Karnataka

Mangalore, June 25: The price hike of petroleum products by the government has caused displeasure among many. Diesel, kerosene and LPG prices were raised to Rs. 3, Rs. 2 and Rs. 50 respectively from the last night. Followed by hike in diesel, KSRTC officers are going to have the meet in the evening which is a clear indication that bus charges will also be increased. It is also interesting to note

Mangalore, June 25: Dozens of devotees under the leadership of vice-president of Sri Manjunatha Temple Jeernodhara Samiti Pradeep Kumar Kalkura offered tender coconuts to the presiding deity for the welfare of mankind here. Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, deputy speaker of the state assembly N Yogish Bhat, administrator of the temple D K Kusumadhar, Corporator Ashok, Kannada activist Pradeep

Mangalore, June 25: With the intervention of a Bharatiya Janata Party leader, the two quarrelling factions of a group of Muslims, who identify themselves as 'Sunnis' have decided to forget their decades-old rivalry and unite. After AP Aboobakar, popularly known as AP Usthad, was ousted from a 'Sunni' group led by EK Aboobakar several years ago for his alleged misdeeds, the entire organisation had

Mangalore, June 25: Coming down heavily on the statement of Karnataka BJP president K S Eshwarappa that the CM would not take the truth test as “it is not the BJP's culture”, MG Hegde, State Secretary of JDS wondered as to which party BS Yeddyurappa and Shoba Karandlaje belong “since both have challenged 'truth test in the name of god' several times in the past” Addressing the media persons here

Mangalore, June 25: Until and unless people fight against corrupt officers, violation of Human Rights cannot be eliminated. It is the duty of youth to fight against such officers with courage to have a better democratic society in future, said Seemanth Kumar Singh, Police Commissioner, Mangalore. He was speaking after inaugurating the Human Right Education Cell of St. Agnes College Mangalore, here

Mangalore, June 25: District BJP President Padmanabha Kottari on Saturday confirmed that he has received a copy of resignation letter from B Nagaraj Shetty, Chairman of Karnataka Coastal Development Authority Chairman. Mr Kottari told that Mr Shetty requested to relieve him from the post, citing personal reasons. He said he has not rejected the resignation letter, but, brought the issue to the

Mangalore, June 25: After two days of searching in vain, the dead bodies of all three youth who got drowned in the Arabian Sea at Tannirbavi beach, were found deposited in three different places on the shore on Saturday morning. Panambur police confirmed that dead bodies of Deepak (23) and Santosh (24), were found near estuary here early morning. After a couple of hours, the mortal remains of

Mangalore, June 25: By re-electing U K Monu Kannachur as the president of Ullal Dargah, the two-week long conflict among the members of the Dargah committee has come to an end. Kanachur was re-elected as president on Friday with the consent of all 55 members. The election was supposed to be held last week, which was postponed due to the absence of Ullal Qazi Abdul Rehman Al Bukhari Tangal. In the

Mangalore, June 24: Criticising the move of the Mangalore City Corporation to introduce 24X7 water supply scheme in the City Corporation limits, social activist and documentary film maker Natesh Ullal said the privatisation of water supply would lead to several problems as the entire idea has several loopholes in it. He was speaking at a discussion on the Privatisation of Drinking Water Supply

Surathkal, June 25: Alleging injustice in providing jobs to the youth from the Project Displace Families (PDF) of Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ), the job aspirants have decided to move the court stating that the district administration and the Company have promised to provide jobs to only those youth who have undergone training at KPT, but the fact is that there are many more youth who