Karnataka

Mangalore, September 20: Fed up with the despicable condition of roads in Tiruvailu ward of Mangalore City Corporation, dozens of residents on Monday staged a protest in front of MCC building under the banner of Communist Party of India (Marxist). The protesters alleged that the administration has neglected its duties towards the citizens by not undertaking repair works since long time. Addressing

Mangalore, September 20: A 26-year-old man met with a tragic accident on the National Highway 66 near Kallapu when his motorcycle was knocked down by a private bus here on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Sachin. Following the head-on collision, the motorcyclist fell off his bike and sustained fatal injuries. According to Ullal police, Sachin died due to the injuries and was not run

Mangalore, September 20: Mangalore City Police has released the portrait of a suspect wanted in cases of extortion and dacoity under Surathkal police station limits. People with information on the accused depicted in the portrait may contact the Police Inspector of Surathkal police station (9480805360) or Police Sub-Inspectors (9480802345) and 9480802344) or Suratkal Police Station 0824-2220540 or

Belthangady, September 20: In a heartrending case of police torture, a daily wage worker from Naravi has been abused by the police in Venur under the pretext of an inquiry. Jaya Poojary has been undergoing treatment at the Government Wenlock Hospital in Mangalore since last Wednesday. A theft had been reported at a home in Naravi on Monday. A complaint had been registered at the police station

Mangalore, September 19: K Harish Kumar, assistant commissioner, Puttur, has been posted as the new commissioner of the Mangalore city corporation. He will take charge from K N Vijay Prakash, who is appointed as the chief executive officer of Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat recently. Meanwhile, K A Dayanand, who was working as sub-divisional officer in Chikmagalur, has been transferred and posted

Mangalore, September 19: Alva's Education Foundation will organise this year's 'Alva's Nudisiri', a Kannada literary and cultural convention at Moodbidri for three days from November 11, chairman of the foundation M. Mohan Alva said in a release. This will be the eighth annual convention which will be held at Vidyagiri. The foundation had been organising the convention for the past seven years

Mangalore, September 19: Residents of Panjimogaru on Monday staged a protest in the city, demanding a high level inquiry into the brutal murder of a mother and her daughter occurred nearly three months ago. 35-year-old house wife Razia and her 8-year old daughter Fathima Zuha were murdered in their two-story house at Panjimogaru in Kavoor police station limits on June 28. Despite a prolonged

Mangalore, November 20: New Mangalore Port Trust Chairman P Tamilvanan claimed that there was no boat had arrived to the New Mangalore Port on September 14. This contradicts the claim by Vincent, the sole survivor of the 'Ocean Fisheries-2' boat tragedy that NMPT authorities had refused to anchor the boat in distress in the Port, Speaking to the media persons on Monday, the NMPT Chairman ruled out

Mangalore, September 20: People from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikmaglur and Shimoga districts flayed Mangalore Electricity Supply Company's proposed hike in tariff rate during the public hearing on Monday. A delegation of the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission held a hearing in the office of the Deputy Commissioner to record the objections of people to Mescom's proposed hike in tariff

Mangalore, September 18: On May 22, 2010, Mangalore airport had the worst air crash in its 61-year history, when an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Dubai overshot the runway here and crashed into a 300-metre deep valley, killing 158 people on board. At least 50 to 60 lives of flight AIE-812 could have been saved had fire tenders at the airport reached the crash site. They could not