Karnataka

Mangalore, June 26: The resignation of Suresh Kumar, State Law Minister and a subsequent clean chit being given to him was all a 'drama', B Janardhana Poojary, Senior Congress leader has said. Speaking to media persons in Mangalore on Tuesday, Mr. Poojary said that Chief Minister D V Sadanada Gowda through a wicked plan has rescued Mr. Kumar who had tendered his resignation on Saturday after media

Mangalore, June 26: The attack on the Christian prayer hall at Holy Hill is a pre-planned attempt to ignite communal violence in the region, B Janradhana Poojary, Senior Congress leader, said. Speaking to mediapersons after visiting the prayer hall at Holy Hill on Tuesday, Mr. Poojary said that the attack has been carried out to create communal tension in the region and polarise votes as elections

Mangalore, June 26: “It is a combined responsibility of different sections of society to prevent people from getting addicted to drugs and the drug-addictors should not be treated as 'condemned.' Instead, they deserve the treatment of humility,” opined Mangalore City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh. He was speaking as a chief guest in a programme organised by Department of Psychiatry

Mangalore, June 26: A team of Mangalore City Corporation on Tuesday morning raided two prominent plastic manufacturing industries located at Baikampady Industrial Area in the city and seized huge quantity of prohibited plastic carry bags. The team comprising of Environmental Engineer Manjunath R Shetty, Madhu, Sanitation Inspectors Yashwanth, Santhosh, Sushanth, Poovappa, Karunakar and Babu

Mangalore, June 26: The Fishermen are the best 'eyes and ears' of the country when it comes to keeping a check on terrorism and sea crime, said R K Sharma, Commandant, Coast Guards. He was speaking at an interactive meet between the Coast Guards and fishermen community at Ullal on Tuesday. Stating that even if the total man-force of navy, Coast Guards and Coastal Police is put together it cannot

Mangalore, June 26: In order to create mass awareness regarding voluntary eye donation, a team of BJP Yuva Morcha activists from Mangalore South unit have embarked on a district-wide campaign under the banner of 'Kamala Jyothi'. The campaign kick started on the occasion of the death anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the godfather of modern Hindutva and Hindu Nationalism, with 38 young

Mangalore, June 26: A 22-year-old motorcyclist was killed and his pillion rider was injured when their vehicle was hit by a speeding lorry near Kavoor junction on Monday evening. The Kavoor police said Dayanand (22) and his friend Chetan (23), a sales executive, were going towards Kavoor temple. The driver of the lorry, in his bid to overtake the two-wheeler, hit the motorcycle from behind

Riyadh, June 26: A Talapady-Uchila based expatriate worker died after collapsing in his room at Badia in Riyadh, the capital city of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The deceased is Hasainar (55). He was working in the oil rich nation for nearly 32 years. Sources said that he collapsed and died of cardiac arrest last Friday evening while he was making preparations to send home some goods through cargo

Mangalore, June 26: The Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation will be disbursing loan and subsidies under eight different schemes. However, not many applications have been received from Sullia taluk and Christians, pointed out Corporation President A N Aboobaker. Addressing a press meet, Aboobaker said that June 30 is the last date to receive applications. He also said that he shall take up

Udupi, June 26: Chairman of ICICI Bank K.V. Kamath has been selected for the K.K. Pai National Banking Award for 2012-13 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to banking development and his innovations in the field. In a press release issued here on Monday, secretary of K.K. Pai Trust, Ammannaya, said that Mr. Kamath's name was unanimously recommended for the award by the awards panel