Karnataka

Belthangady, August 7: A 36 year old woman from taluk, who was living in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after marriage died in a road mishap near the city of Jeddah. The deceased is Khairunnisa, daughter of Usman Haji, a resident of Paddandadka in Belthangday taluk. The accident occurred when she was travelling near Jeddah along with her husband Abdul Razzaq in a car. Although a critically injured

Karwar, August 7: INS?Chapal, the museum ship docked at the Rabindranath Tagore beach since November 2006, is slowly disintegrating part by part due to lack of proper maintenance. In view of the Naval Base being set up in Karwar, the Defence Ministry handed over the missile boat to the district administration. Commissioned by the Indian Navy in 1976 and decommissioned in 2005, INS?Chapal patrolled

Mangalore, August 7: Southern Railway officials expressed their helplessness with regard to the late running of trains during the monsoon. Southern Railway Palghat divisional manager S K Raina said that it is very difficult to run trains on time due to the frequent landslides on the Konkan railway stretch during the monsoon. Souther Railways cannot take any measures on its own as the stretch come

Udupi, August 6: Udupi District unit of Karnataka Dalit Sangharsha Samithi, on Saturday, staged a protest dharna infront of the office of the Superintendent of Police, here, demanding the arrest of advocate Premaraj Kini, accused of cheating a Dalit family from Belthangadi, by grabbing compensation money to the tune of 2.5 lakhs, by producing forged documents, both to the court and the bank

Mangalore, August 6: An eight day long discourse on Bhagavad Gita by Vidvan Pavagada Prakasha Rai was inaugurated at Town Hall here on Saturday by Harikrishna Punarooru, former President, Kannada Sahitya Parishad. Delivering the presidential address, P Jayaram Bhat, Managing Director, Karnataka Bank, laid emphasis on the importance of moral values in the lives of every individual. He said:

Mangalore, August 6: A monitoring committee would be formed to control the misuse of benefits under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bhima Yojna (RSBY), the health insurance scheme for unorganised labourers below poverty line (BPL) in the district, said N Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Speaking at the Field Key Officers workshop on implementation of RSBY scheme organized under

Mangalore, August 6: City based Saadhana National Cultural Foundation will honour 10 personalities with 'Saadhana awards' recognizing their achievements in different fields on August 28 at Town Hall here. Foundation President K V Krishnadasa told media persons here that nine achievers from various fields will be conferred with the 'Saadhana Awards', while one young achiever will be conferred with

Mangalore, August 6: Former Union Minister B Janardhana Poojary along with a number of Congress activists performed 'Urulu-Seve' and offered special prayers at the Sri Gokarnatheshwara Temple here on Saturday, seeking good health and strength to All India Congress Committee supremo Sonia Gandhi, who has undergone a surgery in USA. Apart from the rolling ritual, the 75 year old Congress leader also

Mangalore, August 6: A team of officials from the District Administration demolished six houses that were coming up on government land illegally at Kasba-Bengre in the city on Saturday. The houses belong to Haseena, wife of Moideen, Badrunnisa, wife of Abdul Rehman, Hafsa, wife of Musthafa, Kunhimon, Rizwan and Mohammed Rafiq. Mangalore Taluk Tahasildar Ravichandra Nayak who led the demolition

Kasaragod, August 6: A young teacher of an Islamic Institution was crushed to death by a speeding train at Trikaripur near here, while trying to cross the tracks in heavy rains. The victim has been identified as Raihana (19), daughter of K Abdullah, who is the Khateeb of Pekkod Masjid. Raihana had bagged the teaching job at Chervathur Arabic College only a week ago. The accident took place at