Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 15: To bring all the businessmen of Beary community on one platform and build a favorable and encouraging environment for business, the Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) will hold a membership drive from March 1 to March 31. BCCI's General Secretary Mohammad Imthiaz said in a statement that all those Bearys, who are interested in taking the BCCI to the next level and

Mangaluru, Feb 14: The Department of Commerce of St Agnes College, Mangaluru organized one day workshop “PERSONA-2019” on Thursday at the college campus. The workshop was organized with the purpose of preparing and training the students to cope with increasing pace and change of modern life in a constantly changing environment. Mrs. Soujanya Hegde, the Chief Guest, Dr. Sr. Jeswina A.C. the

Mangaluru, Feb 15: The Mangalore University has indefinitely postponed the inauguration of the Beary Study Chair in the wake of the demise of Abdul Raheem Teekay, who was one of the pioneers of Beary literary and cultural movement. The inaugural function was earlier scheduled for February 16. Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister U T Khader was supposed to inaugurate the Study Chair at

Mangaluru, Feb 15: Around eight month long emotional and physical relationship between an unmarried Hindu couple came to an end with the arrest of the man, who refused to marry his girlfriend on caste grounds. The accused is Sujith, a resident of Noojibalthila in Puttur taluk, who was working as an earth excavator machine operator in Bantwal taluk, where he had befriended a woman, a migrant

Mangaluru, Feb 15: The week long Road Safety Awareness initiative jointly organized by Mangaluru Regional Transport Office, Mangaluru City Police and Anti-Pollution Drive ended with a formal conclusion recently at Ramakrishna College Hall. Over one week, several road shows on road safety and traffic rules were performed at various locations around town to keep the general public informed about its

Mangaluru, Feb 15: Abdul Raheem Teekay, a well-known writer, thinker, activist and advocate of communal amity in coastal Karnataka passed away after a brief illness today at his residence in the city. The 65-year-old philanthropist is survived by his wife, two children, four brothers and a large number of relatives, friends and fans. A tweet-heart and social media enthusiast who always tried to

Bengaluru, Feb 15: A young software engineer hailing from north Indian and working for IT services company Mphasis in Bengaluru jumped to death from his 13th-floor office cafeteria at Bagmane MTB Techpark, Mahadevapura Ring Road yesterday. 31-year-old Amlan Barman, a resident of Mahadevapura and from Assam, was said to be depressed over health issues. The incident took place during the lunch hour

Manglauru, Feb 15: The Mangaluru city police have arrested the main accused in a murder that took place in 2012. The accused is Mahammed Ashraf, 40, a resident of Ullalabail in Ullal. He was accused in the murder of Deepak, manager of Kanchana Textiles, at Rao & Rao Circle. Police said, after committing the crime, Ashraf was hiding abroad. Recently, police received the information that Ashraf was

Sindhanur (Raichur), Feb 15: Coming down heavily on Karnataka’s Congress–JD(S) alliance government, BJP national president Amit Shah has said that Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has been loyal not to the people of the State, but to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. He was addressing a public rally here yesterday. Mr. Shah, however, was silent on the controversial audio recording that has caught the

Udupi, Feb 15: The Kasturba Hospital at Manipal here has confirmed that a man and a woman from Kumta in Uttara Kannada (UK) district tested positive for Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD or monkey fever) yesterday and they were receiving treatment at the hospital. The treatment for a man from Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district, who had tested positive on February 13, was continuing at the hospital