Karnataka

Mangalore, September 24: Karnataka State Human Rights Commission Chairperson S R Nayak on Saturday suggested to embark on a legal battle over the 'scarf issues' often being reported from different educational institutions of the state and country, where Muslim girls were not allowed to wear head scarf. Reacting to the case of Hadiya Iqbal, a second year student of Jain PU College, Moodbidri, who

Mangalore, September 24: In a heartrending tragedy, an elderly woman and her middle aged son were found charred to death under mysterious circumstances in their house at Kallandadka village in Bantwal taluk late on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Bhavaniyamma (60) and her son Krishna (32), who were living together. Local sources said that they were leading a poor life. Krishna, who

Mangalore, September 24: City police chief Seemanth Kumar Singh and Dakshina Kannada SP Labhu Ram came in the crosshairs of Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) which ticked them off for their failure to keep a check on errant subordinates. SHRC chairperson S R Nayak in particular was peeved at failure of city police in detecting the double murder case of a mother and daughter and a cab

Bantwal, September 24: Property worth several lakh rupees was gutted when a house belonging to a businessman in Vittla near here caught fire early on Saturday morning. However no injury or loss of life was reported. The house owner Shashidhar Pai was not present at the spot during the incident, it is learnt. The fire, which triggered in tile roofed house, situated on Vittla-Kasargod road, also

Mangalore, September 24: City based Reliance TimeOut, presented one of its kind workshop, A Happiness Evening. The workshop was conducted by Dr Rekha Shetty, author of the best seller, 'The Happiness Quotient'. The author demonstrated few happiness mantras from her book, which fueled the thirst of the audience to know more about the book. The workshop was followed by an interactive session and the

Mangalore, September 24: A seminar-cum-interaction meet on 'Future of Coastal Tourism' was organised on the eve of World Tourism Day 2011; jointly by the State Dept. of Tourism, DK Zilla Panchayat, Mangalore Association of Coastal Tourism and Pananmbur Beach Tourism Dev. Organisation in the presence of senior officials of the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) and Deputy

Mangalore, September 24: The team led by Kudroli Ganesh of Vismaya Jadoo Folk Magic fame has entered the finals of the prestigious reality show 'India's Got Talent', being aired by Colors television network. The presentation of a Yakshagana episode titled 'Kimpurusha Leele' interspersed with magical skills, in the allotted five minutes, mesmerized the spectators and the judges alike. The panel

Mangalore, September 24: The full-fledged registration process of Aadhar (Unique Identity Card) in Dakshina Kannada district will begin on September 29 and 225 stations will be opened in various parts of the district to facilitate the quick implementation of the programme, informed Centre for e-Governance Chief Executive Officer Dr D H Ravindran. Speaking to media persons prior to the workshop on

Mangalore, September 24: Sanskrit University Vice-Chancellor Prof Mallepuram G Venkatesh said that any piece of work should be stimulating rather than rigid. The work should be applicable to all times. Speaking at a seminar on review of Veerappa Moily's work organised jointly by M Veerappa Moily Sahithyavalokana Samithi in association with Janashakthi Seva Trust here on Friday, he said “a piece of

Mangalore, September 24: An accomplice of Madooru Isubu, who is in custody for his alleged links with notorious underworld kingpin Chota Shakil was arrested by Bajpe police on Thursday night. The accused is Mohammad Iqbal alias Iqbal (30) from Shanthinagar near Kavoor. A case had been booked against him at the police station for extortion a month back. He was produced before a local court on