Karnataka

Mangalore, February, 25: Mangalore City Corporation Mayor Rajani Dugganna on Friday said that the civic body is planning to have a Special Police Force to regulate the water bills and dues. Dugganna, who is expected to vacate the office within a few days, addressing a press meet at the MCC said that this step is very necessary as the water bill arrears of MCC since 2003-04 have already reached Rs

Mangalore, February 25: The Dakshina Kannada rural police have busted an inter-state gang of vehicle thieves with the arrest of its five key members.The arrested are Moidin alias Unhi (37), son of Ummar and resident of Varkady village in Kasargod, Sayyed Nihal alias Sayyed Irfan Nihal (40), son of Rashid Saab and resident of Bangalore, Hanif alias Eli Hanif (37), son of Badavakunhi, resident of

Mangalore, February 25: Assuring to put an end to all types of atrocities against women, Karnataka State Women's Commission chief C Manjula on Friday said that swift action would be taken, if any complaint or grievance letter is sent to the Commission, from any girl or woman from any corner of the state. She was speaking after inaugurating “Maardani”, a girl students' awareness conference

Mangalore, Febryary 25: Dix Group DKCA Mangalore Warriors thrashed Coastaldigest Chris Cairns XI by 83 runs in a charity T20 match at the NMPT Cricket Stadium here on Friday, February 25. Powered with Ashreen's scintillating 96, Dix Group DKCA Mangalore Warriors posted a massive total of 262 runs on the board, losing only three wickets in the process. On a mat wicket with the ball hardly doing

Mangalore, February 25: The first ever state level conference of Campus Front of India (CFI) will be held on Sunday, February 27 under the theme “Students for Social Change” at Nehru Maidan here. Announcing this to media persons at Press Club here on Friday, Abdul Rahman, Organising Chairman of the Conference said that the main objective of the conference is to empower the students in particular

Mangalore, February 25: In a horrendous revenge, a group of miscreants, allegedly belonging to a saffron group, murdered a man with a criminal back ground on Friday afternoon at Charavu near Gurupura. The deceased has been identified as Kabeer, who was one of the accused in two murder cases including that of Sukhananda Shetty. The incident occurred at around 12:40 pm, just a furlong away from the

Mangalore, February 25: Union Minister of Civil Aviation Vayalar Ravi has promised that the memorial plaque of the Mangalore air crash victims at Kenjar will be restored. MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar stated in a press release that the Minister had given the promise answering to a question made by him in the Parliament on the steps taken by the government to restore the plaque and identifying the

Mangalore, February 25: Ananth Pai (81), popularly known as Uncle Pai, the creator of 'Indian comics,' in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967, which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories and biographies of historical characters, passed away in Mumbai on Thursday. Born in KarkalaBorn in Karkala to Venkataraya and Susheela Pai, he lost his parents at the age of two

Udupi, February 24: Ill effects of the coal based Udupi Power Plant (earstwhile Nagarjuna) will include down pour of acid rain, caused by Carbon dioxide, resulting in destruction of forests, agricultural crops and horticultural grows, said noted environmentalist Dr NA Madhyastha. He was speaking after inaugurating the two day “paadayathra” against the coal based power plant headed by former MLA UR

Mangalore, February 24: A group of alleged saffron activists brutally attacked a youth belonging to another community by sword, iron rod and cricket stumps on Thursday evening. The victim, Nelson D'Souza (27), a resident of RN Villa, Kottarachowki, Mangalore, has been admitted to AJ Hospital for emergency treatment. A severely injured D'Souza has said that a group of 15 people including Bajrang