Karnataka

Mangalore, February 6: Shiradi Ghat on National Highway No. 48 is unlikely to be developed before coming rainy season. Replying to questions by presspersons here on Sunday, Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Jitin Prasada said he would look into what could be done to develop the important ghat stretch which connects Mangalore with Bangalore. An official of the ministry said on

Udupi, February 6: Rajashree Patil and Daasari Vasu, both from Alva's Moodabidri, have won the first prize, in the men's and women's category respectively, at the Syndicate Bank Udupi Half Marathon, on the theme 'Run for Sports', organized by Udupi District Athletic Association, here on Sunday. Cine star Pooja Gandhi and Prakash Shetty of Banjara Group flagged off the race. Higher Education

Vittal, February 6: Two youth belonging to different faiths have been attacked by a group of six suspected activists of Bajarang Dal at Serkala near here in the night of Saturday, February 5. The victims have been identified as Abdul Khader (22), an auto-rickshaw driver and his Dalit friend Yogish (19), a house driver- both residents of Salethur. The incident occurred when Yogish was returning to

Mangalore, February 16: Talent Research Foundation, a city based philanthropic organisation in association with 'Al-Ahsan' journal group on Sunday launched a cleanliness drive as part of its various programmes to mark the occasion of Meelad-un-Nabi. The sanitation drive was launched at old bus stand in Hampanakatta here at around 8: 30 am by cleaning the surroundings. According to the organizers

Mangalore, February 6: Belthangady Circle Inspector Sudarshan said that the police have forced the postmaster of Melanthabettu village to shift the post office to a separate building and warned him against practicing casteism in the government office. He was replying to DK SP A Subrahmanyeshwara Rao at the SC/ST grievance meet held on Sunday at SP office here. While a Dalit representative raised

Moodbidri, February 6: The foundation stone laying ceremony of promised Alf Residency, being developed by RB Builders was recently held here. The five-storey residential and commercial apartment consisting of 25 flats is expected to come up in front of Shalimar Hall, Laadi, in Moodbidri. Dignitaries such as MLAs Abhayachandra Jain and Amarnath Shetty, Jagadish Adhikar, Mohammad Ali Abbas and Mohan

Moodbidri, February 6: A team of 16 NCC Cadets and an ANO from KAR BN, representing Karnataka and Goa Directorate took part in the National Integration Camp held at Hari Mandir Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Pataudi in Haryana from January 19 to 30.The team was led by Capt. Radhakrishna Shetty, NCC Officer of Sri Mahaveera College, Moodbidri consisted most of the students from Dakshina Kannada. They are

Mangalore, February 6: Puttur Assistant Superintendent of Police Amith Singh who is accused of assaulting BJP leader and Chairman of Bantwal Urban Development Authority (BUDA) has decided to file a criminal complaint against Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and Puttur MLA Mallika Prasad and others for intimidating his family, while he was away on duty on January 31.On that day, between 10.30pm and

Mangalore, February 6: One person was killed and two others sustained serious injuries when the wall of a ground level water tank inside the workers' colony at Kalavaru near Bajpe, collapsed on them on Friday night. They were engaged by a contractor to work at the Rs 12,000 crore MRPL Phase III project site at Kalavaru. The third phase of the project envisages increased capacity of crude

Bantwal, February 5: Karnataka High Court Judge and Administrative Judge of Dakshina Kannada district Justice HN Nagamohan Das on Saturday urged the young lawyers to create legal awareness among the common people. He was speaking after inaugurating the new court building of Judicial Magistrate First Class and additional civil judge, and a legal clinic here. Justice Das said that legal awareness