The warden of the district sub jail, who was injured when he tried to stop a fight among prisoners, has been suspended. However, no action has been taken against the prisoners who got into a fight.
Presiding over the Valmiki Jayanthi celebrations on the premises of the Zilla Panchayat on Monday, State Assembly Deputy Speaker N. Yogish Bhat said that Valmiki’s great epic Ramayana is part of the daily lives of the people of India.
An 11-year-old boy was electrocuted by a high-tension wire in Vittla Padnoor, Bantwal on Monday.
Media persons rescued two women, who were made to stand carrying a sheaf of paddy on their heads from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the recently held JD(S) district convention in Town Hall, Mangalore.
Addressing the press today, JD(S) Chief H. D. Kumaraswamy said that the Rs. 80,000 Mrs. Sonia Gandhi claims to have sanctioned for the state is not money that belongs to the central government, but taxes paid by the people of Karnataka.
Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, bishop of Mangalore Diocese, and Girish Kasaravalli, widely acclaimed Kannada director, were among the 10 people selected to receive the prestigious Alva’s Nudsiri Award 2012.
H. D. Kumaraswamy, state president of the JD(S), announced that A. Sadananda Shetty, the Mangalorean entrepreneur, will contest from the JD(S) for the Mangalore South...
A house on New Balmatta Road was burgled on the night of Oct 18, Sunday.
An auto rickshaw driver married the bride when the bridegroom did not turn up at the wedding venue.
Fr. Ronnie Prabhu, former rector of St. Aloysius Institutions of Mangalore, released Dr. Michael Lobo’s book “Is Christianity a Flawless Religion?”
A Dalit representative has accused assistant sub inspectors in Pandeshwar Women’s Police Station of behaving rudely against complainants and torturing them.
A 15-member team of the DK crime branch police is still investigating the double murder of Baby Thomas (58) and his wife Mary (45) and has arrested a couple of suspects.
The DK District Congress claims that it is in possession of documents proving that Higher Education Minister and DK District-in-charge Minister C. T. Ravi is involved in illegally acquiring 150 acres of land belonging to the forest department in Chikmagalur.
D. V. Sadananda Gowda, former chief minister of Karnataka, said that a final round of talks will be held in New Delhi in a bid to retain supporters of B. S. Yeddyurappa, former chief minister.
Vivekraj of Derik’s Chess School won the gold medal in Kendriya Vidyalayas National Chess Championship held in Kanpur from Oct 15 to Oct 20.