My first reaction on reading the news that St Aloysius College in Mangalore had restricted the use of burqa was that it was unnecessarily provocative. ...
06:46 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Mangalore: In a decision that may trigger a controversy, a local college has banned girl students from wearing burqa in classes and while writing exams, but allowed them to wear the outfit in its campus. The management of St Aloysius College, an autonomous educational institution, has decided to ban burqa from this academic year. "The wearing of burqa is banned only while attending classes and writing exams. However, students can...
08:22 AM, Apr 28, 2012
Mumbai: Ad guru Prahlad Kakkar has found a new vocation, he has turned into an actor and plays a priest in his first film. He joined the cast and crew of Bejoy Nambiar's 'David' in Mangalore and showed no signs of nervousness while facing the camera. Nambiar said: "We have a very interesting debutant actor with us today. Prahlad Kakkar plays a priest in my film. I cast him because...
01:38 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Air India and the Union of India on compensation payable to those who died in Mangalore air crash in 2010. One petitioner, whose son Mohammad Rafi died in the air crash, had approached the apex court saying that he should be given a minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh. A division bench of Kerala High Court on August 25, 2011...
11:52 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Mangalore: Dr Vikram Shetty has taken cosmetic surgery to the interiors of India and that too for free. He's giving the youth a fresh lease of life and helping them look just the way they want to. When Vijisha, 25, speaks her words are incomprehensible, but the hope in her eyes is palpable. She and Greshma are waiting for a cosmetic surgery at the Maxillo Facial Unit in Justic KS...
09:49 AM, Dec 16, 2011
Mangalore: The much publicised baby showers and then the birthday celebration of mother-to-be Aishwarya Rai, has hardly kindled the gambling instincts of punters in Mangalore. But punters in Mumbai and New Delhi bet heavily in crores on Aishwarya's baby, expected in the second week of November. Punters in her birth place Mangalore are hardly breaking knuckles. The indifference of bettors in this port city with a long history of entrepreneurship...
10:58 AM, Nov 08, 2011
New Delhi: A division bench of Kerala High Court on Thursday set aside the verdict of single-judge bench of the same court asking Air India to pay over Rs 75 lakh compensation to families of each of 158 victims of May 2010 Mangalore air crash. Air India on August 12 filed an appeal before the division bench challenging the the July 20 order holding Air India's 'no fault liability' at...
03:28 PM, Aug 25, 2011
New Delhi: The cash-strapped Air India (AI) does not want to pay compensation of Rs 75 lakh to victims of the 2010 Mangalore Air India crash. Air India on Friday appealed against the High Court order despite earlier assurances that there will be no delay in paying compensation. Air India filed an appeal in the division bench of the Kerala High Court after a single bench of the same court...
06:32 PM, Aug 12, 2011
A Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council report accessed by CNN-IBN, warns an accident similar to the Mangalore airport crash waiting to happen at Calicut airport. ...
11:17 AM, Aug 06, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The Mangalore airport crash last year was one of the worst the country has seen. A similar accident is waiting to happen at the Calicut airport, according to a report by the Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council, accessed by CNN-IBN. In the May 22 crash last year, over 150 people died after an Air India Express plane overshot the runway at Mangalore Airport. The airport has a table top...
11:01 AM, Aug 05, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court has ruled that the victims of May 2010 Mangalore air crash that claimed the lives of 158 people will now be entitled to an interim compensation of Rs 75 lakh each. This came on a petition filed by the Mangalore Air Crash Victims Families Association after Air India offered a victim's father Rs 35 lakh as compensation. The association's plea says international norms mandate a...
12:38 PM, Jul 20, 2011
Mangalore: Three persons, including a Korean national, were killed and four others were injured in an explosion at India's first crude oil storage cavern, under construction in Mangalore on Friday. A Korean-Indian joint venture Skeckct was carrying out drilling and blasting at the rock caverns near Mangalore, Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Ltd CEO Rajan K Pillai said in New Delhi. As they brought out explosives from the caverns, something went...
10:45 AM, May 28, 2011
New Delhi: How much reward does a fire fighter get for one of the most difficult relief and rescue operations in recent times? That too in a major air crash, the worst in a decade. Karnataka government thinks that Rs 100 is the best reward! The 85 fire department personnel who worked non stop for 12 hours and remained at the crash site for 5 days have got certificates with...
01:22 PM, Apr 19, 2011
New Delhi: The one-man Commission headed by Justice BK Somashekhar appointed to probe the attack on churches in Mangalaore, on Friday, submitted its final report to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa. The commission gave a clean chit to the police, but it says that not all attacks were spontaneous and that many were well planned. The Commission has blamed the attacks on misguided anti-Christian groups. The report also said that...
12:07 PM, Jan 28, 2011
Dalits protest against a 400 year old tradition of rolling over banana leaves left behind by Brahmins after finishing food at the Kukke Subrahmanya temple. ...
12:32 PM, Dec 11, 2010
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