Karnataka

Mangalore, June 28: The spread of the menace of drugs and narcotics in the state is as serious a threat as terrorism said Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He was addressing media persons at the Deputy Commissioner's office on Thursday where he along with several other officials from various departments including police, environment, health, narcotics, district

Udupi, June 28: Around two dozen passengers were injured, few of them critically, in two separate accidents in Udupi district on Thursday. The first accident was reported from Pangala village on National Highway 66 where more than 15 passengers suffered injuries in a head on collision between a private bus and a tanker. The accident resulted in traffic jam on highway an hour as it took nearly half

Mangalore, June 28: Rtn. Dr. B. Devdas Rai, an eminent physician and Professor of Medicine, A.J. Institute of Health Sciences has been elected as the R.I.Dist.3180 Governor for the year 2012-13. The Installation Ceremony will be held on Saturday at St. Sebastian Hall Mangalore at 07:15 p.m. The outgoing Dist Governor Rtn. H.L. Ravi will hand over the reigns of the Rotary district to Rtn. Dr. Rai

Mangalore, June 28: A group of students from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Srinivas Institute of Technology, Valachil, have come up with a novel 'Coconut Dehusking Machine'. The machine peels of coconut husk through a mechanically controlled device. It can dehusk 120 coconuts in an hour. Final year B.E Mechanical Engineering students Ashwin M Kamath, Rahul R Kamath, Santhosh P Saldanha and

Mangalore, June 28: The state government has released Rs. 3 crores and Rs. 2 crores for Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts for the construction of footbridges in the coastal districts said B Nagaraj Shetty, Chairman, Coastal Development Authority. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Thursday, Mr. Shetty said that owing to many places in the coastal district where people

Bhatkal, June 28: In a joint operation Bhatkal and Honnavar police on Wednesday arrested an inter-State dacoits gang in Manki police station limits. The police arrested eight persons. Kumar Guru, kingpin of the gang, had escaped, it is said. According to M. Narayana, Deputy Superintendent of Police, the arrested persons were dreaded criminals with more than five cases were filed against them in

Udupi, June 28: The Karkala police arrested a bank manager on Wednesday on the charge of misappropriating Rs. 13.84 lakh. The arrested is Suresh K P who was working as a Manager at the Bhuvanendra College branch of SyndicateBank. According to a complaint given by the Deputy General Manager of SyndicateBank Regional Office, R. Subramani, the accused Suresh K.P. as a branch manager at the

London, June 28: Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain minute traces of alcohol, a study has revealed. According to tests carried out by the Paris-based National Institute of Consumption, more than half of leading colas contain traces of alcohol, Daily Mail reported Wednesday. These include the brand leaders Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola, while it is mainly only cheap supermarket versions of the drink which are

Mangalore, June 28: Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) has pledged to construct a full-fledged cricket stadium in city, said KSCA Mangalore Zone Chairman Dayanand Pai. He was addressing a gathering during the prize distribution ceremony of First division league championship 2010-11 at Mangalore Club in city on Tuesday. “It is sad that Mangalore, which has all the other facilities, lacks a

Udupi, June 27: Former Union minister and Congress veteran B Janardhana Poojary has said that fate of BJP led Karnataka government was in the hands of tainted former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. Replying to queries of media persons at a media conference here Wednesday, Mr Poojary opined that Yeddyurappa would not allow State BJP chief K S Eshwarappa to succeed D V Sadananda Gowda as the new