Karnataka

Mangalore, October 29: The Janachethana Yathra of former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani will reach Mangalore on October 31 and the public meeting will be held at Central Maidan at 11 am. Addressing a press meet here on Friday, Dakshina Kannada district BJP unit President Padmanabha Kottari said the yathra aims at cleansing the political system with clean and transparent administration. The BJP

Mangalore, October, 28: Dakshina Kannada district committees of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal will be jointly organising a blood donation camp in remembrance of those who “died for the cause of Ram Mandir construction in Ayodhya”.Announcing this at a press meet Manohar Tulujaram, DK district president of VHP, said the camp would commence would be held between 9:00 am and 4:00pm on next

Udupi, October 28: Yashoda Mujhekhana, who was arrested injured, at the police encounter with the naxalite, at Idu, in Karkala taluk, in 2003, on the charges of her association with banned Maoist movement was acquitted in the Udupi District and Session Court here on Friday. District and Session Judge Narendra Kumar Gunaki passed the acquittal order. Police, in the charge sheet filed in the court

Bhatkal, October 28: A youth was killed on spot and four others sustained injuries when a car in which they were travelling rammed into a roadside tree on the outskirts of the town. The deceased has been identified as Venkatesh Naika (26), a native of Hadilu near Bhatkal. Nagaraja Gonda (29), Chandra Manju Gonda (22), Krishna Narayana Gonda (40) and Sudha (30), have been hospitalised with severe

Manjeshwar, Oct 28: The two localites, who among the 60 rescued voyagers on board an Iranian flagged ship, which sank in the Persian Gulf last week, have returned to their respective homes on Wednesday with sound health. “We saw death very closely, as we lost our 13 fellows on board, to whom we would never meet. The grace of almighty God and prayers of our parents saved us”, said Mohammed Haneef

Mangalore, October 28: The death toll in the accidental blast at the crude oil storage tank at phase III of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) near here has gone up to three, as one of the inured labourers died in hospital. Rahim of Gulbarga, who was being treated for burns in the accidental fire, died in the hospital on Thursday. Rahim was among the four who had sustained burns in

Mangalore, October 28: Panambur beach which otherwise echoes innocent laughters, silent walks and waves kissing the shores, on Thursday echoed vedic chants as Jecintha Essling Wintzer (37), a native of Bong Town in Liberia and Wolfram Essling Wintzer (37) of Moers city in Germany entered wedlock here. The two entered the new phase of their life in a typical Hindu traditional wedding wherein the

Mangalore, October 27: Today, Quantam Physics has taken us to a level, which makes us believe in the existence of God. If an scientist argues with you that there is no god as you cannot see him, then simply question back, “Can you seen an electron? Scientists themselves have won noble prizes on writing what they cannot see,” said MAHE former Vice Chancellor Dr B M Hegde presenting an interesting

Mangalore, October, 27: Like previous years, KMC Hospital, Mangalore, will be observing World Stroke Day October 29, said Dr Sunil Deshpande, senior vice president operations and medical superintendent of the Hospital. Laying emphasis on the importance of World Stroke Day at a press meet here on Thursday, Mr Deshpande said that the Stroke Management Team at the KMC Hospital has successfully

Mangalore, October 27: As part of Deepavali celebrations, Go-Puja (rituals for cows) was performed at the Mangaladevi Temple and Sri Sharavu Mahaganapathi Temple in the city on Thursday. At Mahaganapathi Temple the programme was organised by Govanithashraya Trust, Pajeeru, Beejaguri. Local leaders of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal including Sharan Pumpwell, Dr. Ananth Krishna Bhatt