Karnataka

Mangalore, August 21: The multi-state cooperative - The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (CAMPCO) Ltd has welcomed a move by the union government to hike the minimum import price of areca-nut from Rs 35 to Rs 75 per kilogram. Addressing a media conference here on Tuesday CAMPCO Konkodi Padmanabha termed the notification by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Mangalore, August 21: The Mangalore branch of Confederation of Real Estate Developer's Associations of India, Karnataka (Credai ) that is hosting Statecon 2012 here this weekend will press for the implementation of take aways from four technical sessions with the authorities concerned. As CM Jagadish Shettar is scheduled to inaugurate the event on Saturday and Kamal Nath, Union minister for urban

Thiruvananthapuram, August 21: Kerala-based Popular Front of India has come under the scanner of intelligence agencies for its suspected role in spreading inflammatory SMSs and MMSs following Assam violence, that triggered exodus of northeastern people from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Taking note of reports in this regard in local media, state Home Minister Thiruvanchur Radhakrishnan has asked ADGP

Mangalore, August 21: Even though the Police had prior information about the Hindu Jagaraga Vedike led attack on Morning Mist Homestay in Mangalore, they deliberately arrived at the spot late, alleged M C Nanaiah, MLC and JDS leader. Speaking to media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Tuesday, Mr. Nanaiah said that there was telephone record evidence of the police having spoken to the

Mangalore, August 21: Eight fishermen who were on board a trawler boat which has sunk off the coast of Ullal near here have been rescued, police said on Monday, in the latest in a series of maritime tragedies in Arabian Sea. The trawler boat, owned by one Mohammad Shareef from Jeppu, here, sank 15 nautical miles off the coast. Fortunately, all the eight fishermen on-board were rescued by fishermen

Mangalore, August 21: Tension prevailed there for a while in Pilikula Nisargadhama following an altercation between a group of tourists and a security guard over a trivial issue near Manasa Amusement and Waterpark on Monday. The police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse a crowd. According to the police, a large number of people visited the park on Monday as it was a public holiday. The guard

Mangalore, August 21: Two young brothers from Muda village under Panjikallu health centre jurisdiction in Bantwal taluk have succumbed to leptospirosis (rat fever) since last Thursday, according to health officials. The deceased have been identified as Deepak Poojary (22), who died in Father Muller Hospital on Thursday, and his younger brother Praveen Poojary (17), who died at KMC Hospital on

Mangalore, August 21: The Mangalore airport recorded an operating profit of Rs 9.5 crore for 2011-12. Speaking on the sidelines of a function of the airport's diamond jubilee celebration committee, M.R. Vasudeva, Mangalore Airport Director, Airports Authority of India (AAI), said that the income of the airport during 2011-12 was Rs 42 crore. It incurred an expenditure of around Rs 32.5 crore

Mangalore, August 21: The Mangalore city police have slapped cases against outspoken secular writer Gowri Lankesh and communal harmony activist K L Ashok, for reportedly making communally provocative remarks during a protest against homestay attack in the city recently. The duo has been booked under IPC section 153 A (promoting enmity among classes). The cases were registered following a complaint

Mangalore, August 20: A rowdy-sheeter allegedly murdered his elder brother after a drunken brawl on Monday evening at Bolur in the city. Police have identified the deceased as Vishwanath alias Balekari Vishwanath, who used to sell bananas at Central Market area here. Sources from jurisdictional Barke Police Station informed that his younger brother Ratan alias Ratu, who is a rowdy-sheeter, was