MIM demands public holiday for Shiva Ratri
Hyderabad, March 16: MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi on Monday demanded that the Telangana Government declare a public holiday on the next day of Maha Shiva...
View ArticleTwo rape convicts sent to 20-year RI
Two persons convicted of rape were sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment by a court, here, on Tuesday. Seventh Additional District and Sessions Court Judge C Chandrashekar awarded the punishment...
View ArticleNagore sandhanakoodu festival draws large crowd
A large number of devotees witnessed the ‘Sandhanakoodu’ festival at Nagore dargah in the early hours of Saturday. The holy sandal...
View ArticleAll-religion prayer for rain
The administration and residents are making all-out efforts to ease the impact of severe water famine which the district is undergoing, ranging from offering prayers to making alternative arrangements....
View ArticleMinor girl raped near Mysore
MYSORE: A minor girl was raped by a fellow villager when she was searching for a lost sheep in Periyapatna taluk on...
View ArticleSea erosion intensifies in Ullal, Ucchila
Water-logged roads inconvenience pedestrians and vehicle users Incessant rains have been lashing both districts, and the low-lying areas in Dakshina Kannada were inundated on Monday. In Udupi, the low...
View ArticleUllal continues to remain tense; dargah row adds to the trouble
Though the police have arrested those involved in the stabbing incidents reported on Monday and Tuesday, Ullal continues to remain tense after another youth was attacked on Friday evening even as a row...
View ArticleCommunity group to oversee sea wall project
In what is being touted as the first such “experiment” for the ambitious Rs. 911-crore sea wall project, a community-based monitoring and liaison association, the Ullal Coastal Management Organisation...
View ArticleOld woman injured in house collapse
Monsoon rain, induced by the yet another depression over the Bay of Bengal, returned to lash several parts of the delta districts on Saturday. Sky remained cloudy and overcast conditions prevailed for...
View ArticleDelta farmers upbeat
armers who have raised kuruvai paddy crop on an estimated 63,500 hectares of land in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts of the core Cauvery delta are upbeat about the prospects of a bountiful harvest....
View ArticleMass prayers ahead of Yettinahole hearing
As the National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, will hear the petitions against the Yettinahole project on September 21, the Nethravathi Rakshana Samyuktha Samithi will offer mass prayers at places of...
View ArticleBattle against Yettinahole to be legal, non-violent: MP Kateel
Mass prayers held at temples, churches against the project People in Dakshina Kannada do not believe in violent protests. Legal battle will be on, along with offering prayers opposing Yettinahole...
View ArticleHundreds taken ill after consuming fish heads in Ullal
MANGALURU: More than hundreds people including workers of a fish exporting company were taken ill after eating fish heads that were supplied from the export firm in Ullal, here on Saturday. The...
View ArticleCommunity to look into coastal protection
To involve community in the ambitious sea wall project to check sea erosion in Coastal Karnataka, a community-based monitoring—shoreline management organisations (SMOs), as a part of shoreline...
View ArticleSea erosion damages 40 houses, road washed away
As many as 40 houses have been damaged due to sea erosion in Ullal, Someshwar and Uchil areas. Meenakaliya-Kurikatta Road under Panambur Bengre ward has been washed away to a length of about 500...
View ArticleTeacher arrested on rape charge
A 34-year-old teacher from a government school in Deralakatte here has been arrested for allegedly raping a 24-year-old teacher from a government school in Bantwal after promising her that he...
View ArticleGang of seven highway dacoits arrested
Acting swiftly, the district police claim to have apprehended a gang of seven highway dacoits, who had created fear by striking at three different places in Hunsur taluk in the last one month....
View ArticleUrban health centre at Bantwal and Puttur mooted
Ten such centres have been planned in Mangaluru National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) District Programme Management Officer Dr Sadashiv has said a urban health centre under NUHM has been proposed at...
View ArticleCelebrating spirituality
A lot has changed in the years that Tiruchi’s famed Hazrath Thable Alam Badusha Nathervali Dargah has been in existence. The trees lining the bylane leading up to the shrine have been overtaken by...
View ArticleUPSC IAS Civil Services final result 2016 declared: Tina Dabi emerges No 1,...
UPSC IAS Civil Services final result 2016 declared: Today, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the final result of Civil Services Examination 2015 with woman a candidate Tina Dabi (Roll...
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