Karnataka

Mangalore, June 16: A lonely woman was forcefully evicted from her abode at Nantur Padav in the city on Wednesday thanks to the landlords who is accused of employing goons to throw household things and utensils out of the house. According to 45 year old Girijamma, the goons dragged her out of the home despite she appealed repeatedly to give her some time. “I have no other place to go now. This is

Udupi, June 16: Udupi DCIB police have arrested a person and reportedly recovered 349 grams of ganja worth Rs 8,000 from him. He was trying to sell the stuff near a footwear shop on JLB road. The arrested is Raju (62), a resident of Vadera Hobli at Kundapur. Following the tip off, police arrested him while he was waiting his customers near a footwear shop wrapping the ganja in a plastic bag. A

Mangalore, June 16: Shasthavu Sri Bhoothanatheshawara Temple, Badaga Yedapadavu, Mijar here is organising the Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Cross Country Monsoon Marathon with a cash prize totalling over Rs 7 lakh on August 15. Separate events will be held for men and women in five categories: professional sportspersons marathon (42.195 km), villagers half-marathon (21.095 km), senior citizens walkathon

Kasargod, Jun 16: A special court in Ernakulam allowed CBI to carry out narco-analysis tests on accused arrested in connection with the mysterious death of former Mangalore Qazi CM Abdullah Musliyar Chembarikka. The CBI team had sought permission from the court to subject 18 suspected to narco-analysis.The court has positively responded to the demand of CBI as the normal interrogations so far

Mangalore, June 16: A four-year-old girl child died after drowning in a lake at Badagahithlu in Bappanadu, Surathkal on Tuesday. The deceased Athmika was student of LKG at Mulky Narayana Guru English Medium School. The incident occurred when Guruprasad, the maternal uncle of Athmika took her to the bath to the lake along with her sister two year old Krithika. Both children were playing and

Mangalore, June 16: It's not yet time to write an ode to Mangalore tiles. Despite them having disappeared from rooftops as roofing tiles, they are now being preferred for insulation roofing. But this has not exactly translated into business for tile factories here as old tiles from demolished buildings are also being used for insulation roofing. While first class tiles still have good demand, the

Mangalore, June 16: The NMAM Institute of Technology of the Nitte Education Trust has signed an MoU with Penn State Harrisburg, USA to offer a 2+2 engineering programme for students. The first of its kind twinning programme in India offers a bachelor's degree in engineering, where students can complete the first two years of their study at Nitte and the next two years at Penn State, USA

Mangalore, June 16: A book on SR Hegde, founder of Tulu Koota, was released by Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy president Palthady Ramakrishna Achar here on Wednesday. The book is the 29th in a series of 31 books that the academy had brought out, called “Marepperanvandi Tuluver”, about persons from the region who have contributed to Tulu language and culture. Author M. Rathnakumar said that S.R

Udupi, June 16: Three houses and a school were damaged in heavy rainsin Udupi district on Wednesday. Sources in the Kundapur Taluk Office said the house of Manjunath Das was damaged when a tree fell on it at Haklady village. The loss had been estimated at Rs. 50,000. The house of Veronica Dais was damaged at Gujjady and the loss was estimated at Rs. 5,000. In the same village the cement roof

Udupi, June 16: Artist Purushotham Adve has questioned the statement of T. Murgeshi, Lecturer in the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology at MSRS College, Shirva, and folklore expert S.A. Krishnayya about an idol of mythical unicorn found at Kalya near Nitte in Karkala taluk of Udupi district. The story about the idol had appeared in the media a couple of days ago. Mr. Adve told