speaking at a public rally here at Hosmaru, the CM said that the government is determined to curb Maoists menace in the state by taking stringent measures. “Naxals have a wrong notion of achieving success using gun. They are ignorant of the fact that they can

Mangalore, March 6: Over two dozens of people including fire personnel fell sick following chlorine leakage in two chlorine cylinders kept inside the municipal water purification unit at Jakkirabettu in Bantwal taluk on Monday night. According to police, the pump house of the Bantwal TMC had two chlorine cylinders for treating the water during monsoon. However, at around 8.30 pm, it started

Udupi, March 5: BJP government in the state did not perform up to the expectations of the women folk in general and mothers in the state, said former MP and Congress leader Tejaswini Ramesh. Speaking at a press meet Tejaswini said that BJP failed to fulfill the promises of keeping up the social and religious values, which they claimed to champion. “A government, which failed to keep up respect for

Mangalore, March 5: Mangalore City Corporation teams on Monday raided on several plastic carry bag dealers under the instructions of Commissioner. The raid was conducted by two separate teams. The team headed by Manjunath R Shetty, Environmental Engineer, MCC comprised of Sanitation Inspectors Santhosh, Karunakar and sanitation supervisor Raja. It covered Central Market, Bunder, Bibi Alibi road

Mangalore, March 5: Jenifa FC, Ullal has emerged as the new champion of Late Ahmed Master Memorial football league tournament, which concluded on Monday evening at district football grounds adjacent to Nehru Maidan in the city. Needing either a draw or a win in the final super league tie against Kasba Brothers, Bengre, Jenifa settled for a goalless draw to take home the Trophy awarded to winners

Karkala, March 5: The excitement, the fun, the frolic is all back in NMAM Institute of Technology, NITTE, where the College is all set to host one of its kind state level inter-collegiate Cultural and Literary mega event 'Anandotsava - 2012' on 8th to 10th March 2012. This festival, being an annual event of the Institute, is ready to showcase the hidden talents of engineering students from all

New Delhi, March 5: Dr. Saud ibn Ibrahim al Shuraim, Imam and Khateeb of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, paid a visit to headquarters of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind at Jamia Nagar, New Delhi. Dr. Saud met also participated in an interactive session with the leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and praised Jamaat's works across the country. He also lauded the contributions of Syed Abul Ala Maudoodi towards the