Karnataka

Belthangady, September 20: In a heartrending case of police torture, a daily wage worker from Naravi has been abused by the police in Venur under the pretext of an inquiry. Jaya Poojary has been undergoing treatment at the Government Wenlock Hospital in Mangalore since last Wednesday. A theft had been reported at a home in Naravi on Monday. A complaint had been registered at the police station

Mangalore, September 19: K Harish Kumar, assistant commissioner, Puttur, has been posted as the new commissioner of the Mangalore city corporation. He will take charge from K N Vijay Prakash, who is appointed as the chief executive officer of Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat recently. Meanwhile, K A Dayanand, who was working as sub-divisional officer in Chikmagalur, has been transferred and posted

Mangalore, September 19: Alva's Education Foundation will organise this year's 'Alva's Nudisiri', a Kannada literary and cultural convention at Moodbidri for three days from November 11, chairman of the foundation M. Mohan Alva said in a release. This will be the eighth annual convention which will be held at Vidyagiri. The foundation had been organising the convention for the past seven years

Mangalore, September 19: Residents of Panjimogaru on Monday staged a protest in the city, demanding a high level inquiry into the brutal murder of a mother and her daughter occurred nearly three months ago. 35-year-old house wife Razia and her 8-year old daughter Fathima Zuha were murdered in their two-story house at Panjimogaru in Kavoor police station limits on June 28. Despite a prolonged

Mangalore, November 20: New Mangalore Port Trust Chairman P Tamilvanan claimed that there was no boat had arrived to the New Mangalore Port on September 14. This contradicts the claim by Vincent, the sole survivor of the 'Ocean Fisheries-2' boat tragedy that NMPT authorities had refused to anchor the boat in distress in the Port, Speaking to the media persons on Monday, the NMPT Chairman ruled out

Mangalore, September 20: People from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikmaglur and Shimoga districts flayed Mangalore Electricity Supply Company's proposed hike in tariff rate during the public hearing on Monday. A delegation of the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission held a hearing in the office of the Deputy Commissioner to record the objections of people to Mescom's proposed hike in tariff

Mangalore, September 18: On May 22, 2010, Mangalore airport had the worst air crash in its 61-year history, when an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Dubai overshot the runway here and crashed into a 300-metre deep valley, killing 158 people on board. At least 50 to 60 lives of flight AIE-812 could have been saved had fire tenders at the airport reached the crash site. They could not

Mangalore, September 19: The motorcyclist, who lost his life in a road accident on NH-75 in Yekkur near hear last Saturday, has been identified as Mohammad Arif, a 22-year-old youth from Uppala. The young rider was run over by the lorry after he fell off his bike while trying to overtake a vehicle near Yekkur railway-bridge. His head was crushed beyond recognition. The pillion rider on the crashed

Mangalore, Sep 18: The annual feast of Holy Cross church Cordel, Kulshekar was celebrated with pomp and devotion on Sunday. It began with the Holy Eucharistic mass at 9.30am. Fr Pius D'Souza, superior, Infant Jesus Monastery was the main celebrant of the mass. He was accompanied by parish priest Valerian Pinto, Fr Vincent Saldanha, assistant administrator of Fr Muller Hospital, assistant parish

Mangalore, September 19: The identity of the body of one among the six men went missing on Thursday off Mangalore coast has been established. The body of Abdul Rahman (35), one among the six fishermen onboard the ill-fated Ocean Fisheries-2 boat, was spotted by the Coast Guard on Saturday evening and was brought to the shore early on Sunday. The body of Rahman, a resident oPanjimogaru and son of