Mangalore: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the government over what he called was an extremely timid foreign policy. He also launched an indirect attack on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, called him 'Mr Golden Spoon'. Speaking in Mangalore during an election rally in Karnataka, Modi said, "This Mr Golden Spoon says he follows the principals of Mahatma Gandhi. Does this Mr Golden Spoon know that...
12:49 PM, May 02, 2013
One of the country's biggest medical camps for people with facial deformities is being held at the KS Hegde Medical Academy in Mangalore, after the hospital received over 1,400 responses to its free surgery initiative. After CNN-IBN telecast a report in December 2011 on the free face-changing and life-changing surgeries that Dr Vikram Shetty and his team does, over 1,400 patients have thronged the hospital. ...
10:31 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Mangalore: The body of Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who was found hanging at her apartment in London on December 7, has reached Mangalore - near her hometown Shirva in coastal Karnataka. Family sources said the nurse would be buried at her hometown on Monday. "The coffin carrying Jacintha's body will be taken to Shirva on Monday for last rites and funeral at the local cemetery around 4 pm," Udupi Superintendent...
04:50 PM, Dec 16, 2012
CJ videos & pictures tell stories that count. From Dengue cesspools in the capital to festivities, here's this week's pick. ...
12:16 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Bangalore: Participants at a discussion claimed alcohol was the main reason for the recent attack at the Morning Mist Homestay in Mangalore. Kannada thinker M Chidananda Murthy, senior advocate Pramila Nesargi, Womens Commission head C Manjula and KSTB chairperson Sacchinanda Hegde said the victims were under the influence of alcohol. During a seminar on the Role of Alcohol and Drugs in the Mangalore Attack that was jointly organised by the...
01:05 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Mangalore: In an era of nuclear families, the complex joint family at Vittal Aramanes (palace) is a rare spectacle. The size of this extended family, which consists of 135 members, ensures that there is never a dull moment in the 30-room building. The families, who have separate kitchens, get together on festive occasions. The practice of a matrilineal system in the family where a girl marries her mothers brother has...
12:41 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Mangalore: From an outsiders point of view, Mangalore with its booming economy looks like any other cosmopolitan city in the making. However, behind this facade is a deep divide within the society which is leading to frequent frictions that some call attack on individuals freedom; while others describe it as an attempt to protect Hindu culture. Not everyone here condemns the July 28 raid on Morning Mist homestay, although they...
11:44 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Mangalore: Was the recent homestay attack a result of the turf war between self-proclaimed protectors of Hindu culture in Mangalore? Investigating officers think so after learning from reliable sources that Sharan Pumpwell of Bajarang Dal and Subash Padeel of Hindu Jagaran Vedike had developed hostility towards each other after an argument. Sources close to Padeel confirmed that Pumpwell had objected to Subash Padeel setting up a unit in Pumpwell and...
01:47 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Bangalore: The State Womens Commission has castigated Mangalore district police for failing to contain self-proclaimed moral police in its report on the recent Mangalore homestay attack case. Chairperson of the commission Manjula, who had visited Mangalore recently, would submit her report to Home Minister R Ashok on Wednesday. In the report, the commission has highlighted police inaction besides seeking a thorough inquiry into the incident, Manjula told reporters here on...
01:39 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Mangalore: A victim of the Padil homestay attack, who was barred from taking exams by her college, did not appear for both the papers, sources told Express. With Thursday being a holiday on account of Raksha Bhandan, the internal examinations are likely to end on Friday or Saturday, sources informed on condition of anonymity. Meanwhile, police have sought information from colleges on private paying guest hostels for men and women...
01:23 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Bangalore: The incident was aired on national television and written about extensively in newspapers; there were dharnas, protests by citizens, there was turmoil everywhere but in the journey to contradict an incident that hit our society, did we forget about the victims? Did the effect of the entire shameful episode on the teenagers was lost somewhere? Such events have a traumatic effect on the young minds. Media has done its...
02:04 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Mangalore: Victims of Saturday's homestay attack seem to be feeling the after-effects of the incident. A management college in Mangalore merely gave a verbal communication to a victim of the homestay attack that she will be barred from the internal third semester examinations slated to begin on Wednesday. Attempts by Express to get a response from the college on why she was barred from the exams, were unsuccessful. Another student...
12:41 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Mangalore: I would think twice about enrolling my children in some of the colleges in Mangalore, Commissioner of Police and father of two children Seemant Kumar Singh said on Monday. Making this admission two days after vigilantes attacked young revellers at a birthday party, the Commissioner highlighted what he described as petty politicking and a heavily polarised environment. This is conducive for lumpen elements to repeatedly attack youth and besmirch...
12:26 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Mangalore: Eight people have been arrested in the attack on a group of youngsters partying at a private resort in Mangalore. The members, reportedly owing allegiance to a pro-Hiindu group, called 'Hindu Jagran Vedike' allegedly beat up and harassed young women and men at a resort on Saturday evening. Reportedly, more than 50 men attacked the private party. However, Karnataka ADGP Law and Order Bipin Gopalakrishna said that no drugs...
01:31 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Mangalore: The issue of wearing a headscarf in classrooms has reared its head again, this time at the Sri Ramakunjeshwar Degree College in Ramakunja, 65 km from Mangalore. Ramakunja is the birth place of Pejawar Mutt seer Vishwesha Threertha Swami, who funds the college. Over 70 Muslim students pursuing BCom, BBM and BEd courses in the college boycotted classes for the second successive day on Friday, demanding that students be...
12:03 PM, Jul 14, 2012
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