Karnataka

Jubail, Oct 12: In a ghastly road accident, a youth hailing from Dakshina Kannada district died at Jubail in Saudi Arabia. The deceased has been identified as Umarul Farooq from Karambar at Bajpe-Kaikamba in Mangalore taluk. The accident occurred on Saturday morning when he was travelling along with his friend Ibrahim aka Ibba Bajpe to work. He lost control of his car and crashed it to the pole on

Mangalore, Oct 12: The audio launch of'Nirel', the first Tulu feature film shot entirely outside India, will be held on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami on Monday, at Lalbagh in the city. Speaking at a press conference here on Saturday, producer of'Nirel' UAE-based Shodhan Prasad said that the entire movie has been shot in the United Arab Emirates, and the cast of the film has been selected through

Mangalore, Oct 12: Another instance of an agent deceiving gullible job seekers aspiring to work abroad has come to light in Mangalore. Mita Management Consultants is the agency which has deceived several job seekers after taking money from them to get placements abroad. Accused, Maheshchandra K of the agency has allegedly sent people from India to Malaysia and Afghanistan with fake documents

Mangalore, Oct 12: They might be at loggerheads with each other politically, but RSS Head honcho Dr Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat was all praises for Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary for his work at Kudroli Shri Gokarnanatheshwara temple, in Mangalore. Dr Bhat who visited the temple on Thursday to witness the installation of Shirdi Sai Baba idol in the temple premises, went around the temple with

Belthangady, Oct 12: With Saujanya's family directing attacking Sri Kshethra Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade and family of hushing up the rape and murder case because of his nephew's alleged role in the same, Dr Heggade has said that he will pull up the victim's family to Court for its baseless allegations. “While I am for a CBI probe in this case, it is wrong on the part of the family to

Belthangady, Oct 12: Shaanya, a four and half year old girl child born with physical deformations induced by Endosufan has died. Born to Gopal Poojary and Rathnavati couple, of Shirlali, she had major physical infirmities, below abdomen. The couple has an older child named Maanya, who too is a disabled girl. This seven-year-old child has not grown according to her age, both physically and mentally

Ullal, Oct 12: In what can be billed as a major robbery, a sum of Rs 9.24 lac was stolen from a soap trading company named'Marcon Overseas', located at Kallapu, near Ullal on Thursday. The partnership venture was partly owned by one Shakir Ahmed from Chembugudde and on Thursday he had kept the amount safely in the cupboard. The thieves had gained entry into the building by breaking open the thick

Mangalore, Oct 12: With a section of minority leaders expressing their pain over the continued attacks on Muslims and the subsequent inaction of police in nabbing the culprits, District in-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai said that the process of weeding the saffron policemen from the district is on. Mr Rai had not reacted to the attack on five cattle traders, at Kudupu. However, after three days of

Bangalore, Oct 12: A group of 30 seers from various mutts met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah here on Friday, urging him to not allow Adda Pallakki Utsav, during which Veerasomeshwara Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya, pontiff of Rambhapuri mutt in Balehonnur is carried in a palanquin in Jewargi town of Gulbarga district. Religious heads, including Mahanta Shivacharya, Mate Mahadevi, Nidumamidi Veerabhadra

New Delhi, Oct 11: Air India completed its Haj operations, flying about 46,700 pilgrims to Madina and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia recording the highest ever on-time performance of over 97 per cent. Out of 1.25 lakh pilgrims, Air India was entitled to carry 48,000 in the over a month-long operations, with the remaining passengers flown by Saudi Airlines as part of an agreement arrived with the host