Karnataka

Mangalore, February 18: The workers, who had embarked on an indefinite dharna under the aegis of Akhila Bharata Karmika Sangha (ABKS) on the premises of the Government Wenlock Hospital here, withdrew their hunger strike on Friday morning. The development comes after State Minister for Medical Education S A Ramadas assured them to fulfil all the demands of protesters within a short period. The

Mangalore, February 18: Gold and silver pooja items of Mudra Mahalingeshwara temple at Inna village, 35 km away from Udupi, were stolen in the wee hours of Thursday. The five doors of the temple were found broken open by the temple priest who came at 4.30am for the morning pooja. The main items found missing were the golden face, kaldeepas, prabahavali and other silver items which is estimated at

Mangalore, February 18: A highway traffic accident involving a passenger bus and a lorry injured at least six people including the bus driver on Thursday night at Adamkudru near Jappinamogaru on the outskirts of the city. The injured have been admitted to nearby hospitals. The accident occurred at around 9:15 pm when the lorry driver lost control over his vehicle and hit the oncoming bus bearing

Mangalore, February 18: The Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP), Bajrang Dal and Maruti Seva Samiti will organise a mass marriage ceremony at Mosaru Kudike Katte of Attavar on Sunday, February 20 at 4 pm. Addressing the media persons at Press Club here on Friday, Jagadish Shenava, VHP leader said that as many as 12 couples will tie the knots on the occasion. The brides will get 'Mangalsuthra' of one pawan

Mangalore, February 18: Duleep Mendis, Former Captain of the Sri Lankan team and CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket will be in the city on Saturday to inaugurate the indoor sports complex 'Yendurance Zone' of Yenepoya University at its premises in Deralakatte near here. Farhad Yenepoya Kunhi told media persons at Press Club here on Friday that the complex is 34,000 sq ft in area and has a seating capacity

Mangalore, February 18: A woman along with the support of her son killed her daughter-in-law in a fit of rage at Apperipade village in Vittal Kasba Hobli of Bantwal taluk near here and surrendered herself at a police station on Thursday. The victim Saraswathi (27) breathed her last on the spot after being fatally attacked by her mother-in-law with a sickle. Her body bore more than 20 injuries

Mangalore, February 18: Within one hour, more than a thousand people voted against the name “IndiCommandos” for the Kerala IPL cricket team on Facebook on Wednesday. By Thursday, the number increased to 3,000. Group Jacob Joseph Puthenparambil, a publisher of trade journals, who started the group on Facebook, said: “Yes, 500 people supported (the page) in less than 30 minutes and about 1,300 in

Mangalore, February 18: Jeppinamogaru ward Congress and Youth Congress in association with AJ Institute of Medical Sciences have organised free medical checkup camp at the auditorium of Ballyaya Mahajana Sangha near Adimaye Temple road recently. Local corporator J Nagendra Kumar inaugurated while Ivan D'Souza, Congress leader presided over the programme. Dr Kavitha Ivan D'Souza, Associate

Mangalore, February 18: A team of officials from Southern Railway said on Thursday that the overpass across national highway 17 at Baikampady was weak and posed danger to its users. At a meeting here, they refused to take up the responsibility of maintaining the overpass stating that it was neither constructed by Southern Railway nor owned by it. However, S.K. Raina, Divisional Railway Manager of

Moodbidri, February 17: Renowned spiritual guru and founder of the Art of Living Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Thursday openly condemned the practice of 'Made Snana' a Hindu religious ritual, saying that it is a callous system. He was interacting with a group of dignitaries including officials, elected representatives and journalists at Anandamaya Resort at Shobha Vana in Moodbidri. Mr Ravi Shankar