Karnataka

Bangalore, Sep 16: A 26-year-old undertrial brought to Parappana Agrahara Central Prison on Saturday night was found hanging dead in the jail in the early hours of Sunday. Rajesh Mocani Bahadur was arrested in connection with an assault case and was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days on Saturday. He hailed from Darjeeling. Police brought him to the prison at 11.15 pm on Saturday. According

Mangalore, Sep 16: Irrespective of political parties, the central and state governments across the country are openly taking sides with corporate interests, such as mining and huge developmental projects, and evicting thousands of people from their homes to acquire their lands, said Madras High Court advocate Dr V Suresh. Addressing mediapersons at a press conference organised by People's Union

Bantwal, Sep 16: A woman has reportedly left the house with her four-year-old child, from Idkidu village on Saturday, reportedly after a fight with her husband. Prameela (27) and Vaishnavi (4), residents of Gauri Nivas of Idkidu village had left the house at about 12.30 in the afternoon. When all the family members were at home, Prameela took her child and left with an unknown person in a blue car

Mangalore, Sep 15: New Mangalore Port Trust has had a wonderful culture of beginning the day's work by hoisting the national flag. However, a disgraceful incident of Saturday has shown that this practice ceases to be a culture and has become a mere routine for all. The tri-colour flag was hoisted upside down on Saturday and what is shocking is the fact that nobody noticed the sorry state of the

Mangalore, Sep 15: Condemning the income-tax raids on religious institutions run by mutts and scandalising the heads of mutts in the state, the Karnataka state committee of Akhila Bharata Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) has alleged the state government of looting the funds earned by the Hindu temples. Criticising this move by the state government, ABHM state general secretary Shravan Kumar Raikar told

Mangalore, Sep 14: A fragment of True Cross on which Jesus Christ was believed to be crucified was installed at Holy Cross Church Cordel at Kulshekar on Sunday. Mangalore diocese Bishop Most Rev Aloysius Paul D'Souza handed over the relic to 101-year-old Church's parish priest Fr Valerian Pinto. The relic was obtained from the chapel attached to Holy Scapular Church (Church of the Holy Sepulcher)

Riyadh, Sep 15: More than a million Indian workers in Saudi Arabia have corrected their status so far within the framework of the amnesty declared by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah last April, said Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, on Friday evening. Rao disclosed this figure while launching a massive campaign with a pledge to help remaining illegal Indian workers correct their

Puttur, Sep 15: A lorry driver was thrashed black and blue by two police constables for not stopping the lorry, at Kumbra in Puttur on Saturday. The victim is Muhammad Nazir from Haryana. He has suffered severe injuries on the hip area has been admitted to the hospital. It is said that the lorry which was bound towards Sullia to load arecanut from APMC was stopped by the two Puttur police station

Mangalore, Sep 13: The new office of Udupi and DK District Muslim Education Institutions' Federation (MEIF) was inaugurated by Dakshina Kannada District in-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai, at the ground floor of K S Rao Memorial Complex, on Saturday. Addressing the gathering Mr Rai said that thousands of years ago Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had given a clarion call to his people asking them to pay

Mangalore, Sep 15: In an effort to spread awareness about importance of creating healthier, more sustainable buildings and communities among Mangaloreans Bearys Institute of Technology-Student Chapter of the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) organised a'Green Walkathon' on Sunday. The walkathon was part of the World Green Building Week that is observed during the third week of September every