Karnataka

Bangalore, Jan 20: A model of two-wheeler ambulance that the government is contemplating to introduce in Bangalore was unveiled on Sunday by the Health Minister U.T. Khader when he came riding it to inaugurate the Pulse Polio programme at Ghousia Hospital here on Sunday. The two-wheeler ambulance has a first-aid kit using which the rider of the vehicle would provided medical care to the patient

Mangalore, Jan 20: Mangalore based activist and freelance journalist Shahida Aslam has been unanimously elected as the new president of National Women's Front. She was the Karnataka state unit president of the organisation. The announcement was made at the third national general council of the organization that was held on Sunday at Malabar House, Puttanathani in Kerala. Ms Aslam, who holds a

Mangalore, Jan 20: Mangalore city police arrested two persons hailing from West Bengal on charges of distributing counterfeit Indian currency notes in Katipalla under the limits of Suratkal police station. The arrested are Sushanth Mandal (20), son of Binoy Mandal, and Sharath Mandal (19), son of Naresh Mandal, both hailing from Maldah district in West Bengal. Addressing mediapersons at a press

New Delhi, Jan 20: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that he was ready to protest for 10 days, and asked people and "honest policemen" to join his demonstration demanding action against five Delhi Police officers. "I have come prepared for 10 days to protest. If there is any chaos during the Republic Day, then the central government will have to be blamed," he told a large number of supporters

Udupi, Jan 20: A tense atmosphere prevailed at communally sensitive town of Shirva in Udupi taluk, where hundreds of people took to the streets on Monday in protest against alleged molestation attempt in a moving bus. Most of the shops remained closed in the town as a result of bandh call given by some pro Hindutva organisations against the incident that occurred on board bus plying from Kaup to

Sullia, Jan 20: A youth was killed in an accident after the vehicle he was driving toppled near Adkar in Sullia taluk, in the wee hours of Sunday. The youth has been identified as Shamsuddin, son of B Mehboob from Ajjavara in Sullia taluk. It is learnt that three youth Shamsuddin, Tajuddin and Basheer were returning home after attending a mehendi function in Kadikadka when the accident occurred in

Udupi, Jan 20: A group of miscreants including a BJP activist member brutally assaulted a 17-year-old girl and her father in connection to a land dispute at shirva, near here on Sunday. The girl, a BSc student and her father have sustained injuries in the attack. According to complaint lodged by them at jurisdictional police station the miscreants not only abused and assaulted them but also

Mangalore, Jan 20: Members of the Dakshina Kannada district committee of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) staged a day-long mass sit-in protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Monday, demanding a halt on privatization of the District Wenlock Hospital and establishment of a government medical college in the district. Addressing the protestors, DYFI district president

Bantwal, Jan 20: Senior congress leader B Janardhana Poojary said that he would fight for ticket for LS polls till the end. “There is a war going on at Delhi for the ticket and I will be going there for further discussion. I will fight till the end. Just wait and see...” he said speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Billava convention held in Bantwal on Sunday. His statement came in the wake

Moodbidri, Jan 2o: A Manipuri student studying at Alva's College drowned at Kadalakere Nisargadhama, near Moodbidri, on Sunday. Around 4 p.m., Bumkin Chandra Singh (21), a second-year social work student, had gone to the lake with four of his friends for a swim. His friends raised an alarm after he did not surface, said the Moodbidri police, who said the 10-feet-depth lake had strong undercurrents