Karnataka

Mundgod, March 2: In a heartrending incident, two school children drowned in a small lake in the Mundagoda Taluk of Uttara Kannada district on Wednesday. The victims have been identified as Muhammad Yaseen and Muhammad Jafar, both aged 16 and students of SSLC at a local High School. The incident occurred a few minutes after the children got into Chitidi Lake in Bhadrapur village for fishing

Udupi, March 2: Govardanagiri Trust promoted by Pejawar Mutt pontiff is organizing Homa, Yaga and other religious rituals at the goshala premises on the auspicious Panchagraha Yoga days of Mar 2, 3 and 4. This is being done to make it convenient for the donors and other interested parties to visit the goshala run by the trust in Neelavara near Brahmavar and have a look at the cattle there

Mangalore, March 2: Thousands of youth and children took out a rally on Wednesday in Mangalore under the banner of Sunni Students' Federation (SSF) to mark the occasion of 'Eid-Milad'. The men only march coupled with vehicle rally, was organised by Dakshina Kannada district committee of SSF as part of its month-long state-wide Eid-Milad celebration. Led by a galaxy of Sunni religious leaders, the

Mangalore, March 2: Amid various rituals, Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra at Kudroli on Wednesday received a splendid gift, a silver chariot offered by an affluent family in the presence of former minister B Janardhana Poojary and a galaxy of priests. The ratha was formally dedicated to the temple on the auspicious vrashaba lagnam muhurtha of 12:42 pm coinciding with the period when the annual festival

Mangalore, March 2: A serial smash-up involving at least five vehicles on Wednesday afternoon near Attavar here left two persons injured. The incident occurred at around 12:20 pm due to the break failure of a speedy Mahindra Champion goods van, which hit four vehicles before dashing into laterite bricks piled up on the roadside. The wayward Mahindra van damaged a Benz car bearing Registration No

Mangalore, March 2: Thousands of devotees visited Shiva temples in and around the city of Mangalore on Wednesday to offer special prayers on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri.Manjunatha temple at Kadri, Gokarnanatheswara temple at Kudroli, the major Shiva temples of the city, witnessed huge attendance of devotees .A large number of devotees were also seen at Panchalingeshwara temple in Urwa

Mangalore, March 2: An elderly woman died on spot after she got thrown out of a KSRTC bus near Beeri junction at Kotekar village in Mangalore taluk on Tuesday evening. Ullal police have identified the victim as Sundari (55), wife of Rama Mulya, a resident of Kotekar. The bus bearing Registration No KA 19, F2786, was advancing towards Mangalore from Kasaragod. The tragedy occurred when the woman

Kasargod, March 1: The Indo Arab Confederation organized a campaign to enroll the maximum number of expatriates and their families in the voters' list for the upcoming assembly polls here on Tuesday. A help desk was also setup to offer them support and advise in this regard.The Indo Arab Confederation called upon the expatriate voters to utilise the opportunity graciously allowed by the election

Mangalore, March 2: Air India Express has so far settled 40 cases by distributing a total of Rs 24.02 crore compensation among the kin of the 158 victims who died in Mangalore air crash. Union Minister for Civil Aviation Vayalar Ravi on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that Air India was in the process of settling the remaining cases. The Court of Inquiry (COI) has submitted the draft final report on

Mangalore, March 2: At least 9 people were injured, one of them critically, when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a roadside gorge Meltota in Kulshekhar on the outskirts of the city early on Wednesday morning. Police sources said the city bus that was on its way to Kulshekhar Chowki from Mangalore city bus stand skidded off the road and overturned at around 7: 30 am. The injured have