Karnataka

Mangalore, October 1: Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has urged the union ministers from Karnataka to pressurise Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to safeguard the interest of State. Responding to the queries of media persons at Mangalore Airport before heading to Udupi, Mr Shetter said that four union ministers from Karnataka -S M Krishna, M Mallikarjun Kharge, M Veerappa Moily and K H Muniyappa-

Kasargod, October 1: The police have arrested a key accused in the murder of Akhil Bharathiya Vidyarthi Parishad activist Sachin Gopal. He had been identified as Askar, 24, the Kakkad unit president of the Popular Front of India. Sachin Gopal The police retrieved the weapon, a foldable knife, used by the assailant which was abandoned in the Kakkad river after the crime. The police said Askar

Mangalore, October 1: Opposing the reservation of seats under caste basis in educational institutions, management guru and motivational speaker Shiv Khera said he has filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court opposing the caste-centric reservation system. "Today from class I a child will be promoted till tenth standard, even if he/she does not perform well in academics. What kind of

Mangalore, October 1: An award presentation ceremony for toppers in Madrasas was organised by Talent Research Foundation, Mangalore, on Sunday, at the Talent Conference Hall in Mangalore. Inaugurating the ceremony, Ibrahim Baqavi, Treasurer of Jamiyyatul Ulema, Karnataka, said that there was nothing greater in the world than knowledge. Education is the way to knowledge, he said. He urged the

Bhatkal, October 1: A delegation from the Majlis-e-Islah-o-Tanzeem met MLA J D Naik urging him to raise in the Assembly the issue of Bhatkal's name being defamed by a Kannada daily through faulty reports of terror-related activities. Mohiddin Althaf Kharoori, Chief Secretary of the Tanzeem, brought to the notice of the MLA the articles published in the daily showing the town of Bhatkal in negative

Mangalore, September 30: At least two persons were killed and eight others sustained severe injuries when a pickup van fell off a railway over-bridge at Baikampady on the outskirts of the city Sunday night. The deceased have been identified as driver Harish and labourer Ramesh. The injured workers have been admitted to a private hospital in the city. According to sources all of them are

Mangalore, September 30: Manipal Technologies Ltd is the print solutions partner to Hachette India for the latest J K Rowling release. In the biggest global book publishing event of 2012, J K Rowling authored, “The Casual Vacancy” was simultaneously released globally on September 27. The book which has seen unprecedented levels of secrecy in printing and distribution has seen more than a million

Manipal, September 30: A huge gathering of general public, healthy patients, faculty, students officials of Manipal University and others including children evinced a great deal of enthusiasm as they took part in the World Heart Day Walkathon 2012 Manipal here on Sunday. About a thousand keen participants assembled at the University building for the walk which had the theme “Team Up for Healthy

Puttur, September 30: Another instance of moral policing has been reported from Sametthadka near here, wherein a girl who had come to visit her friend at his house was taken to the police station by a group of youth belonging to an organization. The girl, studying in a medical college in Mangalore, had come to visit her friend at his house in Sametthadka. It is said that there was no one at the

Mangalore, September 30: The inauguration of 'Sahay' a Golden Jubilee project of Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (DCCW) was held at St Antony Charity Institutes, Jeppu, Mangalore. According to a press release, Sahay computer programme provides unique opportunities to senior citizens, housewives, and others to gain appropriate skills, knowledge and have the confidence and ability to use on-line