Karnataka

Mangalore, September 10: In an early morning road accident, a speedy truck hit a Maruti Suzuki Eeco car near police outpost in Farangipete near here on Saturday. Two people, who sustained severe injuries in the accident, were rushed to a private hospital in Mangalore. Local sources said that the accident occurred at 6:45 am, when the driver of the vegetable laden truck, which was moving on the

Mangalore, September 10: An underage boy, found engaged in hotel in Asaigoli, was rescued in a raid on Friday. The boy identified as Zubair, hailing from Andra Pradesh, was handed over to the child welfare department. A group of BSW students, who noticed the child labourer during a survey in Asaigoli, had informed the Childline officials in the morning. After securing enough information, the

Mangalore, September 10: It is an uncommon occurrence for students to exchange textbooks, or notebooks in their hurry to rush home. Here is a classic case of human error, where bodies of two persons were exchanged while they were being delivered to relatives from the mortuary. The body of Ganesh, a resident of Bantwal who died in an accident was kept in the mortuary of Government Wenlock Hospital

Mangalore, September 10: JCI Mangalore commenced its week-long series of competitions for students and general public as part of Jaycee Week 2011 here on Friday. The inauguration of Jaycee Week and district-level mela for challenged children was held at St Sebastian Auditorium, Bendorewell. Cooking competition for hotel management students and general public will be held at Lions Seva Mandir on

Mangalore, September 10: A gangster from Uttar Pradesh, Javed alias Ajay, who was arrested by the special police squad has been remanded to police custody for 12 days. City police had arrested seven members of a gang of Bannanje Raja near Kotttara Chowki on August 25 relating to two shoot-outs. Three revolvers, two cars, and a few mobile phone sets had been confiscated from their possession. On

Mangalore, September 10: Shloka Alva, a second year BCom student of Sri Ramakrishna College, who attempted suicide by consuming disinfectant, has been discharged from the hospital on Friday. KMC deputy medical superintendent Madhusudhan Upadhyaya informed that Shloka was doctors gave signal for her discharge as she was recovering and taking oral food. “Usually the food pipe gets damaged if a

Karwar, September 9: Condemning the bomb blast at gate number 5 of Delhi High Court, in which twelve persons were killed and several others were injured, advocates abstained from court works on Friday. In a memorandum, addressed to the Prime Minister of India and submitted to the Deputy Commissioner, the protesting lawyers demanded security upgradation for local courts including District Court in

Karwar, September 9: Senior journalist Prabhat Shenoy has been elected as the President of the District Headquarter working Journalists Association of Karwar. Mr Shenoy, who is the Karwar district correspondent of Vijay Karnataka Kannada Daily, secured 17 votes, while his opponent T B Harikant secured only 9 votes. Vivek Mahale, the district correspondent of Samyukta Karnataka Kannada Daily, was

Manipal, September 9: The Manipal Institute of Communication a constituent of Manipal University, in collaboration with EICAR, the International Film and Television School, Paris (France) is all set to launch a new dual degree Master's Programme in Film Art and Filmmaking from the academic year 2011. Varadesh Hiregange, Director of the Institute has informed in a press release that this course is

Mangalore, August 29: Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti has urged the police to speed up the investigation into the brutal murder of a city based taxi driver and identify the real culprits and bring them to book. Addressing media persons here Shekhar Hejamadi, DK-Udupi Convenor of DSS, said the failure of the police in solving the murder case of 32 year old driver Govardhan, even after two weeks