Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 14: Dakshina Kannada District Congress Seva Dal will organise a three-day workshop for volunteers of Seva Dal at Bharat Scouts Bhavan at Pilikula, Vamanjoor, commencing from Friday. Announcing this at a press conference here on Tuesday, Seva Dal district chief organiser H M Ashraf said that various sessions on importance of the National Flag, procedures to be followed while hoisting

Patna, Aug 14: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the serial bomb blasts at Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple, has arrested a Hindu priest, Arup Brahmachari, police said on Wednesday. “The NIA team, with the help of the police, arrested Arup Brahmachari who was absconding after the blasts,” an officer of the Bodh Gaya police station said. Brahmachari, hailing from West Bengal and staying

Mangalore, Aug 14: As an Independence Day gift, a total of 38 students of Government Primary School, Bikarnakatte got clean hair cut in few minutes on Tuesday evening. All the children came from a financially poor background. It was a unique idea of Old Students Association and Kudla Men's Beauty parlour to mark 67th Independence Day at the school in Bikarnakatte. The seven barbers helped in

Kasargod, Aug 14: Muhammed Noushad (34) and Mohammed Rameez (25), residents of Kottappuram near Neeleshwaram were arrested by the police on charges of murdering NRI businessman A B Abdul Salam Haji at his residence at Vellappu near Thrikaripur on August 7. Circle Inspector T. N. Sajeevan said five others are still at large in the case. Muhammed Noushad and Muhammed Rameez Deputy Superintendent of

Chikmagalur, Aug 14: In a shocking incident, the personal assistant (PA) of Member of Parliament Jayaprakash Hegde was found dead in a guesthouse in Chikmagalur on Wednesday, in an apparent case of suicide. Sources confirmed that the body of Jagannath (48), who was the personal assistant of Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Jayaprakash Hegde, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room at the guesthouse

Mangalore, Aug 14: Author, Speaker, Columnist Chetan Bhagat will deliver a talk on leadership and goal setting under a human resource initiative programme at the T M A Pai International Convention Centre on Mahatma Gandhi Road here on August 24. Kumble Narasimha Prabhu, CEO, Manipal Ace briefing a press conference said that the talk will be helpful to corporates, management students, engineering

Mangalore, Aug 14: The problem of maintenance and repair of check-dams in Dakshina Kannada district was discussed during the tri-monthly KDP meeting held at Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat here on Wednesday, which was chaired by ZP President Koragappa Naik. According to the ZP Chief Planning Officer, there were a total of 813 check dams in the district, out of which 230 were in need of repairs

Mangalore, Aug 14: Jana Jagruti Samiti will hold a protest rally on August 19 from 10 am onwards from Jyoti Circle to Deputy Commissioner's office, Mangalore. Addressing a news conference on Wednesday, Samiti Convener Kateel Dinesh Pai said that cattle theft cases have been increasing and even slaughter houses have been coming up proportionately. The Samiti will demand the police department to

Vitla, Aug 14: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Vittal organized a Eid gathering on Saturday at the organisation building. The function commenced with the recitation of Quran by Master Nasser while Master Imran read the translation. Yaseen Baig, Organizer of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Vittal welcomed the guests and briefed the activities of JIH and sought audience participation in social uplift activities. He spoke

Mangalore, Aug 14: A trifling matter took a rather drastic turn when a gang of eight men attacked two at Mogaveerapatna. Within few hours a counter attack was staged by three others on two persons at Bastipadpu in Ullal. In the two attacks four have been injured and admitted to the hospital. The incident has created a sense of tense atmosphere in and around Ullal area. Security has been beefed up