Karnataka

Mangalore, December 17: Hundreds of devotees of Sayyed Madani Darga of Ullal on staged a demonstration to register their protest against the outside interference in Darga affairs. The protest was organised under the joint auspices of Sayyed Madani Sunni Association Ullal and Ullal Central Committee. The protesters, who took out a silent march from Kotepur to Melangadi Darga, later submitted a

Shirva, December 17: Family, relatives, friends and large number of people of this coastal Karnataka town will Monday bid farewell to Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who was found dead Dec 7 in London. The body of Saldanha, 46, will be laid to rest at the cemetery after prayers at the Our Lady of the Health Church in Shirva, about 400 km from Bangalore. The body of the Indian origin nurse

New Delhi, December 17: Terrorist Rajender Chaudhary, who allegedly planted a bomb in Samjhauta Express in 2007, also involved in the Makkah-Masjid blast in Hyderabad in which nine people died in May 2007 and could help NIA in solving the case, NIA sources said. Chaudhary, who is in his mid-30s, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last night from Nagda, 50 kilometres from

Bangalore, December 17: Thouseef Ahmed of Madikeri has been chosen as the Karnataka Zone President of Students Islamic Organisation for the term 2013-2014. This election took place in a meeting of Zonal Advisory Council (ZAC) held in Bangalore under the supervision of Abdullah Javed, the zonal patron of SIO and Karnataka state president of Jamat-e-Islami Hind. 25-year-old Mr Ahmed completed his

Mangalore,December 17: Members of the Sri Rama Sene (SRS) staged a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office on Monday demanding cancellation of the scheduled cricket match between India and Pakistan at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore later this month. Speaking on the occasion, division chief of Sri Ram Sena Kumar Malemar said that Pakistan is an enemy country and the Sena condemns

Udupi, December 17: It is the duty of every person in the society to work towards creating moral awareness and thereby protect the tradition of Indian harmony, said AP Aboobakkar Musliyar Kantapura, Chief Secretary, All India Sunni Ulema Union. He was speaking at 'Moral Awareness' convention held at Katpady on Sunday. Assayyad Abdur Rehman Al Bukhari of Ullal carried out dua. Udupi Qazi Ibrahim

Mangalore, December 17: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) increased the auto-rickshaw fares in the city with effect from Saturday. An official release said here that the minimum fare (up to the first 1.5 Km) had been increased to Rs.20 from Rs.17. The fares for every kilo meter thereafter had been fixed at Rs.13, a Re.1 increase. The auto-rickshaw drivers' unions had demanded a minimum fare

Mangalore, December 17: Masjids in Kulai, Mukka and Karnad towns in Mangalore taluk were found to be attacked by stones early in the morning on Monday. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Abdur Razzaq, President of Badriya Masjid in Kulai, said that miscreants may have hurled stones after midnight. “When we came to offer fajar prayers in the morning, we saw stones inside the Masjid and the glass panes

Mangalore, December 16: Various sports events and competitions were held for police personnel during the three-day district annual police sports meet organized under the joint auspices of Dakshina Kannada district police and Mangalore city police at police grounds which ended on Saturday. Several policemen from the District Armed Reserve Police Force and Mangalore City Police participated in the

London, December 16: The Mangalore-origin nurse, who was found dead after a hoax call to a UK hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate, left a note blaming the two Australian DJs behind the prank for her tragic death. In one of the three apparent suicide notes left by 46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse expressed her deep anger at the Australian radio DJs Mel Greig and Michael