Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 17: A fishing trawler five fishermen on board capsized off Thota Bengre near Thannirbavi in the city on Thursday. The boat belongs to Kishan Chandan. The 32 feet trawler'Maanisagar' had ventured into sea for fishing. The rough sea has led to the mishap. The loss is estimated at several lakhs. All the five fishermen swam to their safety. A case has been registered at Pandeshwar

Mangalore, Oct 17: Rashtra Sevika Samiti, which is a part of Rashtriya Swayam Sevaka Sangha, has chalked out plans to empower the lives of women who lost their husbands or men in their families in the recent flood at Uttarkhand. The Samiti would make arrangements for re-marriage of interested widows and also provide occasional trainings to women as a step towards self-employment, said Rashtra

Mangalore, Oct 17: CPI(M) clarifying its stand in its fights for justice for Saujanya, has said that the party is neither against any person nor against any individual, but its aim is to get justice for the family of a victim who has died an unnatural death. B Madhava, Secretary of Communist Party of India (M) addressing the presspersons here on Wednesday said that since the Party has raised voice

Bangalore, Oct 17: Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old girl from Pakistan who was shot in the head by the Taliban last October for advocating education for girls, waves as she leaves the stage after speaking about her fight for girls' education on the International Day of the Girl, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at the World Bank in Washington. Karnataka's popular Lingayat pontiff Shivamurthy Muruga Sharana

Belthangady, Oct 16: With continued attacks on Sri Kshethra Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade alleging him of having played a role in closing the matters of Unnatural Deaths in Belthagady area, including that of Saujanya rape and murder case, Dr Heggade has said that there is a systematic plot being hatched to tarnish the image of the pious land of Dharmasthala and to spoil it's

Bangalore, Oct 16: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah greets Muslims on the occasion of Bakrid organised at Masjid E Eidgah E Bilal, Gurappanapalya, Bannerghatta road in Bangalore on Wednesday. Eid-ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice, was celebrated across Karnataka Wednesday with gaiety and religious fervour by tens of thousands of Muslims. The festival also commemorates the willingness of Prophet

Mangalore, Oct 16: Nejar Gram Panchayat members had to face music from the members of Hindu outfits who were raged over the fact that Muslims offered morning prayers at a Masjid, on Bakrid. The reason for the members of Hindu outfits to take exception to the prayer was that they had brought a stay order on the construction of the Masjid at Nejar, which is about 8 kms from Kallianpur in Udupi

Mangalore, Oct 16: Office-bearers of Rashtriya Heddari Bhoo Swadheena Santhrasthara Horata Samithi-Mukka opposed the move of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to acquire 60 metre land for the proposed work on four-laning of the National Highway 66 from NITK to Pavanje. Addressing a press meet, vice president Ramachandra M G said that if the NHAI goes ahead with the acquisition process

Jeddah, Oct 16: An Indian Haj pilgrim, thought to be dead, has been found alive at a hospital in Mecca, the Saudi media reported today. Barkatullah from Chennai had come with his wife Badarunnisa to Mecca for Haj, but were separated on the first day of the pilgrimage. She presumed that her husband may have died after four days of futile search. Others of her group reached the same conclusion, and

Bangalore, Oct 16: An adventure trip to the Manchanabele dam turned out to be anything but fun for four youth from Bangalore, who drowned there on Monday evening. Their bodies were recovered from the dam located in Tavarakere police limits in Ramanagaram district on Tuesday morning. The deceased have been identified as Mohan, Raghu, Ashok, Charan, all four of them aged 20 and residing in Bangalore