Karnataka

Mangalore, Sep 24: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) has recorded the highest gross turnover of Rs 68,834 crore and highest crude throughput at 14.4 MMT in 2012-13, said MRPL Chairman Sudhir Vasudeva. Addressing mediapersons at a press conference following the 25th annual general meeting on Monday, he said that the Phase III Refinery Project of MRPL was nearing completion. Once

Mangalore, Sep 24: City-based Medikit, Kanchana Hyundai and Rao Associates will organize a Celebration cycle Ride, 2013 here on October 6 on the occasion of Mangalore Dasara. The rally is expected to attract about 1,000 people of different age groups. There will be three separate categories for ladies, gents and children. The participants and visitors of the cycle rally ride will be entertained by

Kasargod, Sep 24: Prof. K Alikutty Musliyar has been named as the Khazi of Kasaragod. Prof. Alikutty's name was announced at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Samyuktha Jamaat in which 72 representatives participated at the Malik Dinar Juma Masjid here on Sunday. Prof. Alikutty was the Principal of the Jaamia Nooriya Arab College and Secretary of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyath Ulema

Kasargod, Sep 24: A 50-year-old man was arrested for sexually abusing a six-year-old girl in his rented accommodation at Chemnad village near here. B H Abdul Basheer was arrested by a police team led by sub-inspector T Uthamdas on Sunday evening after the girl's parents lodged a complaint with the Town police station. The police said Basheer offered toffees to the girl who stayed nearby and

Mangalore, Sep 24: The body of Hyder (21), who had been missing for three weeks, was found dead under mysterious circumstances near P A Engineering college, Nadupadavu in Kairangala on Monday. The body was found while cleaning the forest area near the campus. Police said his body was badly decomposed and only lower part of the body is said to be found. According to family members Hyder, son of

Dubai, Sep 23: A Dubai court has charged an unemployed Indian man with strangling his wife to death to avoid paying maintenance money after divorce. The Indian man, 23, who is identified by initials of his name AQ, reportedly strangled his wife, identified as BA, before putting her body in a garbage bag and leaving it in the Fuqaa area March 11 this year in connivance with a Pakistani friend

Dubai, Sep 23: The family of an Indian worker kidnapped in Oman two days ago has received ransom calls demanding a huge amount for his release, according to a media report on Saturday. The man, identified only as Haneefa from Kerala, went missing two days ago when he had gone to meet some friends in Sohar city, about 200 km north of Muscat. Later, his family reportedly received phone calls from

New Delhi, Sep 23: The Centre today told the Supreme Court that securing Aadhar cards, being issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), was optional and it has not made it mandatory for the citizens. The apex court, hearing a batch of pleas against decisions of some states to make Aadhar cards compulsory for a range of activities including salary, PF disbursals and marriage and

Bangalore, Sep 23: Karnataka government intends to enact a legislation to crack down on superstition and black magic on the lines of the one in Maharashtra, Law Minister T B Jayachandra said today. Illiterates and gullible sections of society falling prey to such practices are rampant in the state, and the government wants to curb them, Jayachandra told reporters here. The Minister said he would

Mangalore, Sep 23: Dharmadhikari of Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Dr. D Veerendra Heggade will inaugurate the Mangalore Dasara 2013 at Kudroli Gokarnatheswara temple on October 5 at 5.30 pm. Addressing the reporters, Harikrishna Bantwal of Temple Development Committee said that Congress leader B Janardhan poojary will preside over the function. The finale will be held on October 14 with traditional