Karnataka

Udupi, July 1: A 16-year-old girl was molested and sexually harassed by two drivers of a Tamil Nadu State Transport bus in which she was travelling from Sathyamangalam to Nitte near Karkala, on Wednesday night. The girl, along with her younger brother, boarded the Coimbatore Kollur Tamil Nadu State Transport bus at Sathyamangalam on Thursday evening. The duo were proceeding to Nitte, where their

Udupi, Jun 30: Lokayukta Police in Udupi on Thursday caught a village accountant red-handed while receiving a bribe of Rs 1000. Narayana Poojary, village accountant of Parkala, had demanded a bribe of Rs 1,000 from one Anil Kumar for converting 9 cents of land in Herga village for residential purposes. The village accountant had been postponing the conversion of land quoting silly reasons of rains

Mangalore, June 30: P Tamilvanan, Chairman, New Mangalore Port Trust has been conferred Doctor of Philosophy in Economics by the Department of Economics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore for the thesis submitted on “A Study of Major Ports of India: An Analysis of Operational and Financial Performance during 1985-86 to 2008-09” under the guidance of Dr RS Dhananjayan, Professor and Head (Retd.)

Mangalore, June 30: Even though the phenomenon of paid news and corruption scrolled into the field of media several years ago, the growing bond between politicians and journalists in recent years has resulted in the disappearance of honesty in the journalism, lamented senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu. He was presenting his views on media and corruption at a seminar and interaction programme

Mangalore, June 30: A corpse of a whale measuring an estimated 22 feet in length has been found lying on the coast of Thannirbavi near here on Thursday. The body of the whale was decayed partially and it is yet to be ascertained as the cause of its death, and its age. The masses of people are coming down to the beach to view the lifeless sea creature; despite the fact the corpse is emitting a very

Mangalore, June 30: OneCity Media Pvt. Ltd, the publisher of Yellow Pages directories released its 2011 edition at Mangalore Press, here on Thursday. G G Mohandas Prabhu, President, Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry released the fifth edition of Yellow Pages for Mangalore and Udupi districts. While speaking about the new edition, S A Bashir, Director, OneCity Media Pvt. Ltd said that

Mangalore, June 30: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has used the tax payers' money to flaunt advertisements to prove his personal point regarding the 'truth-test' at Dharmasthala. The Chief Minister should pay it back to the State treasury from his personal means, demanded CPI(M) District Committee Secretary B Madhava at a protest held against the corrupt BJP government at Deputy Commissioner's

Mangalore, June 30: The Yenepoya Foundation, a unit of Yenepoya Moideen Kunhi Memorial Educational and Charitable Trust, has invited applications from students for its academic excellence awards. The awards are for students who have excelled in SSLC/PU and undergraduate (completed final year degrees) examinations held for 2010-11. A few awards have been reserved for Muslim students. The awards are

Mangalore, June 30: Central team 'assesses' 2 Grama panchayants in DK in half day Standing Committee of the Ministry for Rural Development headed by senior BJP leader Sumithra Mahajan visited Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday to assess the implementation of various centre funded projects, to understand problems in implementation, gather suggestions with regard to improving the implementation

Mangalore, June 30: President of Dakshina Kannada unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party K. Padmanabha Kottari said on Wednesday that the party had not accepted the resignation of the former minister B. Nagaraja Shetty to the primary membership of the party. He told The Hindu that Mr. Shetty had submitted the resignation letter to him five days ago. He had quit as chairman of Karnataka Coastal