Karnataka

Mangalore, November 26: Manual cleaning of drainage has been continuing in Dakshina Kannada district including in the city of Mangalore, in spite of Deputy Commissioner's recent warning. "I have been working under a contractor for seven years. On several occasions, I've got injured by syringes and needles. I work from 9am to 5.30pm every day. We don't have benefits like provident fund and our

Mangalore, November 25: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's acerbic criticism of Jnanapeeth award winner Chandrashekara Kambar in his party's mouthpiece 'Saamna' has raised hackles among Kannada activists in this coastal city too. Calling Thackeray as 'Kannada-virodhi', the protesters led by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike on Friday burned his effigy in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner, here

New Delhi, November 25: If Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi is to be believed, 11 airports in the country had been identified for posing safety risks to flight operations in the country. However, he also said that the government has enhanced the safety at these airports. “Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has identified 11 airports which were considered critical from flight

Mangalore, November 25: Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, Department of Public Instructions and Pilikula Regional Science Centre organized the Science Exhibition and Drama Competition at Vamanjoor near here on Thursday. Inaugurating the exhibition Vishweshwaraya Industrial and Technical Museum (VITM) Director Shivaprasad Khened said that one should develop a scientific point of view. Every

Dharmasthala, November 25: Literature and religion shout motivate communal harmony and promote peace and orderliness in society, said Bangalore University Vice Chancellor Prof A N Prabhudev. He was delivering the inaugural address at the 79th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana organised to mark the Lakshadeepotsava here on Thursday. He said Kannada literature is ranked second in history and it belongs to

Mangalore, November 25: The People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) and host of NGOs from Dakshina Kannada have condemned move by Catholic Association of South Kanara (CASK) to remove M F Saldanha, former HC judge from its governing council. PUCL called the move of the association as illegal, vicious, mala fide, motivated and vindictive. "Justice Saldanha is regarded as one of the highly

Mangalore, November 25: The mystery behind the missing of Arafath (23), a fisherman from Ullal, deepens as his whereabouts have not been found even after five days. Mohammed Basheer, Arafath's father, alleged that his son was picked up by Bajpe police from his house in Kotepura in Ullal between 1.30 am and 2.30 am on November 18. Basheer alleged in his complaint that three policemen in uniform who

Mangalore, November 25: The trial of Mohan Kumar, who has been facing charges of killing 20 women after administering them cyanide, continued on fourth day, Thursday with as many as six witnesses giving their statement at the Fast Track court. On Thursday, the issues related to the recovery of a dead body in a public toilet in Hassan bus stand, Mohan staying in one of the lodges in Madikeri using

Mangalore, November 24: The New Age India Forum (NAIF), on Thursday organised an inter-religious interaction meet at Town hall here. The chief guest of the function Rev Father Francis D Almeda, Vice principal of St Aloysius College, said that all the citizens of this country should unite as Indians, although they belong to different religions. “Integration must be developed within our minds”, he

Mangalore, November 23: As compared to its neighbours, Karnataka is not disabled-friendly. The state funds just 30 schools, a dismal number when compared to Maharashtra, which funds 900 schools, and Kerala, which supports 244 schools. The Karnataka State Commissionerate for Persons with Disability led by KV Rajanna has recently sent teams to neighbouring states to study how special schools are