Karnataka

Uppinangady, Jul 30: Akhila Bharatha Vidyarthi Parishat staged a protest against police for filing case against innocent student in connection to the recent student clash at government first grade college, Uppinangady and urged to protect female students from harassment. Classes were voluntarily boycotted by hundreds of students, who participated in the protest. The Protesters marched through

Mangalore, Jul 30: As challenging as it is to venture on roads in the heavy monsoon rains, these teams revel in the challenge it poses. As many as 36 adrenaline-driven teams from various cities across the country were part of Mahindra Adventure 'Monsoon Challenge 2013' that kicked off at Malleshwaram in Bangalore on Thursday. Braving the rough terrain and harsh weather, the participating teams

Mangalore, Jul 29: The local residents who are living under fear of losing their land for the proposed thermal power plant at Niddodi, on Monday expressed their anger against the project by stopping the Congress delegation, which had come to the village to inspect the land and collect opinion of the locals. The delegation was stopped at Niddodi Gram Panchayat office for about three hours by the

Mangalore, Jul 29: Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel discussed the progress of various on-going and pending railway projects concerning Palghat division of South-Western Railways with railway officials at a railway grievance meeting on Monday. During the meeting at Circuit House, Kadri on Monday, Mr Kateel raised the issue of early completion of projects such as the widening of existing

Mangalore, Jul 29: The newly-released Kannada movie 'Chella Pilli', directed by Sai Krishna Kudla, starring Vijay Raghavendra and Aishwarya Nag, which was released in theatres across the state on July 5 completed successful 25 days. The milestone was celebrated by the cast and crew of the film in Mangalore on Monday. The team including the main leads took out a procession on an open jeep from

Surathkal, Jul 29: Just a few days after the mid-day meal tragedy that took place at Chapra in Bihar, panic struck the parents and students of Government Higher Primary School of Krishanpura 5th Block on Monday as a dead rat was found in the rasam, which was about to be served to the children. A private organisation had provided rasam to the school in which the dead rat was found, said the Head

Udupi, Jul 29: The Chief Judicial Magistrate court on Monday extended the judicial custody of all the five accused in the Manipal rape case till August 12. The court ordered that Balachandra and Harindra who were accused of tampering with evidences relating to the case be kept in Shimoga jail along with the prime accused Yogesh, Hariprasad, Anand. It can be recalled that accused Yogesh, who was

Mangalore, Jul 29: Ahmed Anwar, senior photographer of Coastaldigest.com, has been chosen for the 'Capture the Spirit of Ramadan Photography Book', an international Ramadan photography competition-2012 organized by Middle East and US based 'StudioBasel. Anwar's photograph captioned 'Decoding Message' chosen for the Book shows his little daughter Hana Fathima reciting the Qur'an during the holy

Manipal, Jul 29: The Manipal gang-rape case is a month old now and the police are still awaiting the DNA test reports. All the accused have been subjected to preliminary round of investigation but the cops have faced a little inconvenience in proceeding with the case as the DNA reports of the accused have not been received. The sources in the department say that they can submit the charge-sheet

Mangalore, Jul 29: A man who went fishing, fell into river Nethravati and went missing on Sunday. Sudhir (38) from Bolar Ferry Road Waynad Compound is the victim. At about 10.30 a.m. Sudhir left home to catch fish in river Nethravathi. When he stood on the bank and threw the hook he lost balance and fell into the river. Since the river was considerably deep at the place where he fell, and since