Karnataka

Mangalore, August 30: Yekkuru Baba, a rowdy, has been arrested for allegedly instigating a gang to assault youths from a different group over a frivolous issue. Two groups from Gorigudda and Jeppu had clashed on Sunday following a heated argument on Sunday. People in both the groups had used soda bottles against each other and several people had been injured in the incident. The injured have been

Udupi, August 29: As many as 700 Haj pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Uttar Kannada and Udupi districts will take off from Mangalore to Madina in the daily evening flights starting Sep 29 to Oct 3. Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda is expected to flag off the flight carrying Haj pilgrims at Mangalore Airport, said Karnataka State Haj Committee Member and Udupi District BJP Minority Morcha

Mangalore, August 29: Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore released the brochure containing the high-lights of the various projects planned on the occasion of the Post Centenary Silver Jubilee of the Diocese at Bishops house, here on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Bishop said that Mangalore Diocese has planned around seven projects to commemorate the jubilee year. “We will

Mangalore, August 29: The 32-year-old Mangalore based car driver, who was missing since four days, was found dead near Padubidri on Monday, police sources said. Govardhan (32), son of S Narayan, a resident of Sootarpete Kankanady was vanished after he dropped four strangers, who hired his car to Karkala on the night of August 25. Police said that a dead body of a middle aged man was found in the

Mangalore, August 30: Dr. N.S. Channappa Gowda, the deputy commissioner, has urged banks to provide education loans to students as he had received complaints that some banks are reluctant to grant loans. He was launcing the banker's campaign for 100 per cent coverage of farmers with Farm Credit at a meeting at his office on Monday. The meeting was held to formulate an action plan to provide Farm

Mangalore, August 29: District-in-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar said that all the schemes of State Government for minorities are aimed at eliminating poverty from the society. He was speaking after inaugurating the cheque distribution programme for the beneficiaries of various schemes under Karnataka State Minorities Development Corporation Limited (KMDC) at Town Hall here on Monday. Mr

Mangalore, August 29: A 17-year-old boy was arrested for attempting to rape a minor girl near a temple in Vamanjoor on the outskirts of the city on Sunday evening. Mohammed Mansoor, a resident of Vamanjoor and a student of Matha Education Trust Mangalore, is the accused. Police sources said that the boy attacked 15 year old Poornima from behind and attempted to outrage her modesty, while she was

Mangalore, August 29: Narayana Gatty, a resident of Kapikkad in Ullal, died here at his residence after a brief illness. He was 70. A retired non-teaching staff of the Karnataka Fisheries College Mangalore, he was also the Gurkar of the Ullal unit of the Gatty community. He was suffering from diabetes and died of cardiac arrest on Saturday night, according to family sources. He is survived by wife

Mangalore, August 29: An old woman was cheated of a gold chain and a cash amount of Rs 3,000 by a smooth-talking youth at Hampankatta here on Sunday. Gouramma (65), a resident of Beedekatte, Somavarpet was waiting for a bus in Bantwal, to visit her relatives in Punjalkatte. She was approached by a youth who tricked her to believing that she was his mother's friend. He is said to have tricked for

Puttur, August 29: In another incident of moral policing and religious goondagiri, four people have been assaulted by a gang for allegedly indulging in conversion before being handed over to the police in Nidle near Uppinangady on Sunday. The Upppinangady police have arrested the four and booked cases against them on the basis of a complaint filed by Praveen Boodujalu. Mary (60), a resident of