Karnataka

Mangalore, Jun 29: Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment B Ramanath Rai said that the state government had decided to undertake a 3-year programme to establish an 'elephant corridor' in the state to prevent human-elephant conflicts in the future. Speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of a programme on Saturday, he said that the programme would be effectively implemented, by setting up

Bangalore, Jun 29: Applying brakes to efforts by a section of the party to bring back BS Yeddyurappa, BJP on saturday put the ball in the former Karnataka chief minister's court, saying the proposal for homecoming should come from him. "Since Yeddyurappa had left the party on his own, he should send us a proposal (of his return). Thereafter, the state BJP core committee will discuss it," BJP

Mangalore, Jun 29: Campus Front of India has demanded the Governor of Karnataka to take immediate steps to prevent torture/custodial deaths and make the police officers in charge of stations and their higher ups accountable for every case of violence in custody. In such cases the officials must be held liable and should be punished if found guilty. The organization has submitted a memorandum to

Madinah, Jun 29: Authorities will restart crackdown on all residency and labor violators immediately after the July 3 amnesty is over. In a recent letter sent to the Council of Saudi Chambers, the Ministry of Labor said that in coordination with the Ministry of Interior it will act tough against the violators including employers, expatriate workers and individuals after the end of the office hours

Puttur, Jun 29: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader visited Minchipadau area near Sulyapadau in Putur taluk, adjoining Kerala state. It is said that the officials from Kerala had buried the endosulfan products here, which created a lot of tension in the region. With the Kerala government banning endosulfan, the officials resorted to dumping the stocked endosulfan in a 60 ft pit in a

Ullal, Jun 29: Rashtriya Vidyarthi Poshakara Vedike held its second round of campaign to ensure safety for women in buses. In this regard, the organization has said that men should not be allowed to board the buses from front entrance as this should be reserved only for women to board and get off the bus. The organization had once held a campaign after coining a slogan urging the men to use the

Manipal, Jun 29: Three governments and a university are trying to cover up the gang-rape case of a Manipal medical student, according to a senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader. Addressing presspersons here, GV Srirama Reddy, secretary of State unit of the CPI(M), said that the Centre, Karnataka and Kerala governments, and Manipal University were trying to cover up the case for some

Kasasrgod, Jun 29: The 320-m Madakkal bridge, the longest suspended bridge linking Valiyaparamba island with the main land in Kasargod, has been collapsed thanks to rain fury. Authorities have decided to provide free round-the-clock boat services to the affected residents. The services of a machine-fitted fibre boat would be made available from Saturday. The bridge, which had been built at an

Mangalore, Jun 29: Endosulfan Victims' Welfare Foundation will organize an ultra sound/ sonography scanning programme for pregnant women hailing from the endosulfan affected areas. The programme will be symbolically launched on June 30, while it will be started in full swing from July 1 onwards in scanning centres in Puttur. Physical deformities have been found in large numbers even today in new

New Delhi, Jun 29: Railways on Friday introduced a ticketing service through calls and text messages from mobile phones. Launching the facility, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge asserted that the service is more conducive for the masses of India because access to internet in the country is limited to 10 per cent of the population, but 80 per cent of the population has access to mobile phones