Karnataka

Udupi, July 3: The annual Kesarugadde Ota, organised by Saarvajanika Ganeshothsava Samithi, Alevoor, for the fifth successive year attracted a large number of spectators. The dirt field race was held at Kamblakatta, near Nailapaade, in Alevoor village of Udupi taluk on Sunday, July 3. Owner of racing buffalos and entrepreneur T Suresh Shetty inaugurated the Kesaru Gadde competitions. Speaking on

Mangalore, July 3: People belonging to Scheduled Castes who migrate to another state cannot claim privilege under SC Status in the migrated state, clarified Sarvotham Pai, Superintendent of Police, Civil Rights Enforcement Cell. He was addressing monthly SC/ST grievance meeting held by the district police at SP office here on Sunday. Mr Pai said many Tamilians have settled in Sullia taluk of the

Mangalore, July 3: An allegedly drunk engineering student was killed in a fatal road accident in front of the Pabbas Ice Cream Parlour in Lalbagh here in the wee hours of Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Antony JK (21), son of Joe Katikaran hailing from Kochin, Kerala. A student of final year civil engineering at NMAMIT, Nitte, Antony was residing at Valencia in the city. The tragedy

Mangalore, July 3: The representatives of street vendors in the city, who are agitating against Mangalore City Corporation's eviction drive, are all set to take the issue to Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj. A delegation of leaders, including Mangalore City Footpath Vendors Association honorary secretary Sunil Kumar Bajal, JD(S) state general secretary M G Hegde and veteran Congress leader

Mangalore, July 3: The DCIB sleuths arrested one more accused in connection with the murder of KVG Administrative Officer A S Ramakrishna. The arrested has been identified as Vaman, a resident of Polali. With this, the number of accused in the murder case has gone up to six. The arrested include Dr Renukaprasad, son of Kurunji Venkataramana Gowda, founder of KVG Institutions. Vaman was produced in

Mangalore, July 3: A gang of motorcycle thieves was busted by Mangalore City Police on Saturday following the arrest of three of its members. The arrested, who are currently in the custody of Bunder Police, have been identified as Mohammed (41) hailing from Kallapu, Abdul Rahman alias Mustafa (31), a resident of Jalligudde and Ashfaq (22), a resident of Addyar. Four stolen motorbikes have been

Mangalore, July 3: The Southern Railway has changed the departure timings of 12 trains, 11 leaving Mangalore Central Station and one passing through Mangalore Junction. The departure timings of Thiruvanthapuram-Lokmanya Tilak Terminal (Mumbai, train no 16346) has been advanced by 50 minutes. It will leave Mangalore Junction at 11.30 pm instead of 12.20 am. The release said the departure of

Mangalore, July 3: Traffic on the National Highway 66, connecting Kerala and Karnataka, was disrupted for nearly an hour following a landslide at Padupanambur in Mulky near here on Saturday. Vehicles from both sides were stranded as the road was completely blocked when the hillock slipped blocking the road at around 6pm. Police arranged for three earthmover machines immediately to clear the mass

Udupi, July 3: A lepoard created panic in Karkala on Saturday morning. The big cat was tranquillized after a six-hour struggle. A forest official and a policeman were injured in the operation to nab the it. The feline was first noticed by cashew factory workers at Kadulhole Village in Marne GP, 16 km from Karkala town. The animal was already wounded when it came in from the forests. As a crowd

Mangalore, July 2: Two school-going children had a narrow escape early on Saturday morning when a speeding car hit the centre median of a slippery road near St Agnes College, Bendur here. The Alto car landed straight over the road-divider, when the lady-driver lost control over it, while moving towards Bendur from St Theresa School at around 8:30 a.m. While the driver blamed the slippery road for