Karnataka

Mangalore, Feb 3: Old traditions of making a mat using coconut frond, peeling arecanuts using a stand mounted sickle and grating coconuts on stand mounted graters took parishioners of Holy Cross Church, Cordel, Kulshekar, here on a trip down memory lane. The occasion was Cordel Kela Yaad 2014 organized by Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM), Cordel unit, on Sunday. Items of daily use from the

Mangalore, Feb 2: Members of the Dalit community sought the intervention of the police department in repealing the fake caste certificates issued to non-Scheduled Caste persons in the district, at the SC/ST monthly grievance meeting held at the office of Superintendent of Police here on Sunday. At the meeting chaired by Superintendent of Police Shantanu Sinha, Narayan V Shiroor from SC/ST

Payyannur, Feb 2: Tens of thousands of mourners thronged Ettikulam Masjid ground near Payyannur in Kerala on Sunday morning to attend the funeral prayer of Ullal Khazi Tajul Ulema Sayyed Abdul Rahman Al Bukhari, who breathed his last on Saturday. Tajul Ulema's son Assayyid Fazal Hamid Koyamma Thangal Koorath, who is also the in-charge Khazi of Ullal, led the funeral prayers. Thangal was buried

Dammam, Feb 2: Security bodies have detained 378 violators of residency and labor regulations during a crackdown campaign in Dammam. According to Al-Yaum newspaper, security bodies received reports that a large number of illegal expatriates were gathering in the Al-Souk neighborhood. These reports were verified and security bodies set up a plan to storm the neighborhood and flush out all illegals

Mangalore, Feb 2: 812 Foundation that has taken up various issues of aviation safety in India post crash of IX812 flight here in May 2010 is contemplating to file a curative petition before the Supreme Court against disposal of a writ petition filed by it. The Foundation had filed the writ petition before the Supreme Court on issues of aviation safety in the country and to seek the reinvestigation

Aden, Feb 2: A cargo ship sank off the coast of Yemen killing 12 Indian sailors onboard, Yemen interior ministry said on Saturday. The ship, which was carrying car tyres and car parts, ran aground on Thursday night but the incident did not come to the attention of Yemeni security until 10 hours later, its statement said. Heavy winds and high waves prevented the rescue of the Indian sailors. The

Mangalore, Feb 1: Newly-launched IT company Kiran Technologies will conduct free internet entrepreneurship workshops for women on weekends to train women in the use of internet social media to start and promote their own businesses online, chief executive officer of the company Shanavas. Speaking at a press conference here on Saturday, he said that the internet entrepreneurship training programme

Ullal, Feb 1: Well-known Sunni religious leader of coastal Karnataka and Khazi of Ullal Assayyid Abdurrahman Al-Bukhari birthed his last after a prolonged illness in Kerala. He was 97. Affectionately called as 'Tajul Ulema' and 'Ullal Thangal' he had been in the forefront of religious activities of a section of Muslim community in Kerala and coastal districts of Karnataka. Tajul Ulema also served

Gulbarga, Feb 1: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday assured people in North Karnataka of a special financial package from the central government for the integrated development of the region. "I will follow up with the central government the demand of the people in the region to grant a special financial package for their socio-economic development," Gandhi said at a massive public meeting

Gulbarga, Feb 1: Attacking BJP and its PM candidate Narendra Modi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today accused them of indulging in divisive politics by "sowing seeds of poison" (zeher ki kheti) and instigating violence. "This is an area which was the 'karmabhoomi' of Sufi saints and a symbol of composite culture of the country. I firmly believe that you will not allow those who sow the seeds of