Karnataka

Kasargod, Oct 14: A memorandum was submitted to Railway South Zone General Manager Deepak Kishan by Various organisations led by MP P Karunakaran on Friday demanding more trains in the Malabar sector and stop for important trains at the Kasargod station. The memorandum demanded starting of the proposed Kannur-Mangalore passenger train to ease the travel problems of the passengers especially

Mangalore, October 15: The Zilla Panchayat has prepared a 'Vision 2020' document for the integrated development of the district at an estimated cost of Rs 2,500 crore and the document will be submitted to the Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda either on October 17 or 18, said Zilla Panchayat President Shailaja Bhat. Addressing a press meet here on Friday, she said a delegation with ZP members, MP

Kasaragod, October 14 : As many as five persons were injured in clashes, in Meeppuguri near Choori on the outskirts of the city, where two motor bikes when set on fire and three houses including a residential quarters were stoned around 10:30 pm on Thursday. Another group beat up Ibrahim,68, of Choori. His sons Sameer,30, and Shabeer,20 were also beaten up. They were later admitted to hospital

Mangalore, October 14: Popular Front of India has strongly condemned the attack on leading advocate and social activist Prashanth Bhushan by a group of miscreants belonging to Sri Ram Sena. “The attack has once again raised questions on the security of the activists who dare to challenge injustice. Attacks on social activists are on an increase which is an alarming trend”, said PFI chairman E M

Mangalore, October 14: Bharatiya Janata Party led Karnataka government is considering to introduce separate syllabus for Sunni Madrasa students in the state, according to Abbas Shariff Under Secretary, Social Welfare Department (Minority Welfare). Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of a programme here, Mr Shariff said that the government is also thinking to convene a meeting of the leaders

Mangalore, October 14: Respect and love for the Kannada must come out from one's heart, as mere slogans and rallies cannot preserve the language, said Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel. He was speaking after inaugurating the stage programme organised as part of 'Kannada Nudi Theru Jagruti Jatha' at Town Hall here on Friday. The four-day awareness Jatha organised by Kannada Development Authority (KDA

Mangalore, October 1: Mangalore city unit of Jamiyyatul Falah distributed scholarship for poor students at a programme held at the Community Development Centre of the organisation. Unit president Saduddin M Salih presided over the programme, which was commenced with the recitation of Quran by S A Siraj. Ex-president of Jamiyyatul Falah PBA Razzak and treasurer Zameer Ambar were the chief guests

Mangalore, October 14: BJP National Medical Wing will be organising a workshop on 'National Medical Policy' on Sunday, October 16, at Dr AV Rao Conference Hall in the city. Announcing this to media persons at a press conference here on Friday, Dr. K Mohandas Bhandary, working committee Member, BJP Doctor Cell Karnataka, BJP National Medical Wing, said that the workshop will be inaugurated at 9:00

Udupi, October 14: The Karnataka State Junior and Senior Athletic Championship-2011, to be held from Oct 13-16, was inaugurated at Mahathma Gandhi Stadium, Ajjarkad, Udupi on Thursday evening. Former athlete Ashwini Nachappa inaugurated the championship by handing over the lit torch to the athlete. In her inaugural address Nachappa said that at the athletic championship held at Mysore last year

Mangalore, October 14: In all, 90 passengers bound for Mumbai from Mangalore could not travel on Thursday as the Kingfisher Airlines in which they had been scheduled to fly did not take off in the afternoon because of an issue related to re-fuelling, sources in the airport said. Sources said that Hindustan Petroleum refused to re-fuel the aircraft as the airlines had not cleared its dues. The