Karnataka

Mangalore, March 4: The BJP will be humbled and people will bless the Congress party with their mandate in the upcoming Udupi-Chikmagalur by-polls, said Dr. M Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Corporate Affairs. Speaking to media persons at the sidelines of a function in Mangalore on Sunday, Dr. Moily said that the BJP has been put to shame by its own leaders, which will act as a crucial hurting

Udupi, March 4: Amidst fierce campaign for impending Udupi-Chikmagalur bypoll, former MLA U R Sabhapathi on Sunday joined Janata Dal (Secular) in a formal programme here. JD(S) workers welcomed the former Congress leader to the regional party with a giant garland and shawl. JD(S) candidate for bypoll Bhojegowda, and party leader Madhu Bangarappa, Mahendra Kumar and Devi Prasad Shetty formally

Mangalore, March 4: Renowned social activist and National Alliance of People's Movement leader Medha Patkar will be visiting this coastal city on Tuesday, March 6. A media release issued here stated that Ms Patkar, who is known for her role in Narmada Bachao Andolan, would take part in an interaction programme at School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya here. The programme would commence at 4:00 pm on

Mangalore, March 4: A 14-yearl old girl, who was allegedly abducted from Bhatkal on last Thursday, was traced in Mangalore. Haseena Saani (14), daughter of Mohammad Asif Mohtisham, was allegedly kidnapped from her house. Mohtishan had lodged a complaint with the Bhatkal town police. The girl was brought back to Bhatkal and handed over to her parents, sources said. The motive behind the abduction

Mangalore, March 4: As many as 200 students from 15 schools in Mangalore participated in competitions for building science models, creating collages and posters, a quiz and an elocution as part of science festival held in Pilikula on Saturday. The festival was organised by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, Pilikula Regional Science Centre and Centre for Integrated

Mangalore, March 4: Security was tightened at Mangalore Centre Railway Station following an anonymous hoax bomb call on Saturday. The caller had claimed that the Railway Station would be blown off, as a bomb was placed in one of the trains reaching there. Immediately after the call, the police stepped up vigilance around the railway station. Mangalore city police, leaving nothing to chance, beefed

Mangalore, March 4: With the arrest of two youths suspected to be working for fugitive don Vishwanath koraga Shetty, Mangalore police have foiled a kidnap bid on a city based entrepreneur. The arrested have been identified as Manoj Shetty (34) of Alake and Deepak G Rao (27) of Police Lane. Sources said, the accused hatched a plan to kidnap one Jayson Nazareth of Permude Cross who had returned from

Mangalore, March 4: A protest against saffronisation of school text books by the state government was held by the Mangalore unit of Students Islamic Organization (SIO) of India in the city on Saturday. Members of the Organization raised slogans against the state government which has decided to implement communal contents in social studies text books of classes 5 and 8 from the coming academic year

Mangalore, March 3: “Poetry is a game of words and thoughts. A poem in head is like a pressure building up in a cooker. The thoughts come together and form into beautiful words,” opined Konkani Sahitya Akademi Award winner (2011) Melwyn Rodrigues at the felicitation programme organised for him by 17 Konkani organisations.For thoughts to awaken, there should be disturbance. These disturbances makes

Mangalore, March 4: As seven candidates withdrew their nomination papers on Saturday, the number of candidates left in fray for the byelection to the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constitutency to be held on March 18 has reduced to 14. According to an official press release, the contesting candidates are: K. Jayaprakash Hegde (Congress), S.L. Bhoje Gowda (Janata Dal–Secular), V. Sunil Kumar