Karnataka

Riyadh, Oct 27: Foreign airlines based in Riyadh have advised travel agents in the Kingdom to tell their customers to carry a re-entry visa printout with their passports when they travel abroad. The announcement was made following complaints by expatriate workers returning to the Kingdom after the Eid holidays who were denied boarding by airline officials for not having re-entry visa information

Mangalore, Oct 27: Ramanath Rai, Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge Minister and Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment inaugurated CT scanner, C R X-ray and Lab Auto Analyser along with a Mega Free Health Checkup Camp in association with Lions and Lioness Club, Bantwal at Father Mulller Hospital, Thumbay. Speaking on the occasion Mr Rai said, Father Muller Charitable Institution (FMCI) has

Mangalore, Oct 26: In yet another gold haul, the Customs officials on Saturday seized 457.050 grams of gold valued at Rs 14.62 lakh concealed in the check in luggage of a passenger. The passenger, Mohammad Ashraf, resident of Fathah Nagar in Kasargod district who arrived from Dubai by Air India Express flight No. IX814 at 10 a.m. has been arrested. Official sources said that the yellow metal

Mangalore, Oct 26: Activists of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) have demanded the government to recommend a CBI probe into the cases of unnatural deaths, which had taken place in the limits of Dharmasthala and Belthangady in the past ten years. General secretary of the Vedika K L Ashok, addressing mediapersons at a press conference here on Saturday, expressed his dissatisfaction over the CID

Mangalore, Oct 26: Airing his grievance about the inauguration of Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) sub-regional office held at a different venue than the office premises, labour activist and general secretary of the state unit Akhila Bharata Karmika Sangha Sudatta Jain also claimed that the inaugural ceremony had been organised with the money collected from a part of the labourers'

Mangalore, Oct 27: The beta version of www.youflik.com, a social networking site developed by a team of web developers and owned by Youflik Social Net Connect Pvt Ltd, was formally launched at TMA Pai Convention Centre here on Saturday. Speaking at a press conference here earlier in the day, chief operating officer of the Youflik Social Net Connect Pvt Ltd Pradeep Reddy said that the networking

Mangalore, Oct 26: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district committee of Communist Party of India (CPI), on Saturday, launched a postcard campaign seeking CBI probe into the rape and murder case of Soujanya in Ujire, Belthangady taluk. Addressing the demonstrators in front of the deputy commissioner's office here, joint secretary of DK district unit B Shekhar urged the state government to recommend a

Mangalore, Oct 26: An uneasy calm prevailed near Syed Madani Dargah in Ullal for sometime on Friday as police stood vigil to ensure Juma prayer at the nearby Mohiuddin Juma Masjid passed off without any untoward incident. Two Sunni groups have locked horns over starting the Juma (Friday) prayer at the masjid. Clashes and stone pelting last Friday led to injuries to six persons including a few

Kasargod, Oct 26: A 38-year-old man was murdered by a goonda gang at Uppala in Kasaragod on Thursday night. According to Manjeshwaram police, the victim has been identified as Abdul Muthaleeb(38), resident of Mannamkuzhi in Uppala. The man was hacked to death around 11pm as he was driving his car, near his apartment. Based on the statement of the victim who died on the way to the hospital, police

Mangalore, Oct 26: Bearys Institute of Technology signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with North Dakota State University (NDSU), USA on October 25, 2013. According to a press release, the MoU entails several joint programmes to be implemented by BIT and NDSU like - development of collaborative research and education, exchange of students and faculty, cultural exchange, jointly conducted