Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 23: As part of a nation-wide public awareness campaign on women's safety undertaken by the Akhila Bharata Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), members of the organisation's city unit formed a human chain and held a demonstration at KPT Junction here on Wednesday, demanding that the Soujanya murder case be handed over to the CBI and Akshatha murder case be subjected to CoD probe. Addressing

Mangalore, Oct 23: The Hindu Jagarana Vedike Karnataka South Unit urged the State government to recommend a CBI probe into case of rape and murder, which had taken place under the Ujire police station limits in Dakshina Kannada district on October 9, 2012. Speaking in a press meet here on Wednesday, Convener of the Vedike Sathyajit Suratkal said that the CID started interrogation but now there is

New Delhi, Oct 23: Bangalore, known as India's silicon city, has been ranked as the country's top business destination, followed by Chennai, Mumbai and Pune in terms of infrastructure, human capital, city culture and basic quality of living, says a survey. The list also includes Mangalore at 13th place based on based on factors such as human capital, energy, water, transport, housing, healthcare

Mangalore, Oct 23: In connection with the clash that broke out between two different communities in Mallur near Neermarga on Monday night, the Mangalore rural police have begun interrogating five persons and have launched a complete search for more suspects from both the communities. The communal clash, which began over a trivial issue, caused tension in the area and resulted in injuries to nine

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 23: BJP has strongly protested Kerala government's reported move to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court, favouring the bail plea of PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, now in prison in Karnataka in connection with the 2008 Bangalore blasts case. In a statement here, BJP spokesman V V Rajesh said the state government was planning to give an undertaking to the Apex Court that

Mangalore, Oct 23: Rohini K. took charge as the new District Information Officer of Udupi district at the District Vartha Bhavan Brahmagiri here on Tuesday. B.A. Khadar Shah, the outgoing Information Officer handed over charge to Ms. Rohini, who was the Information Officer of Dakshina Kannada. She has served in Shimoga for two-and-half-years. She was transferred to Dakshina Kannada in 2009. Mr

Kasargod, Oct 23: The body of Deepika (20), a final year B.Sc student of the Canara College, Mangalore was fished out of a well in her residential premises at Chippar near Paivaliege, some 18 km from Manjeshwaram, here on Tuesday morning. Neighbours, who were searching for Deepika, noticed discolouration of water in the well and called the Fire department. The fire personnel fished out Deepika's

Riyadh, Oct 23: Non Resident Indian workers in Saudi Arabia were assured here Tuesday that Indian embassy would rectify their status before the Nov. 3 deadline. Hamid Ali Rao, the Indian ambassador, said at a press conference here on the amnesty process that all Indian applicants would get their documentation sorted out. “We will continue our efforts until the last day to ensure that no Indian

Manama, Oct 23: A Keralite died and two others sustained burns while repairing a vehicle at a workshop in Bahrain. Jijo Varghese Cherian and his colleagues Aby Mathew and Thomas Parackal George were in a maintenance pit at a workshop in Nuwaidrat in Sitrah when the blaze broke out on Monday. Cherian got trapped inside the pit, the Gulf Daily News reported on Tuesday. Cherian, 21, suffered severe

Mangalore, Oct 23: Vessels owners and members belonging to the Old Mangalore Port Users' Association staged a demonstration in front of the Port Office beside the docks in Bunder, here on Tuesday, demanding the immediate appointment of a permanent surveyor of vessels in Mangalore Port. The post of the Permanent surveyor of vessels having remained vacant from the past few weeks, inspection of cargo