Karnataka

Mangalore, July 13: Members of the district unit of the Students Federation of India (SFI) stayed away from classes and held a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Thursday urging the government to fulfill their demands. Speaking on the occasion, Nitin Kuttar, District President, SFI, said that although 25% reservation in private schools for poor and marginalized

Uppinagady, July 13: A group of Muslim girl students of Sri Ramakunjeshwar College at Ramakunja near here on Thursday boycotted classes and staged a protest demanding the College management to allow them to wear headscarf in front of male students and teachers in the classes. The protesters accused the College management of deliberately curbing their religious rights in the pretext of uniform

Mangalore, July 13: Four persons were killed in three separate road accidents reported from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasargod districts. Two people were killed and nine others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between a private bus and jeep on NH 75 at Perne in Puttur taluk on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Kamala (60) and jeep driver Jagannath (48), both residents of

Mangalore, July 13: A Jewellery shop Kinnigoli near Mulky was burgled on Wednesday night. Gold and silver ornaments worth Rs.8.2 lakh were taken away, according to a police complaint filed by shop owner Prithviraj Acharya. As per his complaint, the miscreants entered his shop by bending the shutter bars. They took away 8 kg of silver and 271 gm of gold ornaments. The displays were broken and gold

Mangalore, July 13: The Mangalore City Corporation carried out a drive to remove all the illegal hoardings, cut outs and banners at Airport road on Thursday. The illegal hoardings were removed from the roads between Yeyyadi and Mary Hill. As many as six hoardings that are put up in gross violation of civic sense and also the civic law were removed. A team of MCC officials comprising of Joint

Mangalore, July 12: Miffed at no representation to the Bunt community in the Cabinet of Jagadish Shettar, BJP leader B. Nagaraj Shetty has tendered his resignation to the post of Chairman of the Coastal Development Authority (CDA) and as member of the party. He had sent his resignation letter to president of the Dakshina Kannada unit of the BJP Padmanabha Kottari with a request to forward it to

Mangalore, July 13: He has a national level record in javelin throw against his name. He won the second place in long jump in the international athletics sports meet held in 2010 in Pune. He is now preparing for the international sports meet for senior citizens slated to be held in Sri Lanka from July 27. Meet the 72 year old Jonathan Anand Soans, a resident of Mangalore staying in a small house

Udupi, July 12: MLC Kota Srinivasa Poojary has emerged as the only representative from twin districts to get a ministerial berth in Jagadish Shettar led BJP government. Though eight out of 13 MLAs in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi belong to the BJP, the new Chief Minister has preferred 50-year-old MLC. New Minister Kota Srinivasa Pujari was the last to arrive for swearing in

Mangalore, July 12: “The practice of 'Made Snana' that is carried out at Kukke Subramanya, Udupi and all other temples, must be abolished by the government. If required I will not hesitate to give away my life in opposition of the unconstitutional practice”, said K S Shivaramu, President, State Backward Classes Awareness Forum. Addressing mediapersons at a press meet in Mangalore on Thursday, Mr

Karwar, July 12: A person was killed after a truck rammed into his bike at Mudubhatkal on National Highway 17 in Bhatkal here on Thursday. The victim is 32-year-old Ramachandra Masti Naik, a resident of Gulmi village. The incident occurred when he was moving towards Kundapur on his two-wheeler, the speeding truck mowed him down. The errant driver managed to flee from the scene. The Bhatkal police