Karnataka

New Delhi, Jun 26: Members of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind from Uttar Pradesh (West) and Uttarakhand zone have been holding relief camp at Haridwar railway station for victims of devastating flood in Uttarakhand. Local administration and Indian Railways have cooperated with the team of JIH to set up the relief camp at the railway station. They have also provided residential facilities to the JIH team. The

Bantwal, Jun 26: Death of a person engaged in a mobile conversation due to accidental fall into a gorge by the roadside has been reported from Nandarabettu near BC Road. The deceased has been identified as Basheer (32), an auto rickshaw driver by profession, and a resident of Tipu Nagar near Lorettopadavu. The incident took place when he was returning from Shanthiangady after meeting his friends

Bantwal, Jun 26: With dengue menace growing in the district, a social activist has reportedly succumbed to suspected dengue death in Navoor village of Bantwal taluk. The deceased is Ramanna Kottary (63). Mr. Kottary got a blood test done at Navoor's primary health care centre on June 5 with complaints of fever. After a brief recovery, he caught fever yet again and got himself examined by a private

Mangalore, Jun 26: Strong winds and harsher sea waves have been accentuating the 'super-moon' effect in areas of Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Kasargod districts. Sea erosions in the coastal belt got severe as a result. Traditional fishermen could not venture into the sea and those who did, had to return following their inability to sail any further owing to the harsh waves. Scenes of sea waves

Bangalore, Jun 26: In order to ensure speedy trial and conviction of those involved in crimes against women, such as the culprits in the Manipal gang-rape, the state government would soon set up 10 special courts exclusively to try cases relating to atrocities and crimes against women. Announcing this, Home Minister K?J?George has said that the government has already sent the proposal to the Chief

Jeddah, Jun 26: Major contractors in the Kingdom are requesting the government to extend the July 3 deadline to Nov. 4 (Muharram 1, 1435) so that more foreign workers will get enough time to correct their status. “There are huge numbers of workers still waiting for their turn to correct the status and the remaining few days will not be enough to handle them,” said Abdullah Ridwan, chairman of the

Mangalore, Jun 25: The protest against Manipal gang-rape by different organisations continued in Mangalore on Tuesday too. Members of the district unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist) staged a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in the city. Senior CPI(M) leader B Madhava said that even after the Delhi gang-rape incident, several incidents of sexual harassment on women had

Manipal, Jun 25: A day after unveiling the sketch of a suspect, police today released the CCTV footage of the abduction of a 22-year-old medical student of Manipal University in an autorikshaw by three persons, who gangraped her last week, and announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh for information leading to the arrest of the culprits. The footage has helped the police in identifying the design and model

New Delhi, Jun 25: Gujarat Police has obtained nearly 90,000 telephone call data records (CDRs) of people and entities in three months beginning January this year, raising eyebrows in central intelligence agencies. The unusually high number of CDRs of individual and entities were obtained by Gujarat Police citing various cases against them and for investigation purposes, official sources said

Mangalore, Jun 25: The students of Government Women's Balmatta, took out a protest march and staged a human-chain in the city on Tuesday to exert pressure on the state government to appoint lecturers in government PU colleges. The protest was held under the banner of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Holding saffron flags and placards the students marched from their college in Balmatta to