Karnataka

Mangalore, October 23: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and former Kasaragod MP T Govind on Sunday breathed his last at a private hospital in the city. He was 73. Born on January 11, 1940, as the eldest son of Raman Panikkar and Chemmarathi couple in Payyanur, Govind had formally entered the CPI as a member in 1963. The very next year he became the member of CPI (M). Recognising his

Manjeshwar, October 23: Two localites of the town were among the 60 fortunate people who were rescued after an Iranian ship carrying 73 voyagers sank in the Persian Gulf last Thursday. They have been identified as Avinash (25), a resident of Hosangady near here and Mohammed Haneef (37), a resident of Peringady near here. 13 people including seven Indian divers, who had stuck underwater, when the

Mangalore, October 23: The Akhila Bharatha Karmika Sangha members on Saturday withdrew their fast-unto-death agitation, following the assurance from Deputy Speaker in the Legislative Assembly N Yogish Bhat, on the problems in ESI hospital being set right within a month. ABSK general secretary Sudatta Jain, who had launched the hunger strike on October 18, withdrew the 103-hour-long agitation when

Mangalore, October 23: 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 two, as one of the inured labourers died in hospital. Authorities confirmed that Pappu Mahanto (22) from West Bengal, who was admitted to the burns unit of Father Muller Medical College Hospital here with nearly 70%

Mangalore, October 23: Mild tension prevailed in the city on Sunday morning as unidentified miscreants targeted the statue of St Theresa installed at St Theresa's School Bendur, Mangalore. The transparent fibre cell of the statue was completely damaged when the miscreants pelted stones in the early hours. It is said that three people, who came on a motorbike between 4:00 am and 4:30 am pelted

Mangalore, October 22: The issues of load shedding, sand mining and unrepaired roads dominated the progress review meeting of Karnataka Development Programme held at Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat here on Saturday. Expressing unhappy over the unscheduled load shedding, District in-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar directed the officials of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company to announce its

Mangalore, October 22: A three day district level youth fest is being organised under the joint auspices of Directorate of State Educational Research and Training, District Institute of Educational Training and Government Education Training Centre for Women in the city. Being held under the slogan 'Abhivyakta-2011' the fest was inaugurated on Friday evening on the premises of Government Education

Bantwal, October, 22: A women along with her two children has been missing for five days from Sajipandau village in Bantwal taluk. According to a complaint lodged by one DM Adam, a resident of Sajipanadu, his wife Shainaz (23) and children Samnaaz (1.5 year) and Fathima Safa (6 months) are missing since five days. Adam, an auto-rickshaw driver by profession had married Shainaz a few years ago. It

Murdeshwar, October 22: A tense atmosphere prevailed after a powerful blast rocked a house in Murdeshwar two days ago. Though the house owner has claimed that it was a cylinder explosion, local people have expressed suspicion about it. Two people sustained critically injuries in the incident which took place around 11 am on Friday. The blast was so powerful that, the roof of the house was blown

Kasaragod, October 22: A youth was hospitalised after he was brutally assaulted by a group of miscreants for allegedly trafficking cattle in a lorry. The victim has been identified as Ismail (28), son of Ibrahim, a resident of Kanyana Mandiyal. It is said that the miscreants, who came in a vehicle, waylaid the lorry after stoning it on National High at Mallangai, near here. They also dragged the