Karnataka

Mangalore, Sep 25: Volvo Group, one of the leading providers of commercial transport solutions, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, (NITK, Surathkal) in India. The mutually beneficial partnership is a part of the Volvo Group's Academic Partner Program (APP), a global initiative that provides students an opportunity to gain

Mangalore, Sep 25: Three students trained at Centre For Advanced Learning (CFAL), Kuntikan, Mangalore have successfully cleared the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE 2012-13) and have thus become three of the 64 students selected from Karnataka. Addressing mediapersons at a press meet in MangaloreSeverine Rosario, Principal of the centre said that Adarsh Somayaji of Canara High School Urva

Bangalore, Sep 25: Human Rights activist Teesta Setalvad will be in Bangalore on September 29 to take part in a programme at St Aloysius College. With the BJP portraying Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate, Ms Setalvad will speak on the topic 'Perspective of Indian constitution and perspective of Modi and his followers'. She will later have interaction with the audience, informed a

Bantwal, Sep 25: A rare palm civet (Mara Bekku) made an appearance at Kaikamba in B C Road and in a bid to nab the smart guest, one person was injured. The Palm civet was spotted at a commercial complex in Kaikamba at about 2 pm. The onlookers who were petrified by the rare guest ran helter-skelter. Soon local residents Neelakant Kalkatta, Abdul Majeed, Kishore, Samad Kaikamba and Kishan plunged

Bantwal, Sep 25: The residents of Bantwal were taken by surprise when they saw cars ripping on the road with the beacon lights and sirens on. They knew, it was someone important who had come to the region. While they made an attempt to know who it was and why he was here, they found that it was R K Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Home Ministry who had come to the region to conduct a study on the

Mangalore, Sep 25: A delegation led by Jamiyatul Falah President Saduddin M Swaliq met Governor Dr Hansraj Bharadhwaj recently and invited him to take part in the 25th anniversary celebration of the organisation scheduled to be held in December. Accepting the invitation, the Governor has promised to take part as Chief Guest in the valedictory event. The delegation which also had Minister for

Mangalore, Sep 25: The Konaje police have successfully nabbed four persons who were on their way to Kerala from Bangalore in a bid to escape the police, on Monday night. The four had torn off the banners of 'NaMo' brigade, damaged one tempo, one bus and also attacked a drivers of tempo and bus along with the conductor of the bus. The arrested are Nawaz, son of Abdul Rahiman from Gausiya Compound

Surathkal, Sep 25: The Surathkal police who were warned by the Hindu organisation, finally got working in the direction of nabbing cattle thieves. These cattle-lifters had pushed the lives of agrarian families into dire straits by stealing cattle which are the main source of income for these families. However, over the last four months, the police failed to nab even one person in connection to

Mangalore, Sep 25: Principal of a tutorial in Surathkal has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old girl, who is a student of the tutorial. The Surathkal Police said the student accused Vikas (37) of making physical advances on Monday when she had gone to the tutorial. Following the complaint, Vikas was questioned Monday evening, and arrested for the offence under Section 354 (assault

Bangalore, Sep 25: Jnanpith winner U R Ananthamurthy on Tuesday said that India lacks “leaders of national stature”. The writer, whose critical remarks against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi had raised a storm, however, added: “I will accept Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister if he is'not a fascist', unlike Narendra Modi.” He said that one “need not be a genius to become a Prime