Karnataka

Thiruvananthapuram, September 23: Passengers from Kerala to Middle-East destinations are going through a harrowing time with Air India announcing cancellation of many of its flights since last week. Passengers created unruly scenes at the airport here yesterday when a Sharjah-bound flight was cancelled at the last minute. Though the reason for cancellation was cited as "technical," the flight was

Bhatkal, September 23: Seven members of a Bhatkal-based family including two women, a minor girl and four children have gone missing under unusual circumstances after visiting Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. The missing persons have been identified Bibi Fathima (25), wife of Imran Mashayik, a resident of Bhatkal Maghdum Colony, their children Irfan Mashayik (4) and Khadija Amreen (4 months); Fathima

Mangalore, September 23: The 'Hearing Wellness Clinic' was inaugurated in the city on Saturday at Falnir. Gulzar Banu, Mayor, inaugurated the clinic. Kamaljeet Singh and Ranjeetha Kaur, representing the clinic, were also present.

Mangalore, September 23: Three young tourists from Bangalore were saved from drowning at Panambur Beach here on Sunday thanks to the timely intervention of lifeguards of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project (PBTDP). The rescued have been identified as Shah Rukh, Yasir and Naveen, all three students and aged around 22 years. The incident occurred at around 8:30 am. The trio, among four member

Mangalore, September 23: Bajrang Dal has planned a Vidhan Soudha chalo agitation on October 1 to exert pressure on the State government to fulfill its demands of installing Datta Paduke and following Hindu rituals at Bababudangiri. Divisional convener of Bajrang Dal Praveen Khandya told media persons in Chikmagalur that Datta Jayanthi would be observed on December 27 and 28. The members will wear

Mangalore, September 23: Team Mangalore, the city based hobby group of kite flyers, on invitation from Mayor of Dieppe participated in the 17th Dieppe International Kite Festival held at Dieppe in France. According to a press release, the team comprising of Sarvesh Rao, Dinesh Holla, Satish Rao, Shashank Shetty and Pran Hegde showcased some of the best kites to the people of France. Kite flyers

Mangalore, September 23: The week-long ceasefire of combing operations announced by the State government to enable Maoists to surrender ended on Sunday evening. However, officials have confirmed that not a single Maoist was surrendered during ceasefire. Deputy Commissioner N.S. Channappa Gowda, Commander of Anti-Naxal Force Alok Kumar and Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal said they had not

Mangalore, September 22: Veteran Kannada litterateur and poet Dr K S Nissar Ahmed will be the president of the ninth national Kannada literary convention 'Alva's Nudisiri' to be held at Moodabidri from November 16 to 18. Announcing this at a media conference here on Saturday, Dr M. Mohan Alva, chairman, Alva's Education Foundation, the organiser, said that the reception committee of the convention

Mangalore, September 22: The Government of India is interested in setting up more universities and colleges and hence the concept of having a knowledge village in Dakshina Kannada district with more educational institutions will be looked into, said Oscar Fernandes, MP and chairperson, parliamentary standing committee on human resources development. Delivering a talk at a programme organized by

Mangalore, September 22: Police have arrested five persons including a retired medical officer in connection with the alleged murder of a young woman in Bantwal taluk. Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal told media persons on Saturday that 34-year-old Leelavathi had died earlier this month as a result of complication of induced abortion and excessive bleeding. The accused are