Karnataka

Mangalore, June 22: Tense atmosphere prevailed for over half an hour near city bus terminus here, where the anti-'civic tiger' protesters gheraoed the MCC's eviction vehicle, when it was allegedly “stealing” the vegetables and fruits of hawkers on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred at around 11 am when the activists of Beedhi Badi Vyaparasthara Horata Samiti returning after staging a protest

Mangalore, June 22: Selection of Ashraf Ahmed as the new president of Ullal Dargah, is purely unconstitutional and a pre-planned effort to breach the unity of the Committee members said Akbar Ullal, Convener, Ullala Savira Jamath Rakshana Vedike, here at press meet on Wednesday. Alleging that Assistant Qazi Koyamma Tangal is an unethical person disguised in religious robes, Mr. Akbar said that he

Mangalore, June 22: With the arrest of a person on Monday, Pandeshwar police have claimed to have busted a visa racket in which hundreds of youth aspiring for overseas employment were cheated. The arrested is Damien Merchant who hails from Mumbai. After a hot chase through the arterial roads in Mangalore, Damien was apprehended by his angry clients and handed over to Pandeshwar police station. A

Mangalore, June 22: K. Ibrahim Haji, former president of Kandathpalli Masjid, died here in the wee hours of Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was 77. A tea merchant by profession he was also associated with a number of organizations including Crescent Welfare Centre in Bunder Mangalore. He was suffering from various ailments over the last one year and had been hospitalized for nearly 50 days

Mangalore, June 22: Dr Emmanuel Lalith Kumar, Lecturer in History, SMS College, Brahmavar, who was dismissed from service on flimsy grounds has been ordered by the High Court of Karnataka to be reinstated with immediate effect. The High Court upheld the order of the Education Appellate Tribunal of Udupi and rejected the writ petition of the Management of SMS College namely OSC Educational Society

New Delhi, June 22: Refuting charges that Capt Zlatko Glusica, the pilot of Air India Express aircraft that crashed in Mangalore a year ago was not rostered to fly it, airline officials today said he was stationed in Mangalore two days before the mishap and was fully rested. The commander's son, Alexander Glusica, was quoted in a report as claiming that his father was called at the last minute to

Bantwal, June 22: Bantwal Urban Development Authority (BUDA) President A Govinda Prabhu was arrested by Bantwal rural police for allegedly assaulting a electrical contractor at Ramanagara of Moodunadugodu in Bantwal taluk. However, the court released him on bail on Tuesday itself. It was said that BUDA President had allegedly assaulted one Jagath alias Jagadeesh Poojary by barging into his house

Mangalore, June 21: Mangalore Constituency MLA U T Khader has expressed fear over further delay in the execution of the submersible reef work at Ullal, proposed to provide permanent solution to the sea erosion problem in the region. A New Zealand based ASR company in collaboration with a Hyderabad based company has come forth to take up the work for this ADB funded Rs 100 crore project, under the

Mangalore, June 21: Within 24 hours of the kidnapping of a call centre woman, the Mangalore city police not only rescued her safely but also arrested six persons on Tuesday, June 21. Philomena Serrao (25), who works in the BPO wing of MphasiS in the city, was kidnapped by a group of five people including her estranged husband Kiran Johnson Pereira of Merlapadavu at Baithurli near Neermarga on the

Karwar, June 21: Brushing aside the allegations of 'Muslim specific survey' by 'men in khaki', in some minority dominated areas of Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police R Ramesh on Tuesday said the police are carrying out their responsibility without any bias and prejudice. Confusion prevailed among the residents of Bhatkal town after the police launched door to door survey seeking