Karnataka

Mangalore, October 22: City based Universal Welfare Forum (UNIWEF) honoured six meritorious students from financially backward families with 'Moulana Abul Kalam Azad' and 'Dr. Sir Allama Iqbal' awards in the city on Sunday. Four students who scored well marks in PUC in the recently concluded academic year, namely Sirajuddin (Commerce), Mohammed Jazeer (Science), Shakira Banu (Arts) and Fathimatul

Mangalore, October 22: Panic struck the public after they found a huge cache of explosives inside a concrete drainage pipe near Kadandale village under the limits of Paladka Gram Panchayat in Mangalore taluk. Moodbidri police, who seized 4,923 detonators stuffed in plastic and gunny bags, said that the explosives and the place where they found were belonged to a local stone mining company. Hareesh

Mangalore, October 22: A youth was arrested by Mangalore police for attempting to outrage the modesty of a girl in the city last evening. The accused has been identified as Saeed Asad, a resident of Addyar on the outskirts of the city. Police said the girl, a resident of Lady Hill, was walking home after evening shopping when the accused attempted to outrage her modesty. The woman immediately

Thiru'puram, October 21: Kerala Police, the airline and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation are all inquiring into the comedy of errors that dogged the Air India Express flight on Friday from Abu Dhabi to Kochi, resulting in a fracas between passengers and security personnel and a 'hijack' alert. When the flight to Kochi was diverted to Thiruvananthapuram because of bad weather and the crew

Moodbidri, October 21: The Moodbidri police, who are investigating the alleged suicide case of a married woman, arrested her husband and produced him before a local court. Muhammad Arif, husband of 22-year-old Suhaira, was arrested by police on charges of abetting his wife to commit suicide. The move comes following a complaint lodge by the family members of Banu. Suhaira, daughter of D P Muhammed

Mangalore, October 20: Yet another youth succumbed to rat fever (leptospirosis), while another lies critical in the hospital in Dakshina Kannada district. Both the deceased and patient belong to Mudnoor village in Puttur taluk. Sadiq (18) had been infected by suspected rat fever from the past few days and breathed his last at a private hospital. However, the health department has no information in

New Delhi, October 21: Over 68 per cent of milk in the country does not conform to the standards set by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the Centre has told the Supreme Court on a plea for checking sale of synthetic and adulterated milk and various dairy products. The submission has been made by the Centre in its affidavit which referred to a survey conducted by the FSSAI

Mangalore, October 20: The Police Martyrs' Day was observed under the joint aegis of Mangalore Police Commissionerate and Dakshina Kannada District Police at the District Armed Reserve Police Office ground here on Sunday. Addressing the gathering, Principal District and Sessions Judge Ashok G Nijagannavara said that in today's world, people always fought among themselves and tried to hamper the

Mangalore, October 21: Dasara celebrations was a grand affair during the reign of Vijayanagara empire. However, commoners could not take part in all the ceremonies performed by the king and queen. As a result, they started recreating the entire Dasara festivity in their homes by arranging dolls with the 'Raja' and 'Rani' as the key piece. Today, after five centuries, this age-old practice has

Kochi, October 21: Security staff at Thiruvananthapuram airport have been accused of asking thirsty passengers to drink urine. According to one of the passengers of a Kochi bound Air India Express flight IX 4522 that departed from Abu Dhabi on Thursday evening, a security officer indicated through sign language to drink urine when a thirsty passenger requested drinking water. The passenger said