Karnataka

Udupi, June 17: In India the number of people killed in police custody and fake encounters is multiple times more than the number of victims of terrorism, pointed out senior journalist Abdussalam Puthige. Responding to queries over the relationship between religion and terrorism, at a `Sneha Samvada', a convention on communal harmony organised by Forum For Humanity, in association with, Lions

Mangalore, June 17: Continuous rains over the last few hours threw normal life out of gear in the city on Sunday. Roads in the city resembled mini lakes owing to the enourmous amount of water flow, making it difficult for vehicle users to ply normally. Identifying potholes and road egdes especially of concrete roads that differentiate it from the footpaths, was a problem faced by vehicle users

Karwar, June 17: More than 50 passengers including nearly 20 school children sustained injuries in a major head-on collision between two transport buses in Uttara Kannada district on Sunday. The condition of nine passengers including children and women is said to be critical. It is learnt that among the injured 12 persons have been shifted to KIMS in Hubli. Both buses were damaged in the accident

Mangalore, June 17: As many as 17 students, who scored highest marks in recently held PUC and SSLC examinations on Sunday, received Talent Academic Excellence Award-2012. Mangalore MLA U T Khader inaugurated the award ceremony organised by Talent Research Foundation at Talent Conference Hall in the city. The award was instituted by TRF last year to encourage talented students, especially

Mangalore, June 17: To augment the production of jackfruit in India, the Global Village Fruits Inc. on Saturday launched a campaign. Global Village Fruits Inc. is a for-profit social enterprise started by pre-med anthropology concentrator and Harvard public service traveller Annemarie Ryu which has plans to export 25 tonne of dried jackfruit from India to the US. "Many people in India do not know

Bangalore, June 17: Speakers at a meeting organised to pay tributes to the departed freedom fighter and Communist Party of India leader B V Kakkilaya, here, on Saturday, expressed concern over the recent adverse social and political developments in Karnataka. Former minister B A Mohideen lamented that the new generation of the political and social leaders have failed to adopt the values of broad

Dammam, June 17: After a prolonged battle for life, a Mangalore based expatriate worker died from injuries he sustained in a road accident nearly two months ago in the city of Dammam in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abdul Jabbar Kattapuni, hailing from Addoor village near Polali, nearly 20 kilo meters from Mangalore, was critically injured when a speeding vehicle knocked him down while he was on the

Mangalore, June 17: Of the 224 MLAs elected to the Legislative Assembly, 60 MLAs sat through the Assembly proceedings in the last four years without raising a single issue. The 13th Assembly period that began in May 2008 consisted of 13 sessions. The BJP government has conducted only 140 days of Assembly proceedings in four years while the rules state that 60 days of proceedings must take place

Mangalore, June 17: Aloysius D'souza, Headmaster, Rosario High School, has been unanimously elected as the new president of Mangalore Headmasters and Principal Association for the year 2012-13. Mr D'Souza, who had received District Best Teacher Award in 2008, has 27 years of teaching experience. The general body meeting of the Association was attended by 189 member schools of Mangalore city range

Edison, June 17: The North American Konkani Association will be organizing a Konkani Sammelan-2012 in Edison, New Jersey, USA from June 29 to July 1 2012. This three-day extravaganza is attended by Konkanis from all over the world - predominantly from the North American region and India. Featured speakers and delegates include T. V. Mohandas Pai (ex-CFO of Infosys and chair of Manipal Universal