Karnataka

Mangalore, July 2: P P Upadhya has taken charge as the Managing Director of MRPL from U K Basu who retired from the post on June 30. P P Upadhya has the experience of working in the petroleum industry for over three decades. A chemical engineer from NITK, he started his career with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). According to a press release, comletion of Phase III?facilities including SPM?and

Udupi, July 1: Most of the media reports ending up in mere allegations result in media losing its credibility. There is a need to make the reports authentic. In that direction the RTI Act can be of great help, said senior journalist Asha Krishnaswamy. She inaugurated the Press Day programme organised by Udupi District Working Journalists' Association, here on Sunday by unveiling the photo copy of

Mangalore, July 1: A group of Muslim religious leaders in the coastal Karnataka have come up with an action plan to eradicate dowry system completely from the Muslim society. In a media release issued here Bekal Ibrahim Musliyar, Qazi of Udupi, said that a massive drive to create awareness against dowry in Muslim mohallas is already under progress. As part of the campaign an awareness committee

Mangalore, July 1: Three personalities serving in the media field were felicitated at a programme organized by Sandesha Foundation as part of the Kannada Press Day celebrations on Sunday. Journalists Steevan Rego of 'Vijaya Karnataka', Laxmi Machhina of 'Udayavani' and Shahnaz M of 'Anupama' monthly were felicitated by the Foundation. Speaking on the occasion P B Harish Rai, President, Dakshina

Mangalore, July 1: Police are misusing their power by slapping Atrocity cases against culprits involving in communal clashes, Shekhar Belthangady, a Dalit representative said. He raised the issue at the monthly SC/ST grievance meet held at the SP's office in Mangalore on Sunday. Citing an instance of a communal clash that took place in Kuvettu of Puttukere in Belthangady Taluk following blocking

Mangalore, July 1: A government committee would visit Chennai or Trivandrum soon before whom Mangalore lecturers can place their suggestions in making the National Commission for Higher Education and Research Bill (2011) more beneficial, said Oscar Fernandes, MP and head of the Standing Committee on Human Resource Development. He was responding to the suggestions placed by Dr. A M Narahari

Manipal, July 1: Dinu D., second year student at Manipal Institute of Jewellery Management (MIJM), a constituent of Manipal University, has won the best design/idea award in MIA “My Expression”, a national-level design contest conducted by Tanishq. A press release issued by Manipal University here on Friday said the contest started in January 2012 and continued for five months till May. Of the

Manipal, July 1: Dr V Surendra Shetty, Dean, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, has been appointed Pro Vice Chancellor of Manipal University, Manipal with effect from July 1, 2012. Dr Shetty's association with the Manipal group started in 1965 when he joined the first batch in the College of Dental Surgery. He completed the course in 1970 with flying colours, bagging the Dr T M A Pai

Udupi, July 1: The Udupi district police have claimed to have solved NRI's wife murder at Kemmannu village on June 25 with the arrest of two persons on Saturday. Police have arrested nephew of the deceased, Harish Poojary (30) and his friend Santosh Poojary (29). Addressing presspersons here, Superintendent of Police M B Boralingaiah said that the woman Shakuntala Poojary (40) was murdered by the

Udupi, July 1: Two young girls lost their life after they accidentally fell into a ditch and drowned at Mogebettu in Belur village near Kota in Udupi district on Saturday. Police identified the deceased ad Sandhya (9) and Dhanalakshmi (11). Their parents were working at a stone quarry in the same area. The incident occurred when the duo had gone with a group of four friends to take bath at a tank