Karnataka

Udupi, Feb 10: To curb illegal trafficking and the menace of drugs in the district, the Udupi District Police has set up five anti-drugs squads as part of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003, informed a press release on Saturday. The five individual squads have been formed under Udupi Deputy SP Prabhadev Mane, Udupi CPI Maruthi Nayak, Manipal PI Sadashiv Tippannavar, Karkala

Mangalore, Feb 10: A man died of elephant attack at Pulikukku of Kodimbala village in Kadaba limits near Uppinagady. The deceased identified as Kushalappa Gowda from pulikukku was not just attacked by a pachyderm at about 11 am on Friday, but it caught hold of Gowda and threw him into Kumaradhara river, which rendered Gowda dead. Though, earlier it was assumed that he died of elephant attack, the

Riyadh, Feb 10: If it was an international cricket match then Indians in general and Mangaloreans in specific would have had a reason to go hysteric again. The student teams representing national cricket arch rivals India and Pakistan were face to face at the Saudi Gazette Inter-School Cricket Tournament where Indian International School Riyadh (IISR) won the Saudi Gazette Inter-School Cricket

Bangalore:Feb 10: Buoyed by the sops he rolled out to people in the budget for the coming year, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar is gearing himself to lead the party in the elections. With the party's central leaders already declaring Shettar as the chief ministerial candidate, he has the onus of leading the party. In such a scenario, what will be the role of the State party president? Also, will

Manipal, Feb 10: “Education field is a very valuable asset of the country. By imparting quality education in the institutions of learning not only illiteracy can be eradicated but even ill-health and poverty can be vanquished” opined Prof. Dr. V. Surendra Shetty, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Manipal University. He was addressing the fresh graduates on the graduation day ceremony of Shree Devi Group of

Bangalore, Feb 10: KJP leader B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday hit out at the ruling BJP for having released Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and decided to call off his Mysore-Bangalore padayatra on the issue. Addressing reporters, he said he will now mount pressure on the Centre not to issue final notification on the Cauvery River Water Tribunal final award. He said he will soon meet both Prime Minister

Mangalore/Udupi, Feb 9: The of Sunni Students Federation (SSF) on Saturday organized two spate rallies and conventions in Mangalore and Udupi to mark the valedictory of 'Pravadi Sandesha Jatha'. In Mangalore, hundreds of youth took part in rally which commenced at Jyothi Circle. The rally passed through Hampankatta and culminated at Nehru Maidan, where Sunni scholars addressed the gathering

Mangalore, Feb 9: In a bizarre incident a lorry owner took to a rather gruesome method to punish his driver and cleaner for not obeying his orders. The owner locked up the driver in a tempo for two days and fatally tortured him, while fatally assaulted the cleaner, simply because the duo had taken the lorry to some place without seeking the owner's permission. The driver is said to be in an

Hubli, Feb 9: Karnataka has started releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu as directed by the Supreme Court, Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar said Saturday. "We have to respect the Supreme Court directive. We will petition the court Monday for relief as we ourselves are facing severe shortage," he said in this north Karnataka town, 400 km from Bangalore. The Supreme Court Thursday directed

Mangalore, Feb 9: Members of Vishwa Hindu Parishat and Bajrang Dal celebrated the death of Afzal Guru, who was hanged and buried in Tihar jail on Saturday morning. The secret execution of Afzal Guru, convicted in the attack on Parliament in 2001, triggered joy among the saffron activists, who gathered near PVS circle in the city to 'celebrate victory'. They burst crackers and distributed sweets