Karnataka

Mangalore, October 17: Karnataka excise officials have seized around 216 litres of Goan liquor in a raid on the outskirts of the city on Monday. Acting on a tip off received by excise superintendent H Puttaswami, the sleuths of excise intelligence wing recovered the liquor cans hidden in a cluster of bushes near Padil railway over bridge, sources said. The value of liquor seized is estimated to be

Mangalore, October 17: Mangalore Airport Workers' Association started an indefinite protest outside the entrance to the airport, on Monday condemning sacking of contract workers without any reason. The protesters demanded the airport authorities to re-appoint the workers to their duty at the earliest. Addressing the protesters Association Member Krishnananda said that several local people working

Pilikula, October 17: Minister for Science and Technology Anand V Asnotikar on Monday afternoon inspected the construction work of Regional Science Centre at Pilikula Nisargadhama at Vamanjoor near here. RSC that is under construction at a cost of Rs 9 crore with equal funding from state and central governments is scheduled for inauguration in February next. The government has approved

Mangalore, October 17: As many as 15 helpless construction workers including a woman hailing from remote villages of West Bengal, who were forced to work as bonded labourers for over one and a half month under a contract company affiliated to Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited at Porkodi near Bajpe on the outskirts of the city, were rescued in an early morning operation on Monday

Mangalore, October 17: The state government should apologise Peoples Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasir Madani, who is lodged in Bangalore Central Jail since past 14 months, and release him immediately and unconditionally, said 'Dalit Voice' editor V T Rajshekhar. He was speaking after inaugurating Human Rights Protection conference demanding the release of Madani, organised by Karnataka Justice

Mangalore, October 17: The city unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Sunday organised a special lecture on 'Islamic Family and Inheritance Right' at RL Convention Hall here. Delivering the lecture in Urdu Maulana Sayyid Jalauddeen Umri, all India president of JIH, said that Islamic law of inheritance is based on justice. K M Ashraf, State Secretary of the organisation translated the lecture into

Mangalore, October 17: The 85th annual Nerche celebrations of Hazrath Sheikuna Muhammed Maula Jalal Masthan Al Bhukhari was commenced at Masjid Zeenath Baksh Central Juma Masjid, Bunder here on Sunday. Sayyed Basheer Ali Shihab Thangal inaugurated five-day ceremony, which will conclude on October 20, and offered dua. Haji Y Abdullah Kunhi, President of Zeenath Baksh Masjid presided over the

Mangalore, October 17: The undivided Dakshina Kannada district has the best hospitals and doctors. With this the district has great potential to convert the districts into a medical destination and tap medical tourism, said Karnataka Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat after inaugurating the BJP National Medical Wing's workshop on 'National Medical Policy', in Mangalore on Sunday.

Udupi, October 17: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dr G Parameshwar informed that congress leaders will meet Governor H R Bhardhwaj at the earliest demanding dissolution of state government as most of the ministers in the cabinet are facing charges of corruption and criminal misconduct. Speaking to the media persons here on Sunday he said that if Chief Minister D V Sadananda

Mangalore, October 17: Mangalore Air crash Victims' Families Association in a meeting held on Sunday, has unanimously decided to move to the Supreme Court at the earliest, challenging the Kerala High Court Divisional bench's decision which has set aside the single bench's verdict with regard to the compensation to be paid to the air crash victims' families. The Kerala High Court single bench judge