Karnataka

Udupi, May 23: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri said on Tuesday that the Right to Education (RTE) Act would be strictly brought into force in all schools including private schools from current academic year. Speaking to media persons here on Tuesday, Mr Kageri said that the Government was giving priority to proper and meaningful implementation of the Act in the

Mangalore, May 23: Renowned photojournalist K H Mohan, popularly known as 'Astro' Mohan, has bagged the International JPS gold medal in Jodhana Photojournalist Society, Jodhpur. 'Astro' Mohan is a senior news photographer of Udayavani, a widely read Kannada daily newspaper published from Manipal, and is also the President of Udupi Press Photographers Association. The picture “Last Journey”

Mangalore, May 22: Moulana Abul Kalam Azad is one of the great freedom fighters who fought for the country and today lies in heaven, said K S Eshwarappa, State BJP President. Adressing the gathering at a convention organized by BJP Yuva Morcha in Mangalore on Tuesday, Mr. Eshwarappa said that Moulana Azad and others such as Subhash Chandra Bose and Veer Damodar Savarkar fought for the freedom of

Mangalore, May 22: Congress' youth icon Rahul Gandhi is least bothered about the development of the country and it shows in his absence in parliamentary proceedings, said Anurag Thakur, National President, BJP Yuva Morcha. Addressing the gathering at a youth convention organized by the state unit of the BJP Yuva Morcha in Mangalore on Tuesday, Mr. Thakur took continuous digs at Rahul Gandhi, the

Mangalore, May 22: Normal life in Mangalore was thrown out of gear on Tuesday with police diverting the traffic across the city to facilitate the march of Hindutva activists towards Nehru Maidan, where a state level 'Yuva Jagruti Samavesha' is being organized by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Thousands of commuters stranded for hours across the city due to the traffic disruption. Elderly men

Mangalore, May 22: S A Ramdas, State Minister for Medical Education, paid an inspection visit to the district Wenlock Hospital in Mangalore on Tuesday. Speaking to mediapersons after taking stock of the situation, Mr. Ramdas said that overall, he was not happy with the work being carried out at the hospital. “Every week I speak to patients of different hospitals in the state and get first hand

Mangalore, May 22: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has announced that a compensation of Rs. 1 lakh will be provided by the government for passengers killed in the train accident involving the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express travelling from Hubli to Bangalore that rammed a stationary goods train near Penukonda station in Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh today. Speaking to mediapersons at the

Mangalore, May 22: A memorial service for a Christian mother and her two children, who lost their lives in the disastrous Mangalore air crash, was held at St Alphonsa Church, Kankanady here on the eve of second anniversary of the worst ever aviation tragedy of coastal Karnataka. Rosli wife of Shibu, a Kasaragod based woman was returning to her hometown from Dubai along with her two minor daughters

Colombo, May, 22: Indian film Byari bagged the bronze medal in the feature film category at the 2012 SAARC Film Awards while Saving Face, the acclaimed Pakistani movie on victims of acid attacks, has won the best documentary prize. Byari is the only Indian movie to win accolades at the coveted event. It is the first ever movie to be made in the Byari language. The movie, directed by K P Suveeran

Udupi, May 22: Udupi MLA Raghupati Bhat offered special prayers and “Bondabhishekha” at Sri Ananteshwara Temple, seeking rains to fill the dam of the Swarna River Second Stage Drinking Water Project, here on Monday. Earlier, Mr. Bhat offered prayers to idols of Krishna and Mukhyaprana (Hanuman) at the Sri Krishna Mutt here. Vishwavallabha Tirtha Swamiji of Paryaya Sode Mutt, president of Udupi