Karnataka

Mangalore, May 21: Congress leaders and workers in the city on Monday paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was killed in a suicide bomb attack on this day 21 years ago. Rich floral tributes were paid to the portrait of the sixth prime minister of India at a programme organised by Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee to commemorate 21st death anniversary of the late leader

Mangalore, May 21: A meaning of social activists decided to drag the Mangalore City Corporation to High Court for its negligence in forming ward committees in the city on Sunday. At the meeting organised by 'Namme Mane Namma Ooru' at Barathiya Vidya Bhavan, chief convener of the organisation B S Chandru said the MCC had failed to form ward committees in all the 60 wards even thought there were

Shirur, May 21: Green Valley National School & PU College of Shirur has secured cent per cent results for the fifth consecutive year in the recently announced ICSE syllabus class X examination results. Mawad Ifra is the school topper with 95%. Out of the 46 students appeared for exams, six have scored more than 90% marks. 24 students have secured more than 80% marks. Rest all have got more than 70

Mangalore, May 21: In an act of goondaism, a youth and his grandmother were assaulted by a group of miscreants over a trivial reason at Adyar on the outskirts of the city on Sunday night. The injured Safwan and his grandmother Asiyamma have been admitted to a private hospital. The assailants have been identified as Ashraf, Nawaz and Mustafa, all residents of Adyar. It is learnt that Safwan and

Mangalore, May 21: Honnamma, mother of Vittal Malekudiya, has alleged that the police have taken away Rs 22,000 kept in the cupboard, to help his son's education. The money went missing after the police arrested Vittal and took away everything from home. “Vittal had given me the keys of the cupboard in which he had kept Rs 22,000 which he had saved before leaving for Mangalore University for his

Mangalore, May 20: The Dakshina Kannada district committee of Janata Dal (Secular) on Sunday celebrated former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's 80th birthday at Cheshire Home, the rehabilitation centre for physically challenged at Kankanady, here. As part of the programme, former minister of Karnataka Amarnath Shetty distributed the cake and fruits to the inmates. Speaking on the occasion, he said

Mangalore, May 20: Attempts to forcefully evict Malekudiyas from their forest lands citing that it belongs to Kudremukh National Park is a violation of the Forest Tribal Rights Act, said Prakash Karat, General Secretary, CPI (M). Speaking at a discussion meet on 'The menace of Naxalism and Atrocities against Adivasis and their Human Rights' organized by 'Maanavata Vedike' in Mangalore on Sunday

Mangalore, May 20: The charges of sedition and waging war against the state slapped on tribal boy Vittala Malekudiya, the Mangalore University student who has been arrested by ANF, are absurd, said Prakash Karat, General Secretary, CPI(M). Speaking to mediapersons after meeting Mr. Vittala and his father Linganna Malekudiya at the Mangalore jail, the veteran Left leader said that charging cases of

Mangalore, May 20: Kasargod based Nagma Mohamed Mallick presently Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of India in Bangkok, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Republic of Tunisia. An official press release from the Ministry of External Affairs said Ms Mallick, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1991 batch, was expected to take up her new assignment shortly. Ms

Mangalore, May 20: Some families of the 2010 Mangalore air crash victims, who were unhappy with the quantum of compensation, may now file cases in a civil court here seeking its intervention on Monday. Mangalore Air Crash Victims' Families Association president Mahammad Beary told The Hindu on Saturday that around five or six relatives of the victims of the May 22 air crash in which 158 persons