Karnataka

Mangalore, July 21: Banks in Dakshina Kannada district have crossed business level of Rs 25,885 crore as on March 2011. This level of business is achieved by 427 bank branches in the district which includes deposits of Rs 16,472 crore and advances of Rs 9,413 crore said JS Shenoy, Deputy General Manager, Syndicate Bank. He was speaking at a meeting held at Taluk Panchayat here on Thursday to

Uppinangady, July 21: For more than four decades, his boat has been a 'lifeboat' and a means of transportation, especially during floods, for many people residing on the banks of Kumardhara and Nethravathi rivers that pass through Uppinangady and neighboring villages. Now, the unexpected sale of the traditional boat by 70 year old Adamaka for Rs 8,000, has become a matter of concern for the local

Mulki, July 21: The suspended head master of the Karnadu Government High School, Jagadeesh Acharya aged 50, allegedly committed suicide by hanging on Monday. He hanged himself with a saree, outside the Yuvaka Mandala building of the Padupanambur Grama Panchayat near here. He had served 28 years as a high school teacher and was promoted as headmaster two years ago. It may be mentioned here that

Bhatkal, July 21: Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Alok Monhan clarified that no investigating team had visited Bhatkal in connection with recent serial bomb blasts in Mumbai. The IGP was responding the queries of media persons after paying a visit to Bhatkal police station on Wednesday. Recent media reports stated that a team of officials of Mumbai's Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) had

Mangalore, July 21: The Supreme Court has allowed Navdanya, a recognised premier network of organic farmers headed by Dr Vandana Shiva and human rights activist and environmentalist Dr Ravindranath Shanbhag to file an intervention application in the case filed by Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) seeking a country-wide permanent ban on Endosulfan. According to a press release, the apex

Mangalore, July 21: The Kerala High Court judgment ruling that the families of the victims of the Air India Express crash in Mangalore Mangalore last year are entitled to a minimum individual compensation of Rs 75 lakh has evoked a sense of relief among the the relatives of those who died in one of the worst air disasters in India's aviation history. Welcoming the decision, Mohammed Beary

Mangalore, July 20: More than a month after his son was released, Muhammad Ali, a 60 year old resident of Ullal, who was arrested on terrorism charges nearly three years ago, walked free from Bangalore Central Jail located in Parappana Agrahara on Wednesday, July 20. Mohammad Ali was dragged out of his home at Ullal along with his son Javed Ali (22), in a pre-dawn operation carried out by Mumbai

Mangalore, July 20: Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor Prof T C Shivashankara Murthy was conferred with the honorary rank of Colonel Commandant by the Director General of National Cadet Corps (NCC), Ministry of Defence at a solemn ceremony on the University Campus at Mangalagangothri near here on Wednesday. He is the third VC of the Mangalore University after his predecessors B Hanumaiah, and K

Mangalore, July 20: A 32-year-old married woman alleged that she was gang-raped by two persons inside an auto-rickshaw near Gantalkatte under Moodbidri police station limits. Shamshad, wife of Abdul Basheer, a resident of Paddandadka near Venur in Belthangady taluk accused certain Naushad and Farooq, residents of Gantalkatte of raping her after taking her to an isolated place on Monday, July 18

Mangalore, July 20: Civic workers of Mangalore City Corporation on Wednesday staged a semi-nude protest demonstration in the city seeking fulfillment of their various demands including regularisation of their services. Over a hundred Pourakarmikas, both men and women, under the banner of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Pourakarmikara Hagu Nalkane Darje Naukarara Sangha, took out a rally from Jyothi Circle