Karnataka

Kasaragod, March 16: A leopard was trapped in a cage in Echikkanam near Kanhangad 25kms from here. Several incidents of killings of domestic animals were reported for the last few weeks before the people alerted the forest officials. They brought a cage from Wayanad to trap the wily leopard which did not show up during day time. The leopard was trapped in the cage set by forest officials as local

Mangalore, March 16: Here is an opportunity to watch day and night kambala (slush track buffalo race) on the banks of the Netravathi in the city on Saturday. A double-track kambala will be held in Jeppinamogaru on the banks of the Netravathi for the first time on March 19 and 20. The kambala will begin at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday and will continue all night under floodlights until Sunday evening

Mangalore, March 16: The monthly KDP meeting of the Zilla Panchayat resolved to recommend to the government to form a special provision to support paddy in the coastal district. Speaking at the meeting held on Tuesday, Zilla Panchayat President Shailaja Bhat said there is a need to protect paddy cultivation in the district. A recommendation to form a special provision to support paddy will be sent

Udupi, March15: Pejawar Mutt pontiff Sri Vishesha Theertha Swamiji has demanded the UPCL to stop the production of power, affecting health and environment, till the life of the people affected by the same is set right. Swamiji has also announced to observe one meal a day fasting, to show his concern for the affected people and share their sufferings, from Saturday. He was speaking at the

Mangalore, March 15: The members of Dakshina Kannada District Boudha Maha Sabha got together to observe a candle light vigil in front of Town Hall here on Tuesday night to mourn the deaths caused in Japan by a massive earthquakes and tsunami. With the candles in hands over 50 Buddhist mourners including children, men and women offered 10 minutes of prayer “Namo Thassa Bhagavatho Arahatho Samma

Vitla, March 15: A 15 year old boy has been missing from Gadiyar near here since March 10, after he left home for school. Muhammad Althaf, a Class IX student, at Perne High School, neither reached the school, despite leaving home early morning, nor retuned back home after last Thursday's departure, according to his parents. The parents of the boy came to know that he was missing only when the

Udupi, March 15: The media has failed to cover the genuine cause and the fact of real happenings in Egypt and the Middle East. The news you are reading in the newspaper is not a fact. You have to keep your sixth sense open said Bhatkal Anjuman Arts and College Professor Abdul Gafoor Savnoor addressing a community meeting organised by Jama'at-e-Islami Hind, Udupi Dist unit to discuss on the

Bantwal, March 15: In a bizarre incident, unknown thieves have stolen gold jewellery from the vanity bag of a woman, while she was travelling in a private bus on Tuesday afternoon. Mohini, a 28 year old resident of Manila Taridala, who works at a company in Baikampady near Mangalore, has lost her gold necklace, ear-ring, finger ring and bangle, onboard Vitla-Pakkalakunja bus. Thieves have used

Kundapur, March 15: Unidentified thieves, gained entry into a wholesale cigarette shop on Tuesday night and decamped with 30 huge boxes of cigarette packets, worth Rs 21 lakh, official sources said. It is assumed that the thieves might have used some heavy vehicle to transport the cigarette boxes after breaking open the lock of the KP Kamath and Company, located near Venkataramana Temple at the

Ullal, March 15: AK Sports Udupi and Alva's College Moodbidri have won National level flood light Tennis Ball Cricket (Over Arm) and Inter-State Kabbadi tournament respectively organized by Mukkacheri Friends Circle and Diamond Sports Club at Ullal Sea Groud near here. AK Sports Udupi, Naash Bangalore Davanagere Friends and Friends had entered the Semi final. But, in final AK Sports Udupi defeated