Karnataka

Udupi, September 7: K. Raghupati Bhat, Udupi MLA, received a threat call on his cellphone here on September 5. The police said on Thursday that Mr. Bhat had filed a complaint stating that when he was on his way home at Ambagilu, he received a threat call at 4.45 p.m. “I was near Peramapalli house near Ambagailu on September 5, when I received a call on my mobile phone from an unknown person. He

Kasaragod, September 7: P.S. Mohammed Sagir has taken charge as the District Collector of Kasaragod on Thursday. Mr. Sagir replaces V.N. Jithendran, who has been transferred as the District Collector of Pathanamthitta. Prior to taking up the new assignment, Mr. Sagir, hailing from Kodungalloor in Thrissur district, was the Director of Higher Secondary Education. Formerly, Mr. Sagir had served as

Udupi, September 7: G. Rajashekhar, writer and president of the Udupi district unit of Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike, on Thursday condemned the alleged attack on a Muslim girl by activists of ABVP at her college at Bellare. He said Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishath (ABVP) has no ethical rights to take law into hands and the attack on a Muslim girl in Bellary is ABVPs despotic behavior against

Bangalore, September 7: With the Centre sitting on the bill to bring in a strict ban on the slaughter of cattle, including cows in the State, the Cabinet on Thursday decided to bring in an amendment to an existing piece of legislation, seeking to ban the slaughter of bull and bullock besides the cow. It was also decided to recommend to the Governor to promulgate an ordinance for this purpose. The

Mangalore, September 6: NCF, one of India's leading organiser of exhibitions and trade fairs, will be organising National Consumer Fair for the fifth consecutive year in Mangalore at Karavali Utsav Grounds. Considered as the country's biggest shopping and amusement exhibition, the fair will have over 100 stalls including those related to automobiles, home and kitchen appliances, solar products

Mulki, September 6: Thieves broke into a house belonging to a George D'Souza and made off with a car which was parked inside the compound of the house near Kinnigoli. The stolen car was a Maruti Swift with Reg No KA 20 – N 5223. Finding nothing of any value in the house, the thieves acquired the vehicle's keys from the showcase and took away the car. While George D'Souza had settled in Mumbai, his

Bangalore, September 6: Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike has urged the government to appoint efficient and secular police officials to probe the charges levelled against Muslim youths recently arrested in Bangalore and Hubli on terror charges. Addressing media persons here on Wednesday, representatives of the KKSV, including the former MLC A.K. Subbaiah, the former Minister B.T. Lalita Naik

Mangalore, September 6 'Bequest', a two-day national level inter-collegiate talents competition organized by Besant Women's College, Mangalore, commenced on Thursday. Speaking at the inaugural session, Shylaja Rao, Chief Operating Officer of Robosoft Technologies, Udupi, said that today's generation did not relate to the older values of our culture. “The present culture is very different to that

Mangalore, September 6: Dozens of students on Thursday formed a human chain under the banner of Campus Front of India (CFI) at Ambedkar Circle in the city disrupting traffic flow for a few minutes to register their protest against manhandling of a college girl by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists. The protesters raised slogans against saffron outfits and demanded to the

Mangalore, September 6: The identity of the suspected naxalite who was shot down in the forests near Kukke Subramanya has not yet been ascertained, Pratap Reddy, IGP, Western Range said. Speaking to mediapersons on Thursday at the Mortuary of Government Wenlock Hospital in Mangalore where the body of the suspected naxalite has been kept, Mr. Reddy said that it has not been determined as to what