Karnataka

Mangalore, October 6: Indian National Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi will be visiting the coastal city later in the month to participate in a political and a religious event, said former union minister B Janardhan Poojary. Addressing media persons here on Saturday, he said that Ms Gandhi would preside over the valedictory ceremony Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district Congress convention scheduled to

Mangalore, October 6: Dozens of activists in the city courted arrest in the city on Saturday as part of ongoing state-wide agitation against the release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu. Though the dawn-to-dusk 'Karnataka bandh' called by Kannada outfits did not have any impact on the normal life in coastal district, activists belonging to various organisations staged protests and road blocks in

Mangalore, October 6: Police have released the 25-year old youth, whose hoax bomb call terrorised the passengers of Netravati Express train in the city. Ernakulam based Anush, who was taken into custody by Suratkal Police from the same train in the wee hours of Friday, was let off with a warning after questioning, sources said. “He was mentally ill and not a terrorist”, said sources in Suratkal

Kasargod, October 6: Police have averted a possible explosion by seizing a large haul of explosive substances during a raid in the Nadapuram, a communally and politically sensitive region of North Malabar in the neighboring state of Kerala. Officers of the raiding team said the explosive substances, including eight gelignite sticks, six detonators, fuse wires of 30 metres, and three kg of ammonium

Kochi, October 6: Flights to various destinations in West Asia from the State had to be cancelled due to reasons beyond the control of the management, according to an affidavit filed by Air India (AI) before the Kerala High Court. The affidavit was filed in response to a writ moved by the Centre for Non-resident Indians and Returnees (CNIR) against cancellation of flights. In the affidavit, Air

Puttur, October 6: Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel told media persons here that he had appealed to the Union government to name the Mangalore airport after Late Ullal Srinivas Mallya. It is appropriate to name the international airport after Late Mallya, the then Member of Parliament, the great reformer of this region, who conceptualized and saw the dream of Mangalore Airport becoming true in the

Mangalore, October 6: Despite the support by various local organisations to the ongoing agitation against the release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu, the Karnataka bandh did not evoke any response in the coastal district on Saturday. The dawn-to-dusk 'Karnataka bandh' called by Kannada outfits has disrupted normal life in many parts of the state except the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and

Mangalore, October 6: Villagers of 13 gram panchayats and Ullal town municipality on Friday resolved that the proposals of Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) and Relogistics Infrastructure Limited (RIL) of Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Limited (RGTIL), to lay a pipeline for the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through nearly 50 villages in Dakshina Kannada district

Mangalore, October 5: Expressing happiness over the Union Cabinet's approval for the civil aviation ministry's proposal to declare Mangalore Airport as international one, Union Minister for Corporate Affairs and Power M Veerappa Moily said that the coastal city has the potential to develop as an important commercial centre next to Mumbai on the Western Coast. “Mangalore is the gate way of

Mangalore, October 5: Integration of technology in education is the need of the hour and the country cannot wait for fulfillment of basic facilities to take educational standards to the next level, said Dr. S Ramananda Shetty, Vice Chancellor, Nitte University. He was speaking at a seminar on the topic 'Recent Developments in Higher Education in India', organized by the Association of First Grade