Karnataka

Mangalore, Jun 16: A warm felicitation programme was organised by the Mangalore Bar Association in honour of health minister U T Khader at the Court Hall in the city on Saturday. Being a member of the bar association, Mr Khader was warmly felicitated by the advocates. Citing the example of the recent ban on gutka, he said that all departments and matters are invariably related to the health

Mangalore, Jun 15: Dakshina Kannada district is ready to implement the state government's scheme of Re.1 per kg rice for poor. Addressing the district review meeting chaired by B Ramanath Rai, district in-charge minister, at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Saturday, Sharana Basappa, Deputy Director, Department of Food and Civil Supplies said that the district has about 1,58,289

Mangalore, Jun 15: U T Khader, State Health Minister, has directed officials of the Health Department to set up FTDs (Fever Treatment Depots) in areas concentrated by migrant labourers in every Taluk to address their healthcare issues. He was chairing a review meet with regard to control of vector borne diseases in the district at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Saturday. The

Mangalore, Jun 15: In a major haul, customs officials at the Mangalore International Airport on Saturday seized 15 kilograms of saffron estimated at Rs 15 lakh from a passenger. The arrested is Abdul Safeer from Kasargod in Kerala. The passenger came by a Jet Airways flight from Dubai. Officials who made the seizure said that the passenger had packed the saffron sachets neatly in four boxes. The

Mangalore, Jun 15: Several problems came to the fore when Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader paid a visit to the District Wenlock Hospital to discuss health issues and development of the hospital with the medical and administrative officials. No attenders The hospital staff complained that there was lack of attenders and nurses to take care of the patients in wards, in case of

Kasargod, Jun 15: The family of a 40-year-old Indian national, who was mysteriously killed during Bahrain's unrest more than two years ago has received 60,000 Bahraini dinars (about $159,000) compensation payout. Stephen Abraham of Kerala, working as a security officer with the Almoayyed Group, was mysteriously shot in the chest in March 2011 while he was stationed at Awal Dairy on Budaiya Highway

Rajkot (Guj), Jun 15: A senior minister in the Narendra Modi government was today sentenced to three years imprisonment by a court in Porbandar in the Rs 54-crore illegal limestone mining case of 2006. Gujarat Water Resources minister Babu Bokhiria was convicted by Chief Judicial Magistrate C V Pandya. Bokhiria along with former Congress MP Bharat Odedara, alleged gangster Bhima Dula Odedara, who

Mangalore, Jun 15: Rashmi Parvathi K and Sindhura Shankar, two students from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district guided by Agriculture Scientist and 'Krishi Pandit' awardee Badanaje Shankar Bhat have bagged international level prizes and gold medals for the essays written by them. Rashmi Parvathi K, a student of Vivekananda College, Puttur, won gold medal for her paper presentation on production

Mangalore, Jun 15: A minor girl was hospitalized in critical condition after she attempted to end her life by consuming chemicals at her house after being raped by a middle-aged man at Lingappayyakadu near Mulky on outskirts of the city. The accused, identified as Manjunath alias Kalla Manja, president of JD(S) local booth committee, has been absconding. However, police have managed to nab Kalla

Mangalore, Jun 15: An ambulance, which was rushing a patient to hospital, turned turtle at the precarious Budoli bridge, near Mani in Vittal on the outskirts of Mangalore. It is said that the driver was in an inebriated state and this led to the mishap. The ambulance was taking a patient from Hasan who was in critical condition to Mangalore for treatment. While one of the drivers of the ambulance