Karnataka

Mangalore, July 15: A senior IPS officer and his wife got injured in what could be a fatal road mishap at Kanyady village of Belthangady taluk near here on Friday. The Director General of Police of Home Guards, Fire & Emergency Services Dr. D V Guruprasad (59) and his wife were travelling towards Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala, when a speeding private bus plying from Dharmasthala to Mangalore, hit

Mangalore, July 15: The perennial dilemma faced by a film director while transforming a classical work into visual form dominated the discussions that followed the screening of P. Sheshadri's award-winning movie “Bettada Jeeva” at Roshni Nilaya here on Friday. Reacting to an observation made by journalist Praveen Padigar that the movie did not have the same climax as in the Shivarama Karanth's

Mangalore, July 21: The 15th Independence Cup Football Tournament will be held under the aegis of Dakshina Kannada District Football Association from July 18 at District Football Stadium adjacent to Nehru Maidan in the city. Addressing a press meet here on Friday DKDFA president D M Aslam said as many as 150 teams including 10 girls' teams have registered their names for the tournament and the

Mangalore, July 15: As part of their week-long movement against corruption, the district units of left parties including the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), CPI, All India Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party staged a demonstration in front of Deputy Commissioner's Office here on Friday seeking the fulfillment of various demands. B Madhava, District Secretary of CPI (M)

Bangalore/Bhatkal, July 15: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into the murder of Mangalore-based human rights advocate Naushad Kashimji. Naushad Kashimji Justice Mohan Shantangowder ordered the probe after hearing a petition seeking a CBI probe into the murder and the alleged involvement of four police officers in the two-year old case. Naushad, who was shot dead outside his

Mangalore, July 15: Strongly opposing the Government's decision of having religious text imparted as a subject in the primary and higher primary schools, DK district unit of AHINDA said that teaching of all religious texts to students of primary and high schools across Karnataka should be immediately banned. Addressing a press meet here on Thursday, AHINDA DK district unit Working President

Mangalore, July 15: Residents of an apartment and surrounding villas near Nandigudda in Jeppu had to spend the whole night in anxiety and fear as a giant banyan tree leaned onto the building in a potentially dangerous manner following heavy rains on Thursday. The 150-year-old banyan tree, which had partially got uprooted just a couple of weeks back, could not withstand the accompanied with gusty

Udupi, July 14: Demanding the immediate withdrawal of Bhagavad Gita Abhiyan in schools, the district unit of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike on Thursday staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner, here. Addressing the gathering Dalith leader Jayan Malpe accused the government of trying to disturb the communal harmony in the state. He accused the BJP led state

Mangalore, July 14: In what appears to be a violation of protocol, Vidyaprasanna Theertha Sripadangalavaru of Subrahmanya mutt has shown disrespect to the State-anthem at a State level Dasa Sahitya Sammela which was commenced at Town Hall here on Thursday. Seer was present at the programme to 'grace the occasion' in the absence of Pejavara mutt pontiff Vishweshatheertha seer. The seer was stuck to

Mangalore, July 14: Pioneering the first-ever Computer Navigated joint-replacement surgery in the medical history of Mangalore, a team of senior orthopaedic surgeons successfully performed a Knee-Replacement prosthesis on Vasanthi Shetty, a 62-year old homemaker suffering from Osteoarthritis since the past five years. The surgery was, led by world renowned surgeon Dr. Christoph Saager, who has