Karnataka

Karwar, May 3: Manzar Husain Sayed, an engineering graduate, has been appointed new administrator to the Uttara Kannada Wakf Advisory Committee by the Government on Wednesday. Mr. Sayed told presspersons that his priority was to survey the property of wakf board in the district and if any property was encroached upon by any person or organisation, it would be cleared. He would concentrate on the

Mangalore, May 2: Despite the ban imposed by the district administration on all types of manual scavenging, the manual cleaning of the underground drainage has continued unchecked in the city. A media sting operation on Wednesday revealed two workers getting into a UGD to clear the block in two separate manholes in front of Lady Goschen Hospital near Town Hall. However, when the photographers

Mangalore, May 2: City-based eye specialist Dr Rajwin Fernandes was killed on spot when the KSRTC Volvo bus in which he was travelling to Bangalore met with an accident near Kunigal Tuesday night. The 43-year-old Ophthalmologist was the owner of Trinity Eye Centre in Valencia, here. The tragedy occurred when the bus driver lost control over his vehicle after overtaking a truck. It is learnt that

Hyderabad, May 2: In a confession statement, RSS activists N. Naganaj, GHMC Supervisor, K.Kiran Kumar, N. Ramesh alias Chenna and K.S. Dayanand admitted their crime in front of police that their intention was to incite the Muslims on the occasion of Sri Ram Nomi and Hanuman Jayanthi but due to the tolerance and peaceful attitude of the Muslims their scheme failed. After this, they hatched a

Mangalore, May 2: A tourist who was about to drown at Panambur beach was rescued by life guards here on Wednesday. The survivor has been identified as A C Arun, son of Chandrappa M from Mandya. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, the 25 year old said that he was swimming in the sea along with three of his friends when a wave engulfed him. “My friends were close too. They and the life guards who were

Mangalore, May 2: By encouraging privatization in the country, the government is encouraging poverty said H V Anantha Subba Rao, Secretray of the state unit of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC). He was speaking at a programme organized as part of the 76th anniversary of Beedi and Tobacco Labour Union in the city on Wednesday. Citing the recession disaster that America had to confront, Mr. Rao

Mangalore, May 2: The annual 'Community Celebration of Weddings” will be held on Sunday, May 6, at the Rosario Cathedral, Mangalore under the auspices of St Vincent de Paul Society, Rosario. Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, Jochin Monteiro, President, Society of St Vincent de Paul, said that the objective of the ceremony is to help Catholic young men and women from lesser

Mangalore, May 2: Coming under the pressure of foreign companies, the Central and State government is trying to curb the rights of the labourers and are forming rules against them, said CITU All India Executive Committee member B Madhava. Speaking at the May Day celebrations organised by CITU at Town Hall on Tuesday, he said that labourers should protest against the atrocities they face. The

Udupi, May 2: Udupi MLA Raghupathy Bhat insisted that seniors belonging to Tulunadu culture and tradition should make it a point to converse in Tulu language with children to prevent the language from diminishing. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of 'Tuluva Siri - Ponnu Ponjovu Kuto' organised jointly by Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy and Siri Tuluva Chavadi, Udupi, he said said that many

Karwar, May 2: The police on Tuesday arrested two persons within 24 hours of a complaint lodged about theft at the Khursawada house. The arrested are Rubin Dias and his live in parter Latha Raju Ravath. Interestingly, Rubin Dias is the son of the complainant and house owner Mary Dias. K. T. Balakrishna, Karwar Superintendent of police said the house was burgled in between April 26 to 28, when the