Karnataka

Karwar, September 17: The raids carried out by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths on the offices of mining companies and stevedoring agents in Karwar, Yellapur, and Belekeri ports in Uttara Kannada district on Saturday have put the opposition Congress in the State in a spot. All these days, the Congress had mounted a scathing attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party leaders accusing

Mangalore, September 17: Kalopasaka Capt Ganesh Karnik Felicitation Committee felicitated MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik at a programme on Sunday, September 16 at Town Hall, Mangalore. Dharmadikari Harikrishna Punaroor, Former President of Kannada Sahithya Parishat inaugurated the ceremony. Expressing his gratitude, Mr Karnik said that it was due to the encouragement of Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP) he

Masuri (Ghaziabad), September 17: Two days after riots broke out in Masuri village, most of the Muslim males whose families live in the area have fled, fearing a backlash. Only women, children and the elderly remain. There is a rumour doing the rounds that the police has finalized a list of some 400 locals who will be picked up for Friday's incident. The police has repeatedly announced that they

Mangalore, September 17: Syed Usman Taqui, student of PA College of Engineering has been selected for the two-year Erasmus Mundus scholarship sponsored by European Commission for pursuing Master's programme in Membrane Engineering. He is one among 15 students selected for this scholarship from all over the world. The total scholarship award to Syed is 48,000 Euros (Rs 34 lakh) for a period of two

Bhatkal, September 16: A six inch long dead snake was allegedly found in a 200 ml tetra pack of Maa mango fruit juice pack for the second time in little more than a month in Bhatkal on Sunday. A school boy who consumed the juice was admitted to the hospital after he felt uneasy. According to local sources, Abdul Mannan, a 12-year-old student of Jamia Islamia Bhatkal, had bought the tetra pack of

Mangalore, September 16: Showing minorities and weaker sections of the society in bad light and sowing seeds of hatred in the minds of little children through text books in the form of saffronisation must stop, said Indodhara Honnapura, Editor of 'Samvaada'. He was speaking at a seminar on 'Saffronisation of Text Books and Subaltern Voice' organised by the Pathya Pustaka Kesarikarana Horata

Hyderabad, September 16 : Two Hyderabadi youth, who returned home after spending over four years in a jail in Madhya Pradesh, said they were implicated in a false case under what they call a "conspiracy" by police to terrorize Muslim youth. Baleeguddin Jaber and Muqeemuddin Yasir were acquitted in a criminal conspiracy case by a court in Indore Thursday and they returned here Saturday night. The

Mangalore, September 16: An innovative curriculum based Cricket Education Programme in affiliation with Cricket Australia was launched in Mangalore on Sunday. Brijesh Patel, Former Indian Cricketer and Former Secretary of Karnataka State Cricket Association, Matthew Betsey, Cricket Australia's Coach Manager, and Martin Gleeson, CEO, Sports Education Development of India Ltd. inaugurated the

Mangalore, September 16: Family members of a girl from Kotekar who died this morning have accused doctors of J S Hospital, Kotekar for negligence. The deceased is Deepika, a resident of Kondana, Kotekar and a II PUC Commerce student at St. Anns College, Mangalore. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Thilak, Ms. Deepika's brother accused the doctors of JS Hospital, Kotekar of negligence which resulted

Kasargod, September 16: Life returned to normal in Kasargod district on Sunday after a day-long state-wide hartal called by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in protest against the increase in diesel prices. Shops and business establishments reopened this morning and traffic on all routes was plying. The hartal had evoked total response in Kasargod, where normal