Karnataka

Mangalore, April 5: More than 60 youths who came from Bagalkot district to take fitness test for sepoy GD (General Duty) in the army recruitment rally at Mangala Stadium here on Monday had to return home disappointed. News report They arrived here based on a report that appeared in a popular Kannada daily that the recruitment was open for 11 districts, including Bagalkot. But they learnt on

Mangalore, April 5: The response to the move of the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police, S.T. Ramesh, asking people to mail him directly their grievances about the police had been lukewarm. “I have been receiving about 20 e-mails every day. While some are junk, the others are sent to Additional Director-General of Police (Grievance and Human Rights) and Superintendents of Police

Mangalore, April 5: Mutilated body of a seven-day-old baby was found near the Kumaradhara river in the Subramanya police station limits here on Monday. According to the local people, a couple was seen moving with the baby on March 31. “My fellow autorickshaw driver saw a couple moving with the baby in the morning. But the two did not have the baby when they were going to the bus-stand in the

Uppinangady, April 4: Ansarul Islam Youngmen's Association, Badriya Jumma Masjid, BA Hospital and Wenlock Hospital jointly organized a mega blood donation and health check up camps to mark Shamsul Ulama Memorial Day. B Ahmed Haji, Chairman of Muhiyuddin Group of Colleges presided over. Sundaresh Athaje, Administrator of Sri Sahasra Lingeshwara Temple, Musthafa Kempi, President of Uppinangady

Mangalore, April 4: In a unique gesture Arya Samaj Mangalore on Monday organised a Gayatri Yagna involving Dalits for the first time to mark its foundation day coupled with Yugadi festival. Priests hailing from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes performed the yagna under the supervision of upper caste people at Sri Kordabbu Barageshwara temple here. Addressing the gathering, prior to the

Mangalore, April 4: Doctors should always maintain a bond with patients as constant touch between them is very necessary in some cases, said well known Cardiologist Dr K Mukund. He was speaking after inaugurating the free heart problems detection and diabetic check up camp for general public organised under the joint auspices of Dakshina Kannada district unit of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV)

Mangalore, April 4: The security personnel of Mangalore Airport arrested a Doha bound student on Sunday for carrying a bullet in his wallet. The arrested is Muhammad Sadiq (26), a resident of Thalangere in Kasaragod. Sadiq, student of MBA in Qatar had arrived Mangalore Airport on Sunday morning to travel Doha by Air India Express. During the frisking, security personnel headed by CSF Inspector

Mangalore, April 4: A six-member PUCL delegation led by its state president PB D'Sa, met the Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Alok Mohan and the Mangalore Commissioner of Police Seemanth Kumar Singh and held discussions on a number of important topics such as human rights, communalism etc. On the occasion, copies of several PUCL reports and publications such as 'Report of the People's

Mangalore, April 4: In a gruesome road mishap, an aged couple was killed and six persons including three children injured when they were knocked out of an auto rickshaw in which they were travelling by a speeding private bus at Mani circle on Sunday evening. The deceased have been identified as Yusuf Mukrika (75) and his wife Beefathumma (65). The injured are their daughter Kubra (24), daughter-in

Mangalore, April 4: Besant Women's College, Mangalore has been awarded 'A' grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). A NAAC team had visited the college on 21, 22 and 23 February earlier this year for re-accreditation. The team members who visited the college included Dr.Kanta Ahuja, Former VC, Rajasthan University, (Chairperson), Dr.Kuldeep Kumar Raina, Deputy Director