Karnataka

Mumbai, June 21: Air India seems to have tampered with its pilots' flight roster to keep under wraps a crucial detail about the Mangalore plane crash that killed 158 people on May 22 last year. Capt Zlatko Glusica, who was commanding the flight that overshot the tabletop runway, was initially not rostered to operate the Mangalore-Dubai-Mangalore flight and it wasn't clear when he was informed

Mangalore, June 21: The counselling for admission for medical seats available under government quota began here on Monday at the Mangalore counselling centre set up at the Sahyadri College of Engineering. The day's proceedings were marred by a technical glitch that was corrected by afternoon, coordinator for the Mangalore CET centre Shruthakeerthiraja said. The software application that displayed

Mangalore, June 20: In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old woman employee of a Call Centre in Mphasis in the city was abducted by a group of five persons including her husband on Monday evening on the outskirts of the city. The abducted woman has been identified as Philomena Serrao, a resident of Kelarai. In incident occurred when she was on her way to Mphasis at around 2:30 pm. Yashavanth, the

Mangalore, June 20: Sanitation should be a matter of utmost prominence for all Gram Panchayats, said District-in-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar. He was speaking after inaugurating the Karnataka State Sanitation Award for 2009-10 ceremony organised under the joint auspices of State Water and Sanitary Mission, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat

Bhatkal, June 20: Confusion prevailed among the residents of Bhatkal town after the police launched door to door survey seeking details of the people and their credentials for the last one week. While the senior police officials referring this as a routine exercise towards crime prevention, the locals suspect something amiss as such exercise has been exclusively kept in the Muslim dominated areas

Mangalore, June 20: As part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Mangalore Airport, a five day cultural programme from July 18 will be held for the citizens of Mangalore, Udupi and Kasargod district, at Town Hall. Revealing this at a press meet here on Monday, M K Sitaram Kulala, President, Cultural Fest Committee, said that this is the third programme the committee is holding involving

Mangalore, June 20: Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists on Monday demanded stern action against those responsible for the tragic end of the life of a 21 year old college student, who had committed suicide. Saritha, daughter of Vasantha, had allegedly set herself ablaze after pouring kerosene in the bathroom of her house in Barebail near Kadri at around 11 am on Sunday. Although it

Mangalore, June 20: The successful run of Tulu movie 'Oriyardori Asal' now for the fourth week, indicates the love of the people of Tulunadu for the Tulu language which is great danger of diminishing, said Guru Kiran, popular Kannada singer. He was speaking to media persons at press meet on the completion of 25 days of successful screening of the movie in five theaters. While appreciating the hard

Mangalore, June 22: Pressing the demand for a government art gallery in Mangalore, Karavali Chithrakalavidara Chavadi will organise a painting exhibition 'Sanchalana' from June 24 to 29, at Prasad Art Gallery in Mangalore. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Chavadi President Ganesh Somayaji said the artists in Dakshina Kannada were demanding for a government art gallery for the last 25

Mangalore, June 20: A woman passenger died after she was thrown out of a moving passenger bus at Kalladka in Golthamajalu village along National Highway in Bantwal taluk on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Nagamma alias Ramani (29), wife of Gangadhara Poojary, resident of Narahari Nagar in Bolangadi. The incident occurred when Vishwanath, the driver of the KSRTC bus applied brake