Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 9: Timely intervention of police thwarted an attempt of right wing activists to attack a man and a woman, belonging to separate communities, who were talking to each other at Vamanjoor, on the outskirts of the city on Thursday. It is learnt that a woman belonging to Hindu community was speaking to a youth of her acquaintance at Vamanjoor junction. A member of a Hindutva outfit, who

Udupi, Aug 9: Demanding strong retaliation against Pakistan for alleged killing of five Indian soldiers along the LoC, the Udupi district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yuva Morcha staged a dharna here on Thursday. The protesters burnt the effigy of Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in front of the Clock Tower to express their anger. Addressing the protesters former MLA Raghupati Bhat accused

Mangalore, Aug 9: A student of St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, has bagged two gold medals at the three-day State-level athletic meet held at Shimoga from August 3. Varsha R. Poojary bagged the medals in girls' 18-age category 100 m and 200 m events. She covered the 100 m race in 12.50 seconds and 200 m race in 26.07 seconds. Ms. Poojary has been selected to the three-day South zone athletic meet.

Mangalore, Aug 9: Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, the Bishop of Mangalore has expressed his support to the 'Save Niddodi Movement' that is being led by Matrubhoomi Samrakshana Samithi(MSS) for the cause of the families who are facing fear of losing thousands of acres of cultivated land in and around Niddodi situated in Kallamundkur Grama Punchayath of Moodbidri Hobali. He listened to the fears of the

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