Karnataka

Udupi, July 19: Udupi Lokayukta police raided the Sub Registrar's Office and seized unaccounted amount of Rs. 20,615 from the officer and staff at Kundapur in Udupi district on Wednesday. Superintendent of Police of Lokayukta, Mangalore Division, D.S. Jagamainavar said that the Lokayukta police had done a surprise checking at the Sub Registrar's Office in Kundapur at around 5.30 p.m. The police

Udupi, July 19: The members of Komu Sauharda Vedike staged a protest before Udupi taluk office condemning the move of Ramakunjeshwara Degree College in Ramakunj (Uppinangady) not to allow students wearing headscarf (hijab) to enter college, in Udupi on Wednesday. Forwarding the memorandum to Governor through Tahsildar, Komu Sauharda Vedike President G Rajashekhar said that the instruction of dress

Panaji, July 18: Breaking his silence on possible entry of Sri Ram Sene in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said his government would take stern action against those who invite Pramod Muthalik, the chief of the right wing group, to the state. "I have kept a watch...I wanted to know who has invited Pramod Muthalik to Goa. Let me come to know and I will take action against them...They will

Mangalore, July 18: Khaleel Ahmed has been re-elected as President of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District unit of Jamiyyatul Falah, a well-known non-governmental organisation promoting education in Muslim community since 1988. The Selection held in an annual general body meeting held recently at Jamiyyatul Falah Community center, Mangalore. Khaleel Ahmed is a soft skills trainer. He has conducted

Mangalore, July 18: Finally a compromise formula to end the ongoing stand-off between the students of the Muslim community studying at Ramakunja First Grade College in Aathur near Uppinangady and the management over the issue of wearing scarf in the classroom appears to have been struck on Wednesday. Parents and guardians of nearly 30 students have reportedly agreed to back-out from the week old

Mangalore, July 19: Words of condemnation echoed in front St Aloysius College in the city with several students protesting against the July 9 molestation of a teenaged girl in the Guwahati, Assam. Addressing the protesters, student Suman D'Silva said, “We feel disgusted. The incident has raised questions about the safety of women in the country. There were many women who had undergone such

Subrahmanya, July 18: Scientists have found a new ornamental fish in Subrahmanya raising the possibility of discovery of many more new species in the Western Ghats. A new eel loach species named Pangio ammophila was found in Kumaradhara river in Subramanya in the district. They were collected from the sandy areas in the river's shallow by an Indo-British team of researchers. The fish is 25-30 mm

Mangalore, July 18: Two minors boys are languishing in Udupi jail as under-trials after the police arrested them along with six others after a communal violence in Kalladka recently. Khader and Abdulla (names changed) — both employed by a local bakery — have been in jail for more than 18 days, and yet the police did not check their age. While the First Information Report (FIR) by the B.C. Road

Mangalore, July 18: Politicians cutting across party lines, representatives of various associations, RSS cadres paid their last respects former RSS Sangh Sanchalak and former MUDA chairman Dr B Madhava Bhandary who died here on Tuesday. The cremation took place in the evening at Bolar crematorium. Mr Bhandary's body was brought from his house to the Sangh Nikethan Hall, Gandhinagar here and kept

Kadaba, July 18: The new teaching block at the Aysha Educational Institutions in Athoor, Uppinangady, was inaugurated on Tuesday by Jamaate Islami Hindi national secretary Ejaz Ahmed Aslam. M.B. Abdul Rehman, former president of Beary Sahitya Academy, B.S. Sharfuddin, guest lecturer, IGNOU Centre, Kuwait, K.M. Ashraf, secretary JIH Karnataka, Harekala Hajabba, Realiance Real Heroes award winner