Karnataka

Mangalore, August 11: City based Konkani cultural organisation Mandd Sobhann, which is promoting Global Konkani Organisation or Jagotik Konknni Songhotton (JKS) in an attempt to unite Konkanis splintered and spread around the world in different castes, creeds, regions, dialects, scripts and many other varieties will host its first Global General Assembly here on August 20. Announcing this at a

Mangalore, August 11: Exuding a lot of confidence on getting big catch, hundreds of mechanised fishing vessels along Arabian Sea in Mangalore have lifted their anchors on Thursday, as the annual fishing ban came to an end. With this, Mangalore Fishing Port is once again is buzzling with activities. Among more than 700 mechanised boats, almost half have begun their voyage, according to fishermen

Mangalore, August 11: The Dakshina Kannada district BJP has decided to extend a warm welcome to the new Chief Minister Sadananada Gowda on his first visit to the district. Padmanabha Kottari, District BJP President told media persons that CM would be brought in a procession from the airport and would be felicitated at Sangha Niketan. “The CM might visit either on Saturday or after Independence day

Mangalore, August 11: Former Mayor Ashraf, along with a Congress delegation and his son Araf, on Wednesday evening met Mangalore City Police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh to clarify the issues raised in the wake of allegations against his son Araf. Araf was accused of luring a girl in to drug addiction and planning to pack her off to Mumbai. The girls' father Mr Arjun had even accused Araf of

Mangalore, August 11: In a first-of-its-kind exercise, Mangalore Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh convened an exclusive meeting of Muslim leaders, office-bearers of Muslim association to discuss the problems faced by the community members. The meeting was convened also in the backdrop of the upcoming Eidul Fitr and Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. The police chiefs discussed the ways and

Kasaragod, August 11: A woman who was riding pillion in a motor bike died as the two wheeler overturned after falling in a puddle on the National Highway near Uppala on Tuesday night. Zainaba,46, residing at the Badar quarters in Bhgavathy nagar died of the injuries. She was returning from the house of a relative in Udyavar in the motor bike her son Kalanthan was riding. Zainaba fell on the road

Mangalore, August 27: Reaching out to the most deserved and poorer sections among the community effectively and methodically is Hidaya Foundation's approach towards tackling the issue of poverty. Hidaya foundation, a mangalore based organization has been sincerely engaged in a constructive way in addressing the problem of poverty among Muslim for quite some time now. And it has now ambitious plans

Kaup, August 11: In a heart rending tragedy, two students of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), who went for swimming on Wednesday in Arabian Sea at Kaup beach in Udupi district drowned. The victims have been identified as Abhijit Singh (18), from Chandigarh, and Janakish (21), a citizen of Macedonia. According to police the body of Janakish has been recovered with the help of local people

Mangalore, August 11: Sulaiman, a resident of Nelyadi near Uppinangady has finally reached his home after spending three years in a Saudi Arabia jail after being convicted in an accident case. The 53-year-old man arrived at the Bajpe airport on Wednesday afternoon from Mumbai and was received by his family members and wellwishers. His two children were also present. Speaking after the arrival

Mangalore, August 11: The Beedhi Badhi Horata Samthi along with CITU staged a stir against the atrocities of police on street vendors, at Bunder Police Station on Wednesday. The protestors alleged that Traffic Police Sub Inspector Gopalkrishna Bhat confiscated the weighing scales of the street vendors on Tuesday in spite of MCC stopping the Civic Tiger operation on account of Ramzan. The tussle