Karnataka

Mangalore, September 6: Three youths from Dakshina Kannada district are languishing in a Jeddah jail for the past seven years, according to reports that have come to light recently. The three youths in the age group of 33 and 34 are spending days behind the bars after being slapped with fines by a local court in Jeddah. The trio have not been able to pay up due to their economic conditions and

Mangalore, September 6: The ambitious 37.47 km port road connectivity project between Surathkal and BC Road will be completed by the end of this year, nearly six years after the project commenced. Though the sanctioned cost of the project was Rs.196.50 crore, the revised estimate has pegged the cost at Rs 340 crore, according to a reply given by the minister of state in the ministry of road

Udupi, September 5: The last three year period of BJP rule in the state was the golden era for teachers as the Government implemented many of the teacher friendly and education friendly programmes, said Higher Education and Udupi District in-charge minister Dr VS Acharya. He was speaking after inaugurating the Teachers' Day celebration, organised by the District Administration, in association with

Udupi, September 5: Teachers day turned turned tragic to four lecturers of SVS PU College Katapady and another lecturer from Viveka PU College, Kota, as they were severely injured in a head on collusion between a car and a Mangalore bound express bus, on the National Highwat, at Udyavara here on Monday morning. The injured are Sociology lecturer Jadabharatha Sharma, Hindi lecturer Dilip Kumar

Mangalore, September 5: With black ribbons on their hand, teachers of Mangalore taluk showed their dismay concerning various decisions of the government at the Mangalore taluk-level Teachers Day celebrations held at AB Shetty Hall on Monday. Expressing their dissatisfaction, a memorandum was submitted to the District-in-Charge Minister which had various demands such as discontinuing the 10-day

Mangalore, September 5: The foundation stone laying ceremony for 'Vishwas Zahra Residency', the new project of Vishwas Bawa Builders was held at Katipalla near here on Sunday in the presence of Abdul Rauf Puthige and Sayed Mohammed. Among the guests, Sheik Ahmed, Amiruddin, Ajmeer Khader, Hajee Tannirbavi Siddique, Razak, Nazeer, Hajee Mumthaz Ali, Mansoor Azad, Majeed Steel Center, Mohammed Beary

Mangalore, September 5: The Mangalore Chess Academy (MCA) in association with Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan under the auspices of South Kanara district Chess Association has conducted Inter district Chess Tournament on Sunday at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, here. The tournament attracted 48 players from South Kanara & Udupi district, out of which 20 players were Fide rated. Prizes were distributed in Open &

Mangalore, September 5: Demanding to set right the disparity in wages paid to the PU College teachers, Dakshina Kannada district PU College Teachers Association on Monday staged a protest in front of the Office of Deputy Commissioner here. When MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik tried to convince the agitating teachers to withdraw their protest and participate in Teachers' Day celebrations, the protesters

Mangalore, September 5: MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik lamented that the political uncertainty in the State in the past three years, has contributed to the woes of teachers. He was speaking at the Teachers Day celebration organised under the aegis of Department of Public Instructions at Town Hall here on Monday. Mr Karnik said that the BJP led Karnataka Government could not give enough attention towards

Mangalore, September 5: A youth was killed, and another sustained serious injuries in a in a head-on collision between a speedy passenger bus and a car on the bridge over the Netravathi River near Ullal early on Monday morning. Police said that Alto car driver Ashwath died on spot while co-passenger Yahya was hospitalised in a serious condition. Eyewitnesses said the tragedy occurred at around 6