Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 11: Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade inaugurated 'Mangalore Dasara' at the splendidly lit up Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara Kshetra on Thursday. The former Union Minister B Janardhana Poojary and other dignitaries took him around the temple where he offered prayers at all shrines within the Kshetra, including the newly inaugurated Shirdi Sai Baba temple. The

Mangalore, Oct 11: The foundation-laying ceremony of'Westgate Venezia' was held on Thursday near Valencia. K S Ata Koya Tangal laid the stone. Khazi Twaqa Ahmed Musliyar offered dua while Fr Ravi Santosh Kamath blessed the occasion. Rev Daniel blessed the foundation stone. S M Rasheed, Managing Director of SMR welcomed the gathering. Yenepoya Mohammed Kunhi, KCCI President Mohammed Ameen, Hameed

Belthangady, Oct 11: A surveyor was caught red-handed by Lokayukta police while accepting bribe in Belthangady on Thursday. Surveyor Eeregowda Kutticha, from Hassan was caught while receiving an amount of Rs 2,000 from complainant to Prurushottam Gowda of Shishila village in Belthangady. Purushothama had given an application for a map of his 5-cent plot but Eeregowda kept postponing it, bargaining

New Delhi, Oct 11: The literacy among Muslims has improved from 1999-2000 to 2007-08, Minority Affairs Minister K. Rahman Khan said Thursday. "Literacy among Muslims increased from 52.1 percent in 1999-2000 to 63.5 percent in 2007-08 in rural areas and from 69.8 percent to 75.1 percent in urban areas," Khan said while addressing a meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) here

Mangalore, Oct 11:'World Mental Health Day' was observed in Mangalore on Thursday with a mental health awareness programme organised by Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College and Wenlock District Hospital, Mangalore in collaboration with Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) - Karnataka Chapter, at RAPCC Conference Hall, Wenlock Hospital. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, Dakshina

Bangalore, Oct 10: Kannada Development Authority (KDA) Chairman and former MLC "Mukhyamantri" Chandru today resigned from the primary membership of BJP, citing personal reasons. Chandru felt "ignored" in the party for quite some time and had expressed his displeasure in private. He submitted his resignation letter to state BJP chief Pralhad Joshi. "Except personal reasons, there is no other reason

Mangalore, Oct 10: Even as many have been anonymously stating that there were influential people working behind the scenes to hush up the Saujanya murder case, a Hindu leader on Thursday has come out in open and has directly attacked a powerful religious leader of Dharmasthala and land mafia of pressurizing the police to neglect the case. Mahesh Shetty Timarodi, addressing a news conference said

Tuticorin, Oct 10: In one of the most brutal incidents of campus violence, the principal of an engineering college was hacked to death by three students in the campus at Vallanadu in Tuticorin district on Thursday morning. The principal, LRD Suresh (53) of Infant Jesus College of Engineering and Technology sustained multiple cut injuries and was rushed to a government hospital but was pronounced

Mangalore, Oct 10: On the backdrop of the attack on cattle transporters near Kudupu on Wednesday, the Popular Front of India (PFI) has demanded booking the attackers under the Goonda Act. Speaking to presspersons here on Thursday, AM Ataullah, district president of PFI said that the attack was waged by the goons of saffron groups. “The attackers have not just assaulted five persons with rods but

Dammam, Oct 10: Officials of Air India Express Dammam have requested passengers to report early to airport to avoid delay and inconvenience. A release addressing the passengers read: “You must arrive at the airport early enough to complete check-in, immigration and security procedures in time to be present at the boarding gate. The flights cannot be held for customers reporting late to the check