Karnataka

Mangalore, Dec 4: Veteran Kannada litterateur Norbert D'Souza, popularly known as Na D'Souza, has been chosen as the president of the 80th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held in Madikeri for three days from January 7. The convention will be held in Kodagu after a gap of 32 years, said Kannada Sahitya Parishad Pundalika Halambi. Na D'Souza has been in the Kannada literary domain

Manipal, Dec 4: In a big relief to the residents of Nalkur in Udupi talk, the district administration has banned mining and operation of stone crusher units in the village till further orders. The ban was imposed by Udupi Deputy Commissioner M T Reju in response to complaints by residents of Nalkur village. The residents of Nalkur village had also staged a protest in front of the Deputy

Mangalore, Dec 4: Farmers and members of the South Indian Inter-State Coordination Committee of Farmers' Organisations staged a protest by picketing the harbour operated by New Mangalore Port Trust on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday, demanding that India back out from the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference being held in Bali, Indonesia. Organisations such as Karnataka Rajya Raitha

Mangalore, Dec 4:'World Disability Day' was observed in the district on Tuesday by Dakshina Kannada district administration in collaboration with Women and Child Welfare department, Department for welfare of disabled and senior citizens, Mangalore City Corporation, Indian Medical Association and other associations through walkathon from Kadri ground to St. Sebastian hall to spread awareness about

New Delhi, Dec 4: Self-styled godman Asaram's son Narayan Sai, who had been evading arrest in a sexual assault case in Surat, has been nabbed by Crime Branch of Delhi Police. "Narayan Sai has been arrested from Delhi-Haryana border. One of his aides Hanuman too has been arrested with him," Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav told PTI today. Delhi Police sources said he had

Bangalore, Dec 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central leadership is set to expedite return of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to the party fold once the Assembly election results are out. The BJP state unit has conveyed to party national president Rajnath Singh and other top brass that it was not averse to the re-induction of Yeddyurappa into the party, to boost its prospects in the

Puttur, Dec 4: The fifth additional sessions court in Puttur has sentenced a man to death, who was found guilty of murdering his two children, mother- in-law and sister-in-law, on Tuesday. The accused is Ramesh Naika, an employee of a public sector bank. Naika had killed his two children, Kruthika and Bhuvan, by pushing them into a pond on June 16, 2010. He had murdered his mother-in-law

Mangalore, Dec 3: A free eye check-up camp for journalists and their family members was organised by Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists Union (DKDWJU) and Press Club, Mangalore in association with Nayana Nethralaya, Mangalore here on Tuesday. Dr Vishnu Prabhu from Nayana Nethralaya inaugurated the eye camp at Press Club, Mangalore. Journalists and six of their family members could avail

Bangalore, Dec 3: Complying with the Supreme Court directive, Karnataka government today shifted jailed Kerala-based PDP leader Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, a key accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case, to a private hospital here for treatment. The apex court on November 18 directed the Karnataka government to shift Ma'adani to Manipal Hospital, subject to the hospital agreeing to take him as

Kasargod, Dec 3: Police today detained for questioning two employees of a backwater island resort at nearby Pozhiyur in connection with rape of a 40-year-old Bangalore-based IT professional there last month. According to police sources, both of them were migrant workers from a north eastern state and they were being questioned. Their antecedents were also being verified, the sources said. The