Karnataka

Mangalore, June 23: The vision of government should be aimed at betterment of citizens, but due to number of scams, centre as well as state governments are more worried about finding ways to protect themselves rather than thinking of development of the country, said Mohammed Rafiq, Chief Secretary, H.M.S (Workers Organization). He was addressing the agitators who gathered in front of Deputy

Mangalore, June 23: Those who donate blood surely won't shed the blood of others. Donating blood to an ill person, who is a bread winner of the family, is like supporting the whole family and the purpose of donating the blood should be to get rewards from Allah, said Mohammed Kunhi, Convener, JIH Youth Wing. He was speaking on the third blood donation camp conducted by Jamath-e-Islami Hind, Bunder

Mangalore, June 23: Since there has been no rain in Dakshina Kannada for the past several days Baba Narendra Dev, decided to go on a severe fast unto death between breakfast and lunch. As it was approaching lunch time, Devendra, the god in charge of rain appeared and told him that he would have been glad to give rain, but there were some 81 students of Gandhi Nagar Higher Primary school in

Mangalore, June 23: Annoyed by the appearance of an article on Muslim girl's educational achievement in a regional Kannada daily, the president of the management committee of a mosque, along with his sons went on a rampage against her family after storming into their home. The strange incident took place at Thalemogaru, a small hamlet near Sajipapadu village in Bantwal taluk. Following the

Mangalore, June 23: With the return of her 22-year-old son Javed Ali, who was arrested along with his father Mohammed Ali on October 3, 2008, on terrorism charges, Maimoona is worried about his education. Speaking to The Hindu from her home in Ullal, Maimoona, aged about 41, says that she has already spoken to the authorities at her son's old college. “They have told me that they will get back to

Mangalore, June 23: On the one hand Mangalore city has grown rapidly with concrete roads, high rise buildings, new dividers and so on. However, the development has taken away the bus shelters in the city. When the Mangalore City Corporation undertook widening and concreting of roads, several footpaths and bus shelters were demolished. Even after completing the road work, the bus shelters are still

Mangalore, June 23: Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition filed by S Thippeswamy, Associate Professor, Department of Bio-Sciences challenging an order of Mangalore University to give him compulsory retirement with terminal benefits. A single bench court headed by Justice Anand Byra Reddy upheld the decision taken by the Syndicate of Mangalore University to take strict

Mangalore, June 23: A city traffic constable was injured following an altercation on the road between him and a Karantaka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus conductor near Karavali Circle on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses told The Hindu that the KSRTC bus from Puttur halted at a place where police have disallowed stoppage for any vehicle. Traffic constable Rajesh objected and asked the bus

Mangalore, June 22: Port has initiated environmental measures which include plantation of 10000 saplings in 2010-11 along with other measures to minimize pollution and has been certified as “Environmental Management System” ISO 14001: 2004 certificate. As a part of making “A Clean and Green Port”, Port planned “Vanamahotsava – 2011” for planting another 10000 saplings for 2011-12 and commenced

Mangalore, June 22: The six persons, arrested in connection with kidnap case of BPO employee Philomena Serrao, were produced before a district here on Wednesday. An employee at Mphasis, Philomena was kidnapped on Monday while she was on her way to office in a vehicle engaged by the BPO. Within 24 hours of the incident, the Mangalore city police not only rescued her safely but also arrested six