Karnataka

Mangalore, November 20: Being an important global player and ally of Palestine, India should exert pressure on Israeli regime through United Nations to immediately end its blatant aggression towards besieged Gaza, said P C Hamza, General Secretary of Welfare Party of India. Addressing a public meeting of the one-and-a-half-year-old party at Town Hall in the city on Monday evening, expressed his

Mangalore, November 20: The Child Development Programme Officer (CDPO) of Mangalore Rural cracked a child trafficking case and rescued a one-month-old girl child at Kinnigoli near Mangalore on Monday. On a tip-off, the CDPO raided a house at Kinnigoli where a family was fostering the baby for the last 23 days. The rescued baby has been shifted to Fit Institution in Puttur. Preliminary

Mangalore, November 20: A protest was staged in front of the Mangalore City Corporation on Monday by the Dalita Hakkugala Horata Samiti and a few other organisations, alleging that the MCC has not implemented work meant for the welfare of Dalits under 22.75 scheme. Addressing protesters, Samiti Secretary Lingappa Nantoor charged that the government had reduced the allocations in the budget for 22

Kasargod, November 20: Defence Minister A.K. Antony has been requested to intervene to revive the proposal for a 71-km Kanhangad-Kaniyur railway line, which will bring Bangalore and northern Kerala closer. M.C. Jose, executive member of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, who submitted a memorandum to the Defence Minister during his recent visit here, said here on Monday that Mr. Antony evinced

Mangalore, November 19: The 'Pretorium' of St Aloysius P U College was visibly enlivened with the enthusiasm of participants from as many as 25 P.U. colleges participating in Pre-Unique 2012, a state-level inter-collegiate fest hosted annually by the College. The two-day intellectual and cultural fest with various competitions like ice-breaker, live photography, mime, quiz, dumb charades, salad

Udupi, November 19: A labourer was killed after he accidentally fell from the top of a house, which was under construction near Kemthur temple in Korangrapadi in Udupi district. The deceased has been identified as Shivananda Tackeray. He lost balance and accidentally slipped down while sprinkling water to the walls of the house on Sunday. A case has been registered in Udupi town police station

Mangalore, November 19: The New Mangalore Port has so far handled 22. 29 million tonnes of cargo during the current year 2012-13 as against 19.65 million tonnes handled during the corresponding period of previous year with a growth rate of 13.43%. A media release issued here by the NMPT stated that the increase in the handling of POL crude and Products, Coal, fertilizers, etc. has contributed the

Mangalore, November 19: As part of 'Childline Se Dosti' week, a massive nationwide campaign against immoral trafficking of women and children, a programme was jointly organised by Dakshina Kannada district administration, Zilla Panchayat and Women and Children Welfare Department (WCWD), Mangalore, at the Town Hall here on Monday. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, Mangalore South MLA and

Mangalore, November 19: The Karnataka high court on has stayed an FIR filed against Mangalore based television journalist Naveen Soorinje in connection with Morning Mist Home-stay attack. The development comes two days after the bail application filed by Mr Soorinje was rejected by the III JMF Court on Saturday. Mr Soorinje, the prime witness to the attack carried out by the members of Hindu

Dubai, November 20: A Mangalore-based 27-week pregnant woman with premature labour pains was allegedly refused treatment by at least six private and government hospitals across three emirates last week. Nearly all hospitals, she has claimed, said they did not have bed space. The seventh hospital also initially refused the Indian woman, but took her in after realising that she would deliver within