Karnataka

Mangalore, September 23: The week-long ceasefire of combing operations announced by the State government to enable Maoists to surrender ended on Sunday evening. However, officials have confirmed that not a single Maoist was surrendered during ceasefire. Deputy Commissioner N.S. Channappa Gowda, Commander of Anti-Naxal Force Alok Kumar and Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal said they had not

Mangalore, September 22: Veteran Kannada litterateur and poet Dr K S Nissar Ahmed will be the president of the ninth national Kannada literary convention 'Alva's Nudisiri' to be held at Moodabidri from November 16 to 18. Announcing this at a media conference here on Saturday, Dr M. Mohan Alva, chairman, Alva's Education Foundation, the organiser, said that the reception committee of the convention

Mangalore, September 22: The Government of India is interested in setting up more universities and colleges and hence the concept of having a knowledge village in Dakshina Kannada district with more educational institutions will be looked into, said Oscar Fernandes, MP and chairperson, parliamentary standing committee on human resources development. Delivering a talk at a programme organized by

Mangalore, September 22: Police have arrested five persons including a retired medical officer in connection with the alleged murder of a young woman in Bantwal taluk. Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal told media persons on Saturday that 34-year-old Leelavathi had died earlier this month as a result of complication of induced abortion and excessive bleeding. The accused are

Mangalore, September 22: Congress heavyweight M Veerappa Moily on Saturday said that his party was not ready to welcome beleaguered Bharatiya Janata Party leader B S Yeddyurappa. Replying to the queries of media persons in the city, the Union Minister for Corporate Affairs and Power said that there was no place for opportunists in Congress Party. The Union Minister's stern remarks came a day after

Mangalore, September 22: In an effort to spread awareness among Mangaloreans about the importance of green buildings, Bearys Institute of Technology-Student Chapter of the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) organised a 'Green Walkathon' on Saturday. The walkathon was part of the World Green Building Week that is observed during the third week of September every year. Syed Mohammed Beary

Karwar, September 22: Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command, on Friday dedicating hydrographic survey vessel INS Makar to the country, at the Seabird Naval Base here. The vessel, with a catamaran hull form, was built by Gujarat government-owned company Alcock Ashdown Limited. The ship's keel was laid on April 24, 2008 and she was launched on

Kasargod, September 22: The first success of the recently-concluded 'Emerging Kerala' investors' meet could be the seaplane project to be operationalised in seven tourist destinations in the state in January, says Kerala Tourism Minister A.P. Anilkumar. "We got 58 proposals, including two from seaplane manufacturers, for this project. A feasibility study indicated it as a viable project and a

Mangalore, September 22: Former chairman of the Coastal Development Authority B Nagaraj Shetty, who is all set to join Janata Dal (Secular) on Friday said that he deeply regretted for a few of his past steps. Addressing a media conference in the city, the former Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minster, who was one of the prominent public faces of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka a few

Mangalore, September 21: Thousands of devotees on Friday night took part in the Shobha Yatra ahead of the immersion of Ganesh idol installed under the joint aegis of Ganeshotsav Samiti and Siddi Vinayak Prathisthan in the city. The Ganesh idol was taken out in a grand procession from Omkar Nagar at Bunts Hostel. It passed through main roads of the city including PVS circle and Car Street before