Karnataka

Bhatkal, September 3: An abandoned boat found off the coast of Murudeshwar near here pressed the panic button, as teams from Customs department and local police rushed to the site for inspection. After hours of frantic search and verification of authorities, an all safe signal came through with a sigh of relief. A source in Murudeshwar police station said, on a tip-off that a deserted fishing boat

Malpe, September 3: Owing to the rough sea, a fisherman who had been fishing fell off a boat into the sea and drowned on Friday night, according to a report. The deceased has been identified as Venkataramana (34) from Bhatkal. The incident occurred while he had been returning back to Malpe with his companions Santhosh, Janardhan, Buddhuvant and Pandu. On the way, the sea turned rough due to bad

Mangalore, September 3: The Property Cards (PR Cards) which would be given to owners of properties as part of the implementation of the Urban Property Ownership Records (UPOR) project, would act as a 'mirror' which would reflect the true property status in the city, said V Ponnuraj, Commisioner, Survey Settlement and land records and head of Urban Property Ownership records project. Addressing

Mangalore, September 3: Members of the DK and Udupi Guest Lecturers' Association submitted an appeal to the Deputy Commissioner at his office in Mangalore on Monday demanding fulfillment of their various demands. Their demands include continuation of appointed Guest Lecturers every year, consideration of M.Phil degree on par with PhD while carrying out appointments, payment of due salaries besides

Mangalore, September 3: Kalkura Prathishtana will organize a national-level Children festival 'Shri Krishna Vesha competition', at Kadri Shri Manjunatha Temple on Saturday, September 8. Addressing the media persons here Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, President of Kalkura Prathistan said that the competitions will be held under 16 categories at eight venues with the purpose of enhancing religious and

Mangalore, September 3: As part of its cultural awareness programmes, Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy will be holding 'Pernal Sandola' at Town Hall on September 8 and launching 'Beary folk rally' on September 9, according to Academy chief Rahim Uchil. Addressing press conference here on Monday Mr Uchil said that 'Pernal Sandola' would be the combination of a variety of cultural programmes from 3

Udupi, September 3: The death of a 24-year old man, who was suspected to have suffered from leptospirosis (rat fever), has trigged panic reactions from the people in the district. However, doctors have not yet confirmed the cause of death. Raveendra Achayra, who had been suffering from severe fever since last Monday was admitted to a private hospital in Manipal and died on Friday night as he

Mangalore, September 3: The Anti-naxal Force personnel exchanged fire with suspected naxals during combing operations at Palligadde in Kulkunda near Subramanya on Sunday evening. The ANF team was waiting to ambush the naxals from the past three days after receiving confirmed reports that there was naxal movement in that area and they had visited a house in that area a few days back. ANF IGP Alok

Bangalore, September 3: Police Commissioner Jyothi Prakash Mirji on Sunday said investigation by City Police had revealed no plans to attack the Nuclear power station at Kaiga in Karnataka by those arrested for terror links over the past few days. Mirji's observation was in contradiction to Union Home Secretary R K Singh who on Saturday said Kaiga was on the radar of the arrested men. Reports from

Bagalkot, September 3: The mother of one of the suspected ultras arrested recently has claimed that her son is innocent and is not involved in terrorist activities. Sakina, whose son Mohammed Yousuf Nalband is in the custody of the Bangalore City Crime Branch (CCB) police, claimed that her introvert son only went to the mosque for prayers and he does not even have a passport. Dismissing the