Karnataka

Mangalore, March 1: Authorities as per a judgement of the deputy commissioner's court here on Tuesday impounded 102 LPG cylinders that were seized from Sri Aadimaye Gas Agency during a raid held on October 31, 2010. The authorities had seized the 130 LPG commercial cylinders that were stored illegally and four vehicles. The court also directed oil companies to initiate action against those

Udupi, March 2: The Lokayukta police trapped a Second Division Clerk of Udupi Taluk Office while accepting Rs. 2,000 here on Tuesday. According to a release issued by the Lokayukta police, G Shivapalan, a resident of Gundibail in the city, had approached the Taluk Office with an application for conversion of his 10 cents of land on December 6, 2010. When he learnt that the file had landed on the

Mangalore, March 2: Every 26 minutes, a woman or a girl in India is being molested, and every 34 minutes, a woman is being raped in the country, Shalip Kumari, Associate Professor at SDM College, Ujire, said here on Tuesday. Ms. Kumari was presenting a paper on human rights and the rights of women during a seminar organised here on human rights and unorganised labour. Quoting the latest figures

Mangalore, March 2: The identification of land for building an international stadium here has ruffled the feathers of some people connected with the issue. Two plots of land have been identified, one by the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and the other by the Dakshina Kannada Cricket Association (DKCA). While KCCI has identified land in Kulai, DKCA has identified land in Bangra

Udupi, March 1: Residents of Laxmindara Nagara, near Manipal, have raised their objection to a Bar and Restaurant, proposed to come up in “Daffodi”, a residential apartment, in the second cross. Speaking to press persons, on behalf of the residents, Dr Rajgopal Shenoy, professor of surgery, KMC Manipal, said that they learnt that excise department had issued permission to start a Bar and

Mangalore, March 1: The city of Mangalore has geared up for the Great Night of Shiva, popularly known as Maha Shivaratri. The festival will be observed with traditional fervour and gaiety across various temples in Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday, March 2. A large number of people are expected to throng major temples across the city including Sri Kshetra Kadri and Sri Kshetra

Mangalore, March 1: The job seekers in the project displaced families of the Mangalore Special Economic Zone on Tuesday launched an indefinite hunger strike in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner here to exert pressure on the government and the company to fulfill the promise of providing suitable jobs to the trained youth. Over a hundred youth, belonging to MSEZ affected families, who have

Mangalore, March 1: Dakshina Kannada district tops in the state in the list of police atrocities and human rights suppression said former Karnataka High Court Judge, Justice Michael F Saldanha. He was speaking after releasing a fact-finding report “State Terrorism-Police Atrocities in the Karavali Area” which is based on people's tribunal enquiry conducted by Peoples' Union for Civil Liberties

Mangalore, March 1: All the six persons, who have been arrested by the Mangalore police from different places under the jurisdiction of Commissionerate, in connection with Kabeer murder case, have a notorious background, said City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh. The arrested were produced before media persons on Tuesday afternoon with their faces covered before producing them to a local

Uppinangady, March 1: A driver was injured after a tanker carrying gas from MRPL to Bangalore overturned on NH 48 at Bedrodi in Uppinangady on Tuesday. The injured has been identified Bhaskaran (26), resident of Odakkur at Attur taluk in Tamilnadu. He has been admitted to a government hospital. Traffic on NH48 near Uppinagangdy has been paralysed for over seven hours after the incident. The