Karnataka

Mangalore, Sep 1: At the monthly SC/ST grievance meeting held at the office of the Superintendent of Police in the city on Sunday, Dalit leaders raised the issue of not being notified of National Commission for Scheduled Castes member M Shivanna's visit to Dakshina Kannada few days ago. Dalit representative Ashok Konchady said that Dalit unions should have been informed about the visit of National

Bangalore, Sep 1: An undertrial with more than three dozen criminal cases including rape and murder pending against him escaped from the Bangalore Central prison on Sunday. Jaishankar reportedly jumped from the giant wall of the prison and escaped disguised as a policeman. A special police team has been formed to nab him. The Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bangalore, which is one of the

Mangalore, Sep 1: Minister for Health U T Khader has proclaimed to be as much pro-active as he can when it comes to social good. Recalling the days when the gutka ban was imposed, he said that the Gutka vendors had requested him to postpone the ban by another 10 days. "I did not accept this because I felt that if I delayed the ban then I would be the reason for creating 100 new cancer patients

New Delhi, Sep 1: Terming the 2002 Gujarat riots as "unfortunate", BJP president Rajnath Singh on Sunday said it was unfair to blame state chief minister Narendra Modi for the incident and accused Congress and some other parties of dividing the country on religious lines. "One of our states is Gujarat. I agree an unfortunate incident took place. Who does not agree that it was unfortunate. Attempts

Bhatkal, Sep 1: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Saturday seized hundreds of bottles of Goa made liquor from Matsyagandha Express in Bhatkal on Saturday. The police seized 1598 bottles of liquor valued at Rs 70,000. The liquor was loaded at Margoa railway station in Goa, where it was manufactured. It is said that the railway police noticed the bags containing liquor near the door of one of

Udupi, Sep 1: A 26-year-old picnicker from Bangalore got drowned at Malpe beach in Udupi on Saturday. The deceased is Alexander a resident of Austin Town in Bangalore. The incident occurred when he ventured into the sea with his colleagues. He was on a tour to the beach. Fishermen and the police recovered the body of Alexander, which has been kept in the morgue at the District Government Hospital

Udupi, Sep 1: Mohammed Saleh Abdullah Al-Asani, a Yemeni national, who was staying illegally in Manipal for the past two years, was deported to Yemen through Mumbai airport on Wednesday. He had come to Manipal on a student visa on July 8, 2009, and his visa had expired on June 28, 2011. He stayed illegally without renewing his visa in the past two years. As per the directions of superintendent of

Bangalore, Sep 1: Hollywood superstar Matt Damon, who found fame with his role of a mathematically gifted janitor, is on a mission in India to help more than a million people have access to safe water and sanitation in the next three-and-half years. The 'Good Will Hunting' star and also the co-founder of non-profit organisation Water.org, has been working in India since 2008 to help needy people

Bhatkal, Aug 31: The Ahmed Siddibapa that Zareena Kola, a teacher in Bhatkal, remembers, rooted for India in cricket matches. She is among those in this coastal town of Karnataka struggling to reconcile what she remembers of young Ahmed with Yasin Bhatkal, the alleged co-founder of terror group Indian Mujahideen, arrested this week. Ms Kola taught Ahmed in school. "He was a patriotic child. He

Mangalore, Aug 31: Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund, established by World Konkani Centre, Mangalore will award Merit Cum Means Scholarships worth Rs 2.5 crore to students from Konkani communities in an award ceremony to be held on Monday, September 2, at 10 a.m. at T.V. Raman Pai Convention Centre, Kodialbail, Mangalore. The award ceremony will be inaugurated by R.V. Deshpande, Minister for