Karnataka

Kasargod, June 13: Local police have taken a Pakistani national into their custody after he was found wandering in the town without valid papers. Abdul Basheer (36), son of Syed Hussain, was nabbed by the police on Monday. Basheer, who was believed to have reached India from Saudi Arabia a few years ago, did not possess valid papers to stay back in the country. Police said that the man appeared to

Udupi, June 13: Manipal police have arrested a person on the charges of kidnapping a minor Dalit girl and raping her for over a month. The accused has been identified as Abubakker Siddiq alias Siddiq, (23), a resident of Netaji Nagar in Parkala, near here. The victim is a 15-year-old girl belonging to Scheduled Caste. According to the information given by the minor before the authorities of the

Manipal, June 12: G S Revankar, presiding officer of Fast Track Court, Udupi, opined that minor sex workers should also be brought to the ambit of the Prevention of Child Labour Act on the lines of child labours working in industries, hotels and other merchandise. Speaking after inaugurating the World Anti Child Labor Day, at District Offices' Complex, End Point, here, on Tuesday he said that

Udupi, June 12: A pre-counselling guidance camp for CET students will be held on Saturday, June 16 at MET School on Udyavara-Korangarapady Road here. The Udupi taluk unit of Jamiyyatul Falah in association with MET Public School and Career Guidance and Information Centre will be organising this camp which will commence at 2:30 p.m. Information relating to medical, dental, Ayurveda, Homeopathy

Mangalore, June 12: As many as 17 students out of 30 trained at city based Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL), have made it within the top 825 merit list (state level) in AIEEE 2012. About 11 lakh students appeared for AIEEE 2012 across the country. All these students competed to be eligible for seats available in 30 National Institutes of Technologies and other government funded institutions

Mangalore, June 12: A group of people under the banner of DYFI stormed into the office of Bizarre Karnataka Franchise at City Light Building in Mangalore on Tuesday and held a protest demanding return of invested money in what appears to be yet another case of people being duped surfacing in the city. The Kerala based company was collecting Rs. 14,000 from people, assuring them a return of Rs 2

Mangalore, June 12: Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy will honour six personalities as part of its 2011 Honourary Award and Book Award felicitations on June 16 at Town Hall in Mangalore. Addressing media persons at a press meet in the city, Umanath Kotian, President, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, said that the Honourary Award consists of cash prize of Rs. 10,000 per recipient besides mementos

Uppinangady, June 12: If you think all the eight women, who were tricked to marry Rajesh alias Sukumar, who is in police custody now, would be dying to see stringent punishment being handed to the culprit, you may be wrong. Call it Stockholm syndrome, or the magnanimity of the highest order, Jayanti, one of the eight victims, is more than willing to forgive him and revive marital life with him. “I

Hubli, June 12: The Hubli-Dharwad police have busted an inter-state racket engaged in selling luxury four-wheel vehicles of dubious background by creating forged documents. The kingpin of the racket is Aboobaker Sadik, a resident of Sajipamunnur in Bantwal taluk, who had been residing in Bellary with another racketeer Abbas Ali, on a rented villa on Anantapur Road in Bellary. The duo had converted

Mangalore, June 12: The 42and anniversary and 33rd convocation ceremony of Sayyid Madani Arabic College will be held on Thursday, June 14 on the premises of Ullal Dargah, near here. This was announced at a press meet here on Tuesday by U S Hamza, President of Ullal Jumma Masjid and Sayyid Madani Dargah. As part of the event a massive burda majlis will be conducted on the preceding night, he said