Karnataka

New Delhi, June 22: Refuting charges that Capt Zlatko Glusica, the pilot of Air India Express aircraft that crashed in Mangalore a year ago was not rostered to fly it, airline officials today said he was stationed in Mangalore two days before the mishap and was fully rested. The commander's son, Alexander Glusica, was quoted in a report as claiming that his father was called at the last minute to

Bantwal, June 22: Bantwal Urban Development Authority (BUDA) President A Govinda Prabhu was arrested by Bantwal rural police for allegedly assaulting a electrical contractor at Ramanagara of Moodunadugodu in Bantwal taluk. However, the court released him on bail on Tuesday itself. It was said that BUDA President had allegedly assaulted one Jagath alias Jagadeesh Poojary by barging into his house

Mangalore, June 21: Mangalore Constituency MLA U T Khader has expressed fear over further delay in the execution of the submersible reef work at Ullal, proposed to provide permanent solution to the sea erosion problem in the region. A New Zealand based ASR company in collaboration with a Hyderabad based company has come forth to take up the work for this ADB funded Rs 100 crore project, under the

Mangalore, June 21: Within 24 hours of the kidnapping of a call centre woman, the Mangalore city police not only rescued her safely but also arrested six persons on Tuesday, June 21. Philomena Serrao (25), who works in the BPO wing of MphasiS in the city, was kidnapped by a group of five people including her estranged husband Kiran Johnson Pereira of Merlapadavu at Baithurli near Neermarga on the

Karwar, June 21: Brushing aside the allegations of 'Muslim specific survey' by 'men in khaki', in some minority dominated areas of Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police R Ramesh on Tuesday said the police are carrying out their responsibility without any bias and prejudice. Confusion prevailed among the residents of Bhatkal town after the police launched door to door survey seeking

Mangalore, June 21: Janata Dal (Secular) organized an organizational meeting to chalk out plans on building its base in the district at Hotel Woodlands here on Tuesday. Prior to the meeting, Senior JDS leader addressing the media persons said that BS Yeddyurappa should be awarded with the title of the most corrupt Chief Minister in the history of independent India. When asked about the 'truth test

Mangalore, June 21: Terming the “oath politics”, as 'disgraceful', 'disagreeable' and an 'evil practice', Pejawar Mutt pontiff Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji urged Chief Minster BS Yeddyurappa and former Chief Minister HD Kumarasamy to withdraw from their scheduled “test of truth” before the deity at Dharmasthala. Addressing media persons after performing his Tulabhara in the city, the seer said that

Mangalore, June 21: As part of BJP's nationwide campaign 'Jan Sangharsh' which will be launched on Thursday June 23, the district unit of the party will also launch the campaign 'to expose the corruptions and scandals of UPA government and black money issues' on March 25 at Sangh Nikethan here at 4 pm. Former Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar would be the chief guest. Padmanabha Kottary

Mangalore, June 21: Engineering students of the Srinivas College have invented a 'Sixth Sense Gesture Recognition System' (6S- GRS), a medium of interaction between real world and digital world. The system is programmed in such a way that gestures made in front of the system is orally reproduced through system with which speech impaired people can easily interact with others informed Dr. Srinivs

Mangalore, June 21: Karnataka railway is usually neglected under the railway budget but the extension of Mangalore-Bangalore rail to Kannur instead of Karwar is an intolerable injustice made to the people of state. In order to fight against this injustice all political leaders should come on one platform and raise their voice said, Hanumanth Kamath, President, Paschima Karavali Railway Yatri