Karnataka

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

Mangalore, February 12: Condemning a judgement of Gujarat High Court which on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that had challenged performance of religious rituals in the court campus, activists of Saamvidhanika Chaluvali have urged the Union Government to intervene.While dismissing the PIL, the High Court also slapped a penalty of Rs 20,000 on the petitioner, Rajesh Solanki

Mangalore, FEbruary 12: The fourth edition of 'Nethravathi - Phalguni Jodukere Kambala' was inaugurated by Vinay Hegde, Chairman, Nitte Education Trust, at Pilikula Nisargadhama near here on Saturday, February 12.The event is being organized by Pilikula Nisargadhama Society.The popular folk sport of Tulunadu was held in front of the Guttu House at a special Kambala race track in the Heritage

Kasaragod, February 12: Shaik Fadil, 24, a native of Chettumkundu here, is one among the crew of an Italian oil tanker which has been hijacked by Somalian pirates form Indian Ocean.Fadil has been working in the oil tanker Savina Caylyn since three years. He reportedly left for his working place three months ago. His father Shaik Kamaludeen was also working in another ship of the same company for