Karnataka

Udupi, August 2: Pejawar Math seer Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji has raked up a controversy by urging those who are condemning the attack on young men and women in Padil “to look into the other side of the story”. The seer, who is currently on Chathurmasa, broke his silence on thee issue, and called on all responsible people to examine the issue of the attack on the students at homestay in Mangalore in

Mangalroe, August 2: Nalin Kumar Kateel, Mangalore MP, on Wednesday presented the prestigious Malpe Shankaranarayana Samaga Award to Balipa Narayana Bhagawatha in Mangalore. Speaking on the occasion he said that artistes from Samaga family and Balipa family had devoted their life to Yakshagana. President of the Karnataka Yakshagana Bayalata Academy M.L. Samaga, speaking at the function, sought

Mangalore, August 1: Condemning the brutal attack on students who were celebrating a birthday party at Morning Mist Home-stay in the city last week, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Prathishthana held Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner NS Channappa Gowda and Mangalore City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh responsible for the recurrence of such incidents. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday

Mangalore, August 1: The district unit of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) has demanded a transfer of Deputy Commissioner and city Police Commissioner from Mangalore for their inability to prevent the homestay attack in Mangalore. Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Wednesday, Suresh Bhat Bakrabail, President, Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike, DK, said that Deputy

Mangalore, August 1: The Confederation of Real Estate and Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) will organize the second Karnataka State level CREDAI Convention – STATECON 2012 on August 25 at TMA Pai International Convention Centre in Mangalore. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, here, Chairman of STATECON 2012, K.C. Naik said that the theme for the convention was 'Homes for All'

Mangalore, August 1: St. Aloysius College (Autonomous) will be offering a Post Graduate diploma course called Biotechnology Finishing School (BTFS) in two disciplines 'Plant Tissue Culture' and 'Fermentation and Bioprocessing from this year. Announcing this at a media conference here on Wednesday Fr. Swebert D'Silva, Principal of the College, said that BTFS was sponsored by Government of Karnataka

Mangalore, August 1: 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

Mangalore, August 1: A Mangalore City Corporation notice has been pasted at the entrance of the Morning Mist Home-stay, in Padil, where students celebrating a birthday party were attacked, stating that it is a residential building and does not possess license to carry out commercial activities. The notice dated July 30, signed by the MCC Health Officer, further states that the programmes such as

Kasaragod, August 1: In a major crackdown on Inter-State smuggling of Indian-Made Foreign Liquor ahead of the Onam season, the Excise team on Tuesday seized 414.720 litres of the brew from a car at Manya, near here. On a tip-off, a team of sleuths from the Excise Department, led by Inspector K. B. Binu, seized 2,304 bottles of 180 ML capacity each, kept in 48 boxes from the car. The car sped away

Mangalore, August 1: C Manjula, Chief of the Karnataka State Women's Commission on Wednesday inspected the site of the homestay in Mangalore where the assault on young girls and boys was carried out by Hindutva activists. Speaking to media persons later, she said that the Commission has already condemned the attack. “I have come here to hold and inspection and to seek answers as to why such