Karnataka

Moodbidri, Aug 23: Police arrested two persons on the charges of cattle trafficking at Urpelpade, Kallabettu here. Santhosh Kumar Jain and Shoukath of Edu, Karkala are the arrested. On Thursday morning, the duo were caught at Gantalkatte while ASI Krishna M C and constables intercepted the goods tempo in which they were transporting eight cattle. It is learnt they have stolen the cows from Venur.

Bantwal, Aug 23: A gang of thieves broke into two jewellery stores in Siddhakatte on Bantwal-Moodbidri state highway in the wee hours of Thursday, and made away with jewellery worth lakhs of rupees. It was also revealed that a similar attempt by the gang to break into a wine shop located nearby went unsuccessful. The thieves broke into Swarnaprabha Jewellers in Vishwa Jyothi complex and

Washington, Aug 23: In an effort to overturn the image of Muslims as fire-breathing, sword-slashing conquerors and avengers, a Muslim group in America will resort to a pacific response to the provocative burning of the Quran by a fundamentalist Christian evangelist. Pastor Terry Jones, the notorious Christian extremist who riled Muslims across the world with his inflammatory burning of the Quran

Mangalore, Aug 23: In a major haul, customs officials at the Mangalore International Airport on Thursday seized 12 kilograms of saffron estimated at Rs 12 lakh from a passenger. The arrested is Abdul Rasheed from Mattannur, Kannur district of Kerala. The passenger came by a Jet Airways flight 9W 531 from Dubai 7.45am. The saffron was concealed along with clothes and other personal belongings

Puttur, Aug 22: A day after seven cattle thieves, allegedly belonging to a Hindutva outfit, were caught red-handed by the residents of Savanoor near here, police on Thursday arrested the owner of the stolen cows, thanks to the counter-complaint lodged by one of the alleged thieves. Usman, whose cows were stolen allegedly by Bajrang Dal activists, was arrested after Sundara Poojary, the driver of

Mangalore, Aug 22: Mangalore South MLA J R Lobo officially launched 'Nirmala Mangalore,' a cleanliness campaign to keep city clean on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion after launching the campaign JR Lobo said “In order to keep city clean public must start keeping their environment clean. Mangalore city corporation officials alone cannot maintain cleanliness but it can be achieved with the

Mangalore, Aug 22: Dakshina Kannada Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited (DKMUL), Mangalore has announced a scheme to provide free education for farmers' children wishing to pursue veterinary medicine or agriculture-related courses through Dairy Farmers' Welfare Trust set up for the purpose. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, president of DKMUL and Dairy Farmers' Welfare Trust

Udupi, Aug 23: Police on Thursday filed a chargesheet against the five accused in the Manipal gang rape case in Karnataka. There are 92 witnesses in the case. Accused Yogesh, Hariprasad and Anand were arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a medical student of Manipal University while Balachandra and Harindra are charged with tampering evidence. The court on August 12 had extended the judicial

Mangalore, Aug 22: Mansharu Saquafathil Islamiyya (MSI), an educational institution located at Gerukatte in Belthangady, will conduct a community mass-marriage for five Muslim couples on Sunday in the premises of the institution. Announcing this at a press meet here on Thursday, secretary of the institution K M Aboobaker Siddiq Montugoli said that five Muslim couples from a poor background would

Mangalore, Aug 22: The Akhila Bharatha Billawar Union in association with Narayan Guru educational institutions celebrated the 158th birth anniversary of Brahmashree Narayan Guru at Damodhara R Suvarana Hall, Narayan Guru College, Kudroli on Thursday. MLA, Mangalore South Constituency, J R Lobo delivering his inaugural address at the formal function said that Brahmashri Narayana Guru was a social