Karnataka

Mangalore, August 9: The 317-D District-wing of Lions Club International will organise 'Abhiyaan'- District Cabinet Presentation for the year 2012-13 on August 11 at 4 p.m. at Cordel Hall, Kulshekar, Mangalore. Addressing the media persons at Press Club here on Thursday, District Governor M.B. Sadashiv said that programme will be inaugurated by the First Lady of the Lions District Harini Sadashiv

Mangalore, August 9: It was a feast of harmony and peace indeed when the members of both Hindu and Muslim communities got together for a 'Sauharda Iftar Koota' on Wednesday evening at the Coast Guard Police Station in Kasaba Bengre, Mangalore. Hosted by Jamat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Kasaba Bengre unit, in association with Karnataka State Police Coast Guard, the event was aimed at promoting communal

Mangalore, August 9: The Mahatma Gandhi Peace Foundation observed 'Quit India Day' on Thursday at Tagore Park, in the city to mark 70th anniversary of Quit India Movement. Delivering the inaugural speech at the programme, Commissioner of Mangalore Urban Development Authority Ajith Kumar Hegde S. said that Quit India Movement was one of the milestones in the history of Indian freedom struggle.

Mangalore: August 9: Kannada Keerthana writer Kanakadasa's poetries are rich in their depth and dimension. His Keerthanas are significant to understand the socio-cultural aspects of the age he belonged to. However, we have failed to explore several new possibilities of studying the life and poetry of Kanakadasa, said Litterateur Prof Hampa Nagarajaiah. He was delivering inaugural address at the

Bangalore, August 9: The five-page report on July 28 attack on Morning Mist Homestay in Mangalore, prepared by the Karnataka State Women's Commission not only demands action against the police for failing to prevent the attack but also speaks of “saving youth from forces that lead them astray”. The report which was submitted to Home Minister R. Ashok on Wednesday, by Commission chairperson C

Udupi, August 9: Sir Laxmivarateertha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt laid emphasis on the need of promoting communal harmony in order to establish a peaceful society in the region. Expressing his feelings to the Muslim community leaders during his goodwill visit to newly renovated Jamia Masjid, in Udupi, which is set to be inaugurated on Friday August 10, said that both Hindus and Muslims share equal

Kasargod, August 9: The Hosdurg First Class Magistrate Court II has issued arrest warrants against 30 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders and activists, including Kerala State party general secretary K. Surendran and party national executive member Madikkai Kammaran, for laying siege to the Bekal police station in March. The court issued the warrants

Bangalore, August 9: The High Court has ordered notice to the BJP-led State government in connection with a petition seeking action against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat for his provocative speech earlier this year. The petitioner Suresh Bhat Bhakrabail, president of Komu Souharda Vedike, Dakshina Kannada district, has moved the High Court, stating that despite an FIR being filed against Bhat

Mangalore, August 9: The sleuths of Mangalore based special police forest mobile squad nabbed a person and seized a leopard pelt from him at Nadapal, Somehwar in Hebri on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Santhosh Shetty (32). Based on information that Shetty and Ranjith alias Wilson are getting the pelt to be sold, the sleuths led by Police Sub Inspector Manjunath K R carried out a

Mangalore, August 8: Even before the furore created by a ban on burqa and hijab in classrooms could die down, an educational institution in Dakshina Kannada district has stirred a hornet's nest by mandating women - students, teachers and staff - to wear bangles and sport bindi on campus. The administrative board of Vivekananda Vidyavardhaka Sangha (VVS), Puttur, which runs several institutions