Mangalore : Mangalore based Nagma Fareed Malik, the new ambassador to Tunisia, will take charge of the new post shortly.  Nagma, an IFS officer of the 1992 batch is a proud daughter of Mohammed and Zola of Kerala and now settled in Delhi. She is strongly associated with Mangalore since she is niece of noted [...]

Mangalore : CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat said that Vittala and his family is targeted by the government since they have opposed to the eviction of the tribal and even rejected the compensation given by the government. He was speaking at the seminar held on ‘Evils of Naxalism and the human rights violation of [...]

Mangalore : A house located at Alape, was gutted in fire on May 20, Sunday at 10:00 a.m. The house belongs to Narayan, who is working at Devi Printing Press in Hampankatta. The incident took place, as Narayan lit the lamp for Morning Prayer and left for work. Later the flames spread all over destroying [...]

New Delhi: Former India cricketer Kirti Azad on Sunday began a fast, demanding that the Indian Premier League, which has been a hit by a series a controversies, be scrapped. Azad, who is also a BJP leader, began the hunger strike outside the Feroz Shah Kotla ground. “All those who are watching, I have a [...]

London: A newly found 150-foot-wide asteroid may pass so close to the Earth that it might destroy communications satellites, researchers say. Discovered by astronomers at the LaSagra Observatory in Spain, 2012 DA14 is estimated to veer near enough to Earth to potentially disrupt geosynchronous satellites on February 15, 2013, a newspaper reported. While the asteroid [...]

Bangalore: KAS Officer Mahantesh, who had been grievously attacked by assailants near the Atria Hotel in the city on May 15, has succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital in the city on the morning of May 20, Sunday. Mahantesh who was known to be an honest officer had waged a war against the [...]

Shimoga: Dharma can survive when the aim of Brahminism is complementary to the development and progress of Hindu Samaj, said Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt. He was speaking after inaugurating an Awareness Convention of Brahmins organized at the Science Grounds here on May 19, Saturday. The seer also emphasized the need for all [...]

Mangalore: Twelve under trials from the District sub-jail in Mangalore have been shifted to prisons in three north Karnataka districts in the backdrop of lack of space, shortage of staff and frequent clash among under trials here.  Praveen Kulal, Vishwanath Poojari, Shivaraj and Somanath, accused in Sulaiman murder case of Udupi, have been shifted to [...]

Mangalore : Communist Party of India (Marxists) General Secretary Prakash Karat visited district sub-jail in Mangalore on Sunday, May 20. Speaking to media, he said that CPI(M) will support Vittal Malekudiya to release from the jail and write his exams, because he is innocent. Vittal is accused of breaching war against state by the Karnataka’s [...]

Mangalore:  Congress workers led by District Congress Vice President Ivan D’Souza staged a protest in front of the MCC office in Mangalore on May 19, Saturday alleging that the corporation had failed to solve the problems faced by the general public due to the flowing of sewage water on the road near the Kannur check [...]