Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 11: Balakrishna Gowda, Town Planning Officer and Principal Information Officer, Mangalore City Corporation, who failed to provide information sought under Right to Information (RTI) Act to an applicant on time, will have to cough up Rs 5,000 as penalty for the lapse. The commission in its September 17 order (KIC 1746 PTN 2013) asked the official to pay a compensation of Rs. 1,000 to

Bantwal, Oct 11: Valuables of lakhs of rupees were stolen by the thieves from a residence of a beedi businessman at Nehrunagar, near Panemangalur toll gate, on Wednesday night. The house belongs to P S Abdul Razak, owner of P S Beedi works. The thieves had gained entry into the house by breaking open the back door. Surprisingly, they took away valuables, gold weighing 15 sovereigns and Rs 19.6

Mangalore, Oct 11: Mangalore police on Thursday arrested three persons who allegedly assaulted five persons for transporting cattle on a goods truck near Kudupu on Wednesday, and booked them on charges of attempt to murder and robbery. Police arrested Santhosh (23) and Bhaskar Poojary (24), residents of Moodushedde and Yathish (24) from Gurupura and seized two motorcycles. Haneef (32), a cattle

Mangalore, Oct 11: Acting on a tip, Mangalore police arrested an alleged ganja peddler near Nehru Avenue Road, Ballalbagh here on Thursday, who used to supply drugs to youngsters around the vicinity. A team led by Crime Investigation Department, DySP Thilak Chandra arrested Manikanta alias Mani (26), a resident of Devinagar, Kunjathbail for allegedly trying to sell ganja packets weighing 650 grams

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