Karnataka

Mangalore, June 18: The collapse of retaining wall between Nivasar and Ratnagiri stations in Konkan Railway has forced the railways to cancel some trains on Friday and Saturday and divert a few others. The railway officials from the Palakkad division of Southern Railway said two trains leaving Kochuveli on Friday and Saturday had been diverted via Shoranur, Erode, Jolarpettai, and Bangalore City

Mangalore, June 18: Fishermen fetched better prices for species such as ribbonfish, cuttlefish, shrimps, squid and sardines in the fishing season that just ended. A 57-day fishing ban began on June 15 and will be effective till August 10, marking the end of a fishing season. In this season, the wholesale price of three fish species, caught from the coast of Dakshina Kannada, increased sharply. The

Mangalore, June 18: Unknown thieves gained entry into the house at Mudipu Kairangala village in Bantwal taluk and decamped with gold ornaments and a mobile phone. The loss has been put at Rs 1,51,500. It is said that the thieves entered the house by breaking the back door lock. A case of burglary has been registered in Konaje police station. The incident took place in the wee hours on Wednesday.

Mangalore, June 18: Gusty winds uprooted a mighty tree damaging at least five electric poles on Kalpana Road in the city on Friday evening. The power supply was immediately cut off and the road was blocked completely making hundreds of families residing in apartments in the area suffer. However, the workers of Mescom, fire and emergency personnel and the police swung into action to clear the road

Udupi, Jun 17: Fishermen of traditional boats, on Friday morning offered Samudra Pooja to Arabian Sea. They offered pooja to their community goddesses - Sri Kulamahasthree Amma of Bennekudru and Sri Mahalaxmi of Ucchila and also to Sri Balarama of Vadabandeshawara Temple. Offered baagina to the sea at Malpe beach. During the 45 days ban on deep sea fishing fishermen venture in to the sea in

Mangalore, June 17: As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of ChildFund India a programme was organised at SDM Mangala Jyothi Integrated School, Vamanjoor in the city on Thursday. Latha R Kini, Vice President, KCCI, Mangalore, inaugurated the programme at Parvathi Babu Shetty Hall. Drawing and painting competitions for schoolchildren were held on the occasion. Mangalore MLA U T Khader

Mangalore, June 17: Harley-Davidson, one of the oldest manufacturers of heavyweight motorcycles in the world, which had forayed into the Indian market last year, launched an exhibition at City Centre here on Thursday. In the State, the U.S.-based company is marketing the vehicles through the Banjara Harley-Davidson group. Sportster, Touring and CVO models are presently being exhibited in City

Mangalore, June 17: Over two weeks of incessant rains have not only unleashed the sub-standard asphalting work carried out recently by the Mangalore City Corporation at many places, but also exposed loopholes in the civic body's monsoon preparedness. Instead of bringing a sigh of relief; monsoon is creating hardship for citizens, thanks to the negligence of MCC towards potholes on the busy roads

Mangalore, June 17: Journalists from a cross-section of print and electronic media under the banner of the Dakshina Kannada Working Journalist' Union have come together to condemn the brutal killing of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the incident. Seeking immediate deterrent action against those responsible for the murder, several

Mangalore, June 17: Mangalore University will be bringing in Choice Based Credit System for Masters Degree programme in the faculties of Arts, Science, Commerce and Education from the current academic year. Addressing the Academic Council meet on Thursday, Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor Prof T?C?Shivshankarmurthy said that only three year PG?course of MCA has been kept outside the bracket of