Karnataka

Udupi, June 19: Two women lost their lives when an explosive storage shed was blown up at a village in Udupi district on Tuesday evening. The deceased have been identified as Ambika Malesh (24), a resident of Bagalkot and Malavva (35) from Kushtagi in Koppal district. Udupi Superintendent of Police M B Boralingaiah said that the blast occurred at Sooda village in Karkala taluk at around 5:30 pm

Mangalore, June 19: The fears of residents of Melakoppala, Athrebailu and Kulur areas have come true with the rains coupled with the flooding caused by River Phalguni causing considerable damage to property on Tuesday. Villagers of these areas had been protesting against the mud dumping carried out by MSEZL along the River Phalguni stating that it would cause flooding on the other side where their

Mangalore, June 19: A 'Help Desk' was inaugurated at the Government Lady Goschen Hospital in Mangalore on Tuesday under the auspices of the Indian Red Cross Society, DK district. Ajai Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, Corporation Bank, inaugurated. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Shantaram Shetty, Chairman, Indian Red Cross Society, DK district, said that the Desk will be beneficial to all

Mangalore, June 19: Police have failed to make any breakthrough in the brutal murder case of a woman and her three children at Bettampadi village in Puttur taluk. Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal told media persons at his office on Tuesday that the district police were still clueless on the whereabouts of Venkatramana Bhat, who allegedly murdered his wife and three children at his home on

Mangalore, June 19: The Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has alleged that city's St. Aloysius College has meted out injustice to students. Addressing media persons at the Press Club in Mangalore, Ramesh K, State Secretary, ABVP, alleged that the College authorities had given 'unsatisfactory' remark in the conduct certificate of a student Bindu Madhava Tilak, also an ABVP activist, just

Mangalore, June 19: Dakshina Kannada district police have nabbed eight interstate thieves who had been involved in several, theft, robbery and doctoity cases. Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal told media persons at his office on Tuesday that the sleuths of District Crime and Intelligence Bureau have arrested a man in connection with serial theft cases under the limits of Puttur police

Mangalore, June 19: Among the applications submitted this year for Hajj pilgrimage across the state, applications within Sl.No.880 have been disposed of and the concerned applicants are required to deposit their amounts in banks, Naqwa Yahya, DK and Udupi Hajj operations in-charge has informed. 480 applications from Dakshina Kannada district and 73 from Udupi district were disposed of in the first

Mangalore, June 19: Dozens of families were rendered homeless across coastal Karnataka as heavy rains and flash floods have continued to wreak havoc in various parts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts. Several houses were damaged in last 24 hours of rain in Dakshina Kannada. Three families on the banks of Gurupur River were shifted to safer place after their house was

Manipal, June 19: Even though the bodies of two Manipal Institute of Technology students were recovered from Mannupalla lake, the damaged pedal boat which had led to the tragedy in the wee hours of last Saturday is still missing. Udupi district Superintendent of Police M B. Boralingaiah has said that police have not yet traced the boat as the search operation so far was concentrated on recovering

Kundapur, June 19: A fisherman, who went for fishing at the Kubja River at Soukur village in Kundapur taluk on Sunday is reported to be missing. According to the Kundapur Taluk Office, a person Shekhar Poojary (38), a resident of Kandlur in Kavarady village, went for fishing with two of his friends at around 6 p.m. on June 17. He accidentally slipped from the rock on which he was standing and