Karnataka

Mangalore, July 5: A city based advocate, who was a witness in Naushad Kashimji murder case, but, later accused of having links with underworld and giving supari to kill another advocate, on Tuesday remanded to Corps of Detectives (CoD) custody for two days, by Second JMFC Court here. Advocate Umar Farooq was arrested by CoD on Monday after he landed at Devanahalli International Airport in

Manjeswaram, July 5: The Manjeswaram Gram Panchayat is on an intensive e-governance drive. MLA P B Abdul Razak on Tuesday inaugurated the programme at Panchayat office. Panchayat secretary P Mohammed Nisar made a power point presentation on the road map to e-governance. Now birth and death certificates from 2000 onwards are available from the site www.cr.lsgkerala.gov.in. But one has to give

Mangalore, July 5: Karnataka Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (Bheemavada) has expressed its sever opposition to the separation of B C Road depot of KSRTC from Mangalore division. P Keshava, State Committee Member of Samithi, said at a press meet here on Tuesday that BC Road depot, which is 24km away from Mangalore city, should not be bring under the jurisdiction of proposed Puttur sub-division as people

Mangalore, July 5: Within two years, the state government would provide all necessary furniture and sports equipment to all the government schools, which currently lacks facilities, said District-in-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar. Speaking after inaugurating 'Shaalegagi Navu Neevu', a new programme of Karnataka State Government, at Government Higher Primary School in Munchuru village near here

Mangalore, July 5: The anti-communal violence bill drafted by Sonia Gandhi's National Advisory Council (NAC) has come under attack by the members of Hindu Janajagruthi Samithi who staged a demonstration in front of Deputy Commissioner's Office here on Tuesday, dubbing the bill as 'anti-Hindu' Addressing the protesters, Lakshmeesha Gabladka, Vice President, Federation of Temples and Religious

Mangalore, July 5: A nursing student was killed in a motorcycle accident occurred due to a stray dog at Konchady here. The fatal accident occurred at around 6 p.m. on Monday, when the 18-year-old old Akhila George was riding home from her college. In a bid to avoid ramming against the dog, the girl lost control over her two-wheeler and collapsed on the ground, sustaining severe head injuries

Mangalore, July 5: 'Faithful' citizens of Mangalore on Tuesday morning smelt the fumes of black magic, when they noticed broken pumpkin and coconut, pieces of sliced lemon, turmeric powder and vermillion etc. lying in front of the building of Mangalore City Corporation. Interestingly, the objects were found at the spot where the Mayor Praveen Anchan parks his car. However, unlike Chief Minister BS

Bangalore / Mangalore, July 5: Understandably downcast, AC?Ashwini, like her relay team-mates, has stressed her innocence while vowing to fight on. The Udupi athlete had stated last week that her team-mates could have ingested the banned substances through food supplements bought from outside the National camp in Patiala. On Monday, she herself was in the news, with result of her dope test

Mangalore, July 5: A hotel management student in the city has been cheated to the tune of Rs 16.40 lakh in an electronic fraud perpetrated on him by some unidentifed persons who operated using a fake address of Yamunanagar in Haryana. According to a complaint lodged by Francis D'Souza of Surathkal with Surathkal police, his nephew Hubert D'Souza lost the amount after he responded to a message

Mangalore, July 4: Stunned by the dope test failure of golden girl Ashwini Akkunji, her father Chidananda Shetty, said that there must be something wrong somewhere. Two prominent female athletes of the country - Priyanka Panwar and Udupi based Ashwini Akkunji on Monday tested positive for an anabolic steroid. The sad news was conveyed to Mr Shetty, who resides at Jansaale, Siddapur in Udupi, by