Karnataka

Mangalore, March 11: Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav has directed officials to take stringent measures against the law breakers and book criminal cases against people who dump construction waste in the public places. At a meeting convened to review the development works of MCC on Thursday Yadav said that negligence on part of officials has resulted in continued waste dumping under the limits of

Mangalore, March 11: Possibilities of constructing a fly over at Hampankatta Junction were discussed at a meeting convened by Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav to review the development works of the Mangalore City Corporation. However, no specific decision was taken in this regard at Thursday's meeting, said an official press release issued here. Yadav directed the MCC officials to complete road

Mangalore, March 11: A gram panchayat president has been trapped by the Lokayukta sleuths red handed while accepting bribe from a labourer. Kedila Gram Panchayat President Guddappa Rai had allegedly demanded bribe from complainant K Krishnamoorthi Bhat for the release of a bill pertaining to the construction of Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra building near the panchayat office. According to the complaint

Kasaragod, March 10: The police arrested Hameed, a native of Cheruvathur in Kasargod district and a resident of Jappinamogaru in Mangalore for stealing the service revolver and five rounds from a police man on a train. He stole the revolver and rounds from Rajesh, a constable attached to the Malappuram Armed Reserve camp in Kannur Express on February 28 while he was going to the AR camp from

Mangalore, March 10: Kemaru Mutt pontiff Eesha Vitaldasa Swamiji on Thursday visited the encampment of job seekers in the project displaced families of the Mangalore Special Economic Zone, whose indefinite hunger strike in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner went on for the10th consecutive day. Expressing his support to the cause of the agitators, Swamiji said that it is the right of the

Udupi, March 10: Udupi district has been witnessing highest ever power cuts since a few days. On an average there is a power cut of 10 hours a day. Thanks to the protests against the coal based power project- UPCL. According to the sources, officials in the KPTCL had been unofficially asked to maximize the power cut in the district to nib the protests against the coal based power plant, causing

Udupi, March 10: Members of Udupi Block Congress Committee headed by its president Pramod Madhwaraj on Thursday evening staged a dharna infront of the Gandhi statue at Service Bus Stand here protesting against the state government's decision to stop accepting applications for the Sandhya Suraksha (old age pension), widow pension and handicapped pension. Hundreds of Congress activists participated

Kasargod, March 10: Police arrested Narasimha Naik (48) the accused in the Kumbla girls molestation case in Thekkot on the Kerala-Karnataka border on Thursday. A case under section 353 and 356 of the IPC for molestation and rape has been registered against him. Narasimha Naik who was running a gambling den in Kumbla allegedly molested five girls belonging to Dalit families by luring them with

Mangalore, March 10: Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) took out a rally on the occasion of the 52nd Tibetan National Uprising Day in support of the freedom of language in Tibet from Jyothi Circle and staged a demonstration at Nehru Maidan here on Thursday. Tasho Dhoudup, President of the TYC who led the rally said “We commemorate with pride March 10 in the annals of our freedom struggle as a glorious

Mangalore, March 10: Dubbing the charges of robbery and attempt to forcible conversion made by an 18 year old boy and saffron outfits against a Christian man in the city as an “apparent lie and conspiracy”, Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee (DKDCC) urged the police to withdraw the 'false cases' and appoint a higher police officer to conduct a thorough investigation into the entire issue