Karnataka

I would like to share my unique experience of the recent 'Mosaru Kudike' event in Athavar, Mangalore organised by Sarvajanika Srikrishna Jayanthyuthsava Samithi. A large number of Muslim families also reside around the Athavar Katte area where Mosaru Kudike programme was held. Muslims generally pay special attention to Aazaan during Ramadan days as they will be more particular about offering Namaz

Bhatkal, September 6: A nine-year-old boy and his father (39) were killed in a blast inside their home in Sodigadde-Banasale in Belke Gram Panchayat limits in Bhatkal taluk on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Karthik Ramesh Naik and his father, Ramesh Mastappa Naik. The blast took place when the bombs went off accidentally. It has been alleged that explosive materials were being

Mangalore August 24: A meeting of fishermen and New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), under the chairmanship of Krishna J Palemar, State Ports and Environment Minister, was held in New Mangalore Port here on Tuesday, August 24. Speaking to mediapersons, Palemar said that mechanized fishermen boats are allowed to enter the New Mangalore Port under emergency situations. He also said that the construction

Dubai, August 24: Two years after its launch, the website of Prophet Mohamed has reached 70 million visitors and ranked first in a regional competition. The website, called The Prophet of God, was launched in 2008 in the wake of the Danish cartoons that sparked outrage all over the Muslim world, said site manager Mohamed Ashour. Site Manager Mohamed Ashour"We wanted to respond to insults with

Mangalore, August 23: In an unforeseen development, journalists of Mangalore threatened to boycott all the programmes of Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa in the city, after the police misbehaved with them at the Airport on Monday morning, August 23. Yeddyurappa landed at the Mangalore Airport at around 8:30 am and spoke to mediapersons for a couple of minutes and got into a Volvo bus followed by a

Muhaaz Moideen, Afroza and Mariyam Nahiza ( From left to right ) Madina, August 22: Three people of two Mangalorean families including two children died on spot when the car, in which they were travelling, met with an accident, at An-Naqiya, a town situated nearly 100 kms away from here on Sunday evening August 21. Six others have been injured, three of them critically, in the accident that took

Mangalore, July 30: The steady drizzle from the past two days turned into a torrential downpour on Thursday evening and many low- lying areas in the city were flooded. One person was injured after a landslip at Shakthinagar damaged the house. Low-lying areas like Kodialbail West, Car Street, Bunder, Subash Nagar near Pandeshwar, Jeppina Mogeru, Kodikkal, Kottara, Bajjodi, Kallapu, Bhagavathi Nagar

Mangalore, July 21: In what could have been a possible catastrophe, all the passengers of the Jet Airways flight from Mumbai disembarked safely, after it was hit by a peacock on the run way of Bajpe airport on Wednesday, July 21. The incident occurred at around 2: 45 pm, while the fortunate plane was moving on the run way after landing. MR Vasudeva Rao, Director of the Airport clarified that it

Puthur, July 4: In a historic step the Qazi of Mangalore paid a visit to Sheikhmale Jamath in order to congratulate the local community for becoming the first Jamath in the country to publicly discard dowry system. Alhaj Twaqa Ahmed Musliyar also delivered Friday prayer and led the namaaz, in a message to all the jamaaths in the district to emulate the model set by the Sheikhamale Jamath, which

Muvattupuzha, July 4: A college professor, currently on bail for preparing a inflammatory question paper, had his right palm chopped off by a group of eight unidentified people Sunday morning, police said. T.J. Joseph was returning home with his family after attending morning prayers when a group of people in a van pulled him out of his car. Joseph's right palm was chopped off and thrown some 200