Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 8: Mangalore and Ullal are up for some massive upgrade in health sector making it models in the country. The two coastal places share the scheme with Bangalore, Mysore and Bagalkot. Minister for Health U T Khader talking on these lines said that Mangalore and Ullal TMC will have polyclinic, one for every 60,000 people. "These clinics will reduce the pressure on district hospitals

Mangalore, Aug 8: Dakshina Kannada district, which has already planted flag of success in terms of implementation of sanitation programmes is planning a cleanliness and sanitation campaign in the district, in all the gram panchayats. Speaking about the same during a meeting, ZP Chief executive Officer Tulasi Maddineni said that as a part of this extensive cleanliness campaign students in schools

Riyadh, Aug 8: Thousands of expatriate Indians in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and other Arab countries on Thursday celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr by offering prayers in various Masjids. Thousands of NRI Muslims gathered at the Masjid-ul-Haram in Makkah and Masjid-e-Nabvi in Madinah to offer Eid prayer on Thursday morning. A considerable number of Muslim expatriate workers who

Mangalore, Aug 8: Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Vishwa Hindu Parishad staged separate protests in Mangalore condemning the Pakistani army for killing Indian soldiers. The members of VHP, who gathered near PVS circle in the city burnt the national flag of Pakistan and said that India is capable of destroying Pakistan. In another protest in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner, Prasanna Kamath

Bangalore, Aug 8: The annual Independence Day flower show at Lalbagh was inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday. Organised by the Department of Horticulture and Mysore Horticultural Society, the 198th show was thrown open to the public soon after the inauguration. A 35-foot-long floral houseboat, displayed at the Glass House, is the star attraction. Organisers said the showpiece

Mangalore, Aug 8: She is firm and at least wants to see her mother's grave and pay her respects. Agnes Fernandes from Australia, who was born in Mangalore and was given for adoption, had made a futile attempt to meet her biological mother in 1969. Now again, after 44 years, the 82-year-old Agnes who has never seen her mother has come all the way from Perth in the hope of getting to know something

Mangalore, Aug 8: A 44-year-old man caring for a 37-year-old man admitted in the Government Wenlock Hospital died following assault by the latter in the hospital on Tuesday night. According to police, Prashant was being cared for by Kantappa, of Panambur. On Tuesday night Prashant, who was addicted to ganja, fought with Kantappa and hit him on the abdomen. Kantappa was shifted to emergency ward

Mangalore / Udupi, Aug 8: Muslims across Kerala and twin districts of Coastal Karnataka celebrated the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday with traditional fervour and devotion. Across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, thousands of joyful Muslims, many of them wearing the conventional kurta-pyjamas, thronged various Masjids and Eid-gahs to offer Eid prayers, marking the end of the fasting month of

Udupi/Mangalore, Aug 8: A girl committed suicide at her house at Korangarapady in Udupi on Wednesday. According to the Udupi Town Police, Akshita (19), a second year B.Com student of KVS College, Udyavara, was suffering from headache for the last two years. This is suspected to have driven her to commit suicide by hanging herself in her house. A case of unnatural death had been registered at the

Mangalore, Aug 8: The Second Additional District and Sessions Court has granted bail to B.Com student Ranjith who was accused of harassing a Muslim girl at Uppinangady First Grade College. On July 25 Ranjith allegedly teased a Muslim girl by pulling her ponytail during class hour. The girl registered a complaint against Ranjith at the Uppinangady police station. Later, he was arrested by the