Karnataka

Mangalore, March 3: In a shocking development, a Mangalore University student and his father were arrested by sleuths of Anti-Naxal Force on charges of having links with Naxalites. Vittala, a first year student of Mass Communication and Journalism and his father Linganna were taken to Venur Police Station on Saturday for inquiry after detaining them at their home at Kuthlur near Naravi in

Mangalore, March 3: By stating that grant of reservation for Muslims will result in bloodshed, BJP State President K S Eshwarappa is trying to divide people on communal lines in order to gain mileage in Udupi-Chikmagalur by-polls, alleged Mr. C Ahmed Jamal, Secretary, DK District Committee, Indian Muslim League. He was addressing media persons at the Press Club in the city on Friday

Mangalore, March 3: Lions Club International, District 324-D5 along with Sri Ramakrishna College, Bunts Hostel conducted 'Personality Development and Today's Youth', an inter-collegiate level two-day seminar on Friday and Sunday. The seminar invited guests to talk on various topics. Lion Naveen Shetty was the convenor of the program. The guest speaker for Saturday was Dr Srinivas Kukkilaya, a well

Mangalore, March 3: People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has accused Mr. Naveen D'Souza, Corporator, Mangalore City Corporation (MCC), of engaging in corruption and encouraging a city builder to grab public land. Addressing media persons at a press meet on Saturday, Mr. P B D'Sa, President, PUCL and Mr. Frank Miranda, resident of lower Bendur area, accused corporator Naveen D'Souza of forging

Mangalore, March 3: A silent protest walk was organized by Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists' Association from clock tower circle to Deputy Commissioner's office in the city on Saturday against the assault by lawyers on journalists and policemen in Bangalore's City Civil Court premises. Media persons carried black flags and wore black ribbons to express their condemnation of the shameful

Mangalore, March 3: The former Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde asked the young nursing graduates and diploma holders to uphold professional and moral values and not allow it to go down. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences here on Friday, Mr. Hegde said society had been losing values and it could not be allowed to go down further. “See the incident that

Bhatkal, February 2: The activists of Students of Islamic Organisation of India took out a protest rally in the town against the saffronisation in the education system of state syllabus. Addressing the protestors Naseef Ikkeri said that SIO wanted to build a healthy student community on the basis of moral and humanitarian values. He said the government unfortunately is hell bent on poisoning the

Mangalore, March 2: Criticizing the current foreign policy being adopted by the central government, E Aboobakkar, National President, SDPI said that India is trying to please the US and Israel. He was speaking at the party's 'People's Political Conference' held at Nehru Maidan in the city on Friday. “What was the need to set up an Israeli consulate in Bangalore when that country doesn't possess

Mangalore, March 2: Journalists came out on streets in Mangalore protesting the attack on their colleagues in Bangalore by lawyers on the premises of the city civil court on Friday. They held a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office and shouted slogans against the State Government for failing to protect journalists while discharging their duty. They also submitted a memorandum

Bangalore, March 2: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Friday evening denied media reports about the death of a policeman in the advocates' attack in city court. Most of the Kannada TV channels had earlier claimed that a constable attached to Viveknagar police station died of injuries in Bowing Hospital following attack by the advocates this afternoon. The journalists had assembled to cover