Karnataka

Bantwal, October 1: A 35-year-old man, who was missing from Paanemangalore since past one and a half month found dead on Friday evening near Melkar village in Bantwal taluk. The deceased has been identified as Abdul Latheef, a physically challenged man, who had left his home on August 10. His relatives had lodged a complaint with Bantwal town police on August 18, after a week long search. It is

Bantwal, October 1: A driver lost his life while his tipper lorry plunged into a gorge near BC Road on Friday while transporting sand. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed (50), a resident of Talapadi. Incident took place when he was returning to BC Road from Goodinabali near Paanemangalore after unloading sand, which he had brought from Farangipet. It is said that the driver lost control

Puttur, October 1: In a tragic incident, a college student was crushed to death when a wall collapsed on him in Puttur late on Thursday. The victim has been identified as Prakash Kumar (19), son of Kukkadi Balakrishna Gowda, a resident of Aryapu village. He was involved in the renovation work being carried out at the Mahalasa Medical and the shopping complex. He was digging the foundation pit for

Mangalore, October 1: Teachers like the musical chords with multiple notes. They create music out of the raw material entrusted to their care, said Fr Clement Mascarenhas, Principal of St Sebastian Pre University College Permannur. The chief guest was speaking at the St Aloysius B.Ed. College Annual Day celebration, here on Friday. Fr Mascarenhas lauded the efforts of teachers in shaping the young

Mangalore, October 1: A Sub Inspector of Karkala police station and two constables are facing accusations of torturing a woman, who has been admitted to a hospital in Mangalore following the incident which happened in Gurupur Kaikamba on Friday. Zainaba, the victim, was allegedly assaulted by Sub-Inspector Pramod and two constables, who had barged into her residence apparently looking for her son

Mangalore, October 1: Amidst opposition from the Opposition members of Council, the Council of the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) resolved to disconnect supply of water to Ullal TMC if they fail to pay the pending dues of Rs 1.60 crore to the MCC within seven days. The Chief Whip said that the Ullal TMC is yet to pay a sum of Rs 1, 60, 43,500 to the MCC as on August 31. About 11 MLD water is

Udupi, October 1: Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Nallur Prasad said that the Parishat has newly constituted an award to felicitate the upcoming litterateurs. The Kannada Sahitya Parishat Award will be given away in the month of November which carries a cash of Rs 1,11,111 as the prize amount, he added. Speaking to mediapersons here after the concluding ceremony of two-day conference of taluk

Mangalore, October 1: The concept of beautification of Mangalore with the help of the builders was opposed by the MCC Council opposition members at a meeting here on Friday. Corporator Lancelot Pinto asked why should the MCC give all the materials for the construction of road? “If the builders come forward to develop a road in their money, then we do not have any problem. Why have we asked only

Mangalore, October 1: Learning a language is a skill, which can be cultivated only through constant practice and not by formulas, said renowned Islamic scholar Dr V Abdul Rahim. He was delivering a talk on 'Teaching the Language of Glorious Qur'an' organised by Unity Ilm Centre for the Arabic teachers recently at IMA Hall here. Dr Abdul Rahim, who is the Director of Qur'an Translation Centre at

Kochi, September 30: A petition requesting the Kerala High Court to review its earlier order giving Air India (AI) a free hand in settling the compensation for Mangalore air crash was dismissed on Thursday. On August 25, a division bench headed by Justice CN Ramachandran and Justice PS Gopinathan had quashed the earlier single bench order asking AI to pay Rs 75 lakh as compensation for each of the