Karnataka

Beltangady, February 4: A rubber plantation located at Karimale Chennaithody village of Belthangady taluk caught fire accidentally on Thursday. The plantation belongs to Seetharam Pai. The loss due to the damage estimated at Rs 8 lakhs.Fire brigade personnel from Moodbidri and Bantwal rushed to the spot and attempted to douse the flames for two long hours.It is leant that the dry grass which was

Mangalore, February 4: President of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations Narendra Nayak has regretted that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa “is becoming more and more superstitious day by day.” In a statement here, Mr. Nayak said the Chief Minister had been visiting temples, maths and a number of other places which supposedly have supernatural powers. “This mania has now reached a

Udupi, February 4: Louis Lobo, president of Udupi unit of International Federation of Karnataka Christian Associations on Thursday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should probe the attacks on churches and prayer halls which took place in the State in September 2008. Mr. Lobo told presspersons that the Final Report submitted by Justice B.K. Somasekhara Commission on attacks on

Udupi, January 3: Dumping of fly ash generated from the coal-based power plant (earstwhile Nagarjuna power project) in over 108 acres of land in Santhoor of Mudarangadi village, has been creating nuisance and health problems to the local residents. Though the promoters of the project had promised to release the fly ash to ash pond in liquid form via pipeline, they failed to keep up their promise

Mangalore, February 3: Tension gripped Suratkal after four students of Govinda Das College were admitted to a private hospital with injuries following a scuffle on the campus on Thursday. According to sources, the two groups of students clashed violently at the canteen of the campus despite the presence of non teaching staff at around 4:00 pm. One of the students of the same college said on

Bangalore, February 3: The police, the state government, the BJP and the Sangh Parivar were absolved of all blame by a recent report on the attacks on churches in 2008 in Karnataka.But another report, by a former judge of the Karnataka High Court, concludes the opposite.Justice MF Saldanha conducted an independent inquiry and says the state police was involved in the attacks, and that the then

Mangalore, February 3: Additional Deputy Commissioner S A Prabhakar Sharma has sought the cooperation of all departments as requested by the Directorate of Census, in making the Census starting from February 9 to 28 a success. Chairing a meeting of all departmental heads at the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Wednesday, Sharma said the aim and objective of the census is not merely undertaking

Mangalore, February 3: Uroos celebration of Ichlangodu Hazrath Raafi Ibn Habeeb Malikuddinar (ra) will be held on February 4 under the leadership of KS Atakoya Thangal at Ichlangod Jumma Masjid Society Ichlangod, Mangalapady, Kasaragod. Speaking to media persons at Press Club here on Thursday, Prof BM Ichlangod said that the Uroos will be held once in five years. Sayyid Bashir Ali Shihab Thangal

Mangalore, February 3 : Passenger traffic at Mangalore Airport has touched 8 lakhs in 2010 and has been steadily growing since last seven years. According to Director of the Airport M R Vasudeva, the airport had handled 2.65 lakh passengers in 2005, 4.35 lakh passengers in 2006, 6.70 lakh passengers in 2007, 7.07 lakh passengers in 2008, 7.57 lakh passengers in 2009 and 8.04 lakh passengers last

Mangalore, February 3: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Oscar Fernandes has urged the Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Minister of State K H Muniyappa to set up a separate railway division at Mangalore with Mangalore as the headquarter. Acting on a memorandum given to him by the Mangalore Railway Development Action Committee, he urged both the ministers to consider the