Karnataka

Chennai, Aug 20: With an improved job scenario and better payments in India, the number of workers from South India leaving for employment to the Gulf has seen a rapid decline in the last five years, according to the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. From 2008, when 88,389 workers qualified below matriculation left for the Gulf, the figure fell sharply to 21,129 in 2012, a Ministry report said

Kannur, Aug 20: All four members of a family were burnt alive when their home caught fire near Cheruphaza village in Kannur district on Monday. Saji (42), his wife Sindhu (31) and two daughters Adhira (10) and Atulya (5) were charred to death at their residence late at night. The fire was discovered by neighbours when they were alerted by a loud blast that occurred in the vicinity at about 2 a.m

Mangalore, Aug 20: The documents kept in the property room of CJM Court (MCC building) was found thrown haphazardly on Monday morning suggesting that someone had entered the room with an intention of tampering with the documents. The miscreants, who gained entry into the room after breaking open the lock, on Sunday night, had opened the cupboard and looked into the documents pertaining to various

Mangalore, Aug 20: A young man who introduced himself as one of the schoolmates to another persons, looted the latter of his cash, ornaments and mobile worth Rs 95,000, at Hoigebail Railway gate on Monday night. Valerian Charles (25) is the victim. Charles who is employed abroad had come home on holiday and been to his sister's house in Pandeshwara. On Monday he had been to Rozario church for

Subramanya, Aug 20: A two-tear old baby, which went missing nine days ago has not yet been traced. The toddler was last seen playing in the courtyard of the house. Police has been informed about the same but it has not yielded any result. With this a sense of mystery has shrouded the case. On August 11, the entire pious land of Subramanya was celebrating 'Nagarapanchami' but on the same day a

Mangalore, Aug 20: Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has condemned the protest staged by the Sangha Parivar outside Deputy Commissioner's office on Monday against the cattle theft issue. In a press release DYFI District President Muneer Katipalla has said that during the protest the leaders had made provocative speech, which could lead to communal tension. Commenting on the speech made

Bantwal, Aug 20: A woman was killed and four others injured in a road accident that occured at Erme Majalu in Veera Kambha village near Vittal on Monday. The deceased has been identified as 56 year old Kusuma. The injured are Vishwanatha, Jayantha, Harinakshi and auto-driver Yatheen. The incident occurred when the speeding truck collided with the auto rickshaw in which they were travelling from

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Udupi, Aug 20: Students' Islamic Organisation of India condemning the violence that has erupted in Egypt, staged a stir in Udupi near the clock tower on Monday. Addressing the protesters, SIO member Anwar Ali Kaup said that ousting of a government which has been elected in a democratic way is undoubtedly a setback to the

Mangalore, Aug 20: Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and SFI has condemned the proposed hike in bus fares and the two organization will stage a stir on August 21, outside Deputy Commissioner's office at 5 pm. The organization, which have said that bus owners' association has declared the hike without seeking approval of the district administration have sought the district administration

Moodbidri, Aug 19: Another huge robbery case has been reported from Moodbdiri. Like the accused used the gas cutters to gain entry into Siddhantha Darshana Mandir in Moodbidri to steal the valuable statues in the Basadi, this theft that took place on wee hours of Monday too had the same modus operandi. A jewellery shop of one Mr Shridhar Acharya named 'Lakshmi jewellers' was burgled and the