Karnataka

Mangalore, February 13: Television evangelist and Islamic scholar Nisar Nadiadwala exhorted the Muslim parents to up-bring their children according to the religious teachings and hold discussion with them about religious matters without hesitation. He was delivering a lecture on “Who spoils our children?” at a day-long Islamic conference organised by city based Islamic Education Centre with the

Mangalore, February 13: "Education is just not acquisition of information. It involves social, cultural and spirtual development of human beings. Despite mankind achieving tremendous progress in the field of science and technology, a sense of monotony has engulfed people's minds. Relationships have taken a beating as family ties have become weak and human activities are increasingly being

Mangalore, February 13: Members of Talent Research Foundation (TRF) continued their cleanliness drive in the city to mark the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi.TRF members went about cleaning the area near service bus stand near State Bank on Sunday as part of the drive.Messages on cleanliness given by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) were highlighted through banners on the occasion as well.TRF had earlier held a

Mangalore, February 13: A couple of rosaries, toys, clothes for a newborn, handwritten letters to dear ones, family photographs—these are just few of the personal belongings retrieved from the wreckage of the Air India Express crash site last year. Now the airline is trying to find their owners. “For the first time in the country, we made a special effort to return each and every unassociated item

Mangalore, February 13: Civic workers on Saturday staged a desperate protest against Mangalore City Corporation by keeping the body of their colleague, who collapsed and died while undertaking cleaning drive two weeks ago. Protesters shouted slogans against the MCC authorities accusing them of delaying payment for the treatment expenses incurred by civic worker Kumar (28), who died in a private

Mangalore, February 13: There is a need to increase areas under cashew cultivation as the opportunity for the cashew production in Karnataka is ample, said S D Sampath Samrajya, a senior member of Board of Management of Horticulture University (Bagalkot). Speaking at 'Cashew Mela 2011', organised under the joint auspicious of the Horticulture University, Horticulture Research Station (Ullal), DK

Karwar, February 13: The iron ore theft case at the Karwar port took an interesting turn on Saturday with Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials visiting the port office and the port officer, Capt. C. Swami, not to be found. Subsequently, the investigating officials pasted a notice on the door of the office, asking Capt. Swami to be present before them with all the necessary documents

Udupi, February 13: Former judge of Karnataka High Court M.F. Saldanha said on Saturday that the final report of the Justice B.K. Somasekhara Commission, which went into the church attacks in the State in September 2008, “has buried the truth and is a bundle of falsehoods”. He was speaking at a public meeting against the Somasekhara Panel's Report organised by the Udupi branch of International

Bhatkal, February 13: Markazi Khaleefa Jamatul Muslimeen conducted its annual function (Salana Jalsa) here at Khaleefa Jama Masjid on Saturday evening. The programme began soon after Isha prayers with the recitation of verses from holy Quran. President of the Jamat Syed Hassan Saqqaf delivered the presidential speech. Moulana Jafer Faqibhav Nadvi and Moulana Khwaja Moinuddin Akrami Madani

Mangalore, February 12: Pramod Muthalik on Saturday urged the youth to spurn 'Valentine Day” celebration on February 14, describing it as an immoral practice of a commercialised West. The founder President of the Sr Ram Sene has once again vented his ire against the "Lovers Day" after a hibernation of a couple of years. Muthalik had hit the headlines then by asking his supporters to stop Valentine