Karnataka

Mangalore, June 23: On the one hand Mangalore city has grown rapidly with concrete roads, high rise buildings, new dividers and so on. However, the development has taken away the bus shelters in the city. When the Mangalore City Corporation undertook widening and concreting of roads, several footpaths and bus shelters were demolished. Even after completing the road work, the bus shelters are still

Mangalore, June 23: Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition filed by S Thippeswamy, Associate Professor, Department of Bio-Sciences challenging an order of Mangalore University to give him compulsory retirement with terminal benefits. A single bench court headed by Justice Anand Byra Reddy upheld the decision taken by the Syndicate of Mangalore University to take strict

Mangalore, June 23: A city traffic constable was injured following an altercation on the road between him and a Karantaka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus conductor near Karavali Circle on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses told The Hindu that the KSRTC bus from Puttur halted at a place where police have disallowed stoppage for any vehicle. Traffic constable Rajesh objected and asked the bus

Mangalore, June 22: Port has initiated environmental measures which include plantation of 10000 saplings in 2010-11 along with other measures to minimize pollution and has been certified as “Environmental Management System” ISO 14001: 2004 certificate. As a part of making “A Clean and Green Port”, Port planned “Vanamahotsava – 2011” for planting another 10000 saplings for 2011-12 and commenced

Mangalore, June 22: The six persons, arrested in connection with kidnap case of BPO employee Philomena Serrao, were produced before a district here on Wednesday. An employee at Mphasis, Philomena was kidnapped on Monday while she was on her way to office in a vehicle engaged by the BPO. Within 24 hours of the incident, the Mangalore city police not only rescued her safely but also arrested six

Mangalore, June 22: Tense atmosphere prevailed for over half an hour near city bus terminus here, where the anti-'civic tiger' protesters gheraoed the MCC's eviction vehicle, when it was allegedly “stealing” the vegetables and fruits of hawkers on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred at around 11 am when the activists of Beedhi Badi Vyaparasthara Horata Samiti returning after staging a protest

Mangalore, June 22: Selection of Ashraf Ahmed as the new president of Ullal Dargah, is purely unconstitutional and a pre-planned effort to breach the unity of the Committee members said Akbar Ullal, Convener, Ullala Savira Jamath Rakshana Vedike, here at press meet on Wednesday. Alleging that Assistant Qazi Koyamma Tangal is an unethical person disguised in religious robes, Mr. Akbar said that he

Mangalore, June 22: With the arrest of a person on Monday, Pandeshwar police have claimed to have busted a visa racket in which hundreds of youth aspiring for overseas employment were cheated. The arrested is Damien Merchant who hails from Mumbai. After a hot chase through the arterial roads in Mangalore, Damien was apprehended by his angry clients and handed over to Pandeshwar police station. A

Mangalore, June 22: K. Ibrahim Haji, former president of Kandathpalli Masjid, died here in the wee hours of Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was 77. A tea merchant by profession he was also associated with a number of organizations including Crescent Welfare Centre in Bunder Mangalore. He was suffering from various ailments over the last one year and had been hospitalized for nearly 50 days

Mangalore, June 22: Dr Emmanuel Lalith Kumar, Lecturer in History, SMS College, Brahmavar, who was dismissed from service on flimsy grounds has been ordered by the High Court of Karnataka to be reinstated with immediate effect. The High Court upheld the order of the Education Appellate Tribunal of Udupi and rejected the writ petition of the Management of SMS College namely OSC Educational Society