Karnataka

Bangalore, Nov 29: Saudi Arabia's $50 billion diversified petro-chemicals major Sabic Friday opened its technology centre in this tech hub for research in chemistry, material science, process engineering and analytics. Saudi Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayana Al-Saud unveiled the $100-million (Rs.62 crore) technology centre, spread over 46 acres in the city's southern suburb. Ranking among the

Mangalore, Nov 29: Members of the district unit of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) staged a protest assembly in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Friday, demanding legalisation of the land acquired by the landless families in the district. Addressing the protestors assembled, working president of the unit Raghu Dharmasena said that the Congress government had been resorting to anti

Udupi, Nov 29: Police have arrested a teenager for allegedly raping his stepsister. The arrested is 19-year-old Sunil, a resident of Indiranagar in Udupi. The girl revealed about the incident to her mother following which the mother immediately lodged a complaint against her son. Though the girl had complained to the mother about similar advances from her stepbrother the mother remained silent

Puttur, Nov 29: Two men who were taking a cow for rearing were beaten black and blue by the Bajrang Dal activists, at Sarve Kallamma in Puttur on Wednesday evening. It is said that Minister for urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake's brother and Zilla Panchayat former member Suresh Kumar Sorake had given the cow to his worker Moosa Kunhi asking him to domesticate the animal. Accordingly Mr Kunhi

Mangalore, Nov 29: Chain snatchers who approached a woman on bike took away a gold chain costing Rs 2.5 lac, from M R Battalu area in Jeppu at about 9.30 pm on Thursday. Shilpa, a resident of Jeppu was on her way back home with her husband after attending a programme, when three men on bike pulled her chain and escaped. The trio was on a black pulsar bike. Though the Pandeshwar police informed the

Ujire, Nov 29: Maintaining he has not protected any criminal, Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr Veerendra Heggade said that he and devotees of Dharmasthala were deeply hurt with the negative publicity in the past few days. He was speaking to the devotees who had come by walk from Janardhan Swami Temple in Ujire to Dharmasthala, at Amruthavarshini Sabha Bhavan on Thursday. “From the last one and a half

Mangalore, Nov 29: Third JMF court in Mangalore acquitted Madoor Isubu, an alleged associate of underworld kingpin Chota Shakeel, in two cases. Isubu was arrested in 2010 on various charges including murder. Two cases in which Isubu was accused of giving life threat to family members of Sunil who involved in Jabbar murder case in 2003 and to K C Road Latheef in 2012 were not proved. Imthiyaz

Mangalore, Nov 28: The second additional district court granted bail to Rasheed Malbari bail in two of the cases on Thursday. He was sentenced for five year rigorous imprisonment by the fourth additional district for illegal possession of arms in August this year. He will have to spend four more months in prison. The court then had found him guilty under section 25 (1) (a) of Arms Act. The judge

Mangalore, Nov 28: Condemning the brutal attack on journalist V T Prasad by a group of men near his residence in Bantwal taluk on Wednesday, a delegation of reporters and mediapersons submitted a memorandum to the Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police here on Thursday, urging action against the attackers at the earliest. A group of mediapersons met SP Shantanu Sinha at his office in the city

Mangalore, Nov 28: It is not just enough if one gets higher education, what is important is that an individual should imbibe values. This was the opinion of Cognizant Technology Solutions Vice-President Lakshminarayan. Addressing the gathering and conferring degree to the students of Sahyadri College of Technology and Management on Thursday, he said that the students can scale greater heights and