Karnataka

Mangalore, May 1: Journalists are considered to be people with white collar jobs who draw huge salaries but in reality they too have their own problems as employees said P B Harish Rai, President, Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists' Association. He was speaking at a programme organized by Rotary Club, Mangalore in the city as part of 'May Day' on Tuesday. Stating that a journalist's job is tough

Sullia, May 1: A case of two youths kidnapping a girl who had come to visit her relatives has been reported from Kukkujadka of Mudnooru village near here. Sandhya (21), daughter of Venkappa Gowda of Panattadi village of Kannangad taluk is the girl who has been kidnapped. On Sunday, she had come to Mundtaje near Kukkujadka to visit her relatives. It was decided that they will all visit Kukke

Manipal, May 1: Team Manipal Racing (TMR) is all set for the Burlington, Wisconsin off-road competition, SAE BAJA Wisconsin to be held from June 7 to 10, 2012. Their vehicle, “TMR V3”, was formally launched by the Chancellor of Manipal University, Dr Ramdas M Pai at the Health Sciences Library of Manipal University here on Monday. This is the third time that the Manipal Institute of Technology

Mangalore, May 2: Huge trees on the northern slope of the Court hill have been axed to facilitate the work on 'Vakilara Bhavan.' According to a press release, the northern slope of the Court hill harboured the last patch of the original forest which once covered the entire hill. The patch though small, formed an ecological niche of representative trees of the area. Perched on these trees were

Mangalore, May 1: A resident of Udupi who met with an accident in Kuwait last Sunday has succumbed to death. Paul Santhosh (39), son of Christopher D'Souza of Udupi, was working at L&T company in Kuwait. He is survived by his parents, wife and two sons.

Karwar, May 1: Unidentified thieves broke into a house at Khursawada in Karwar in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday and decamped with the gold jewellery estimated at Rs. 29 lakh. According to the police, the house belonged to Mary Dias whose family members had gone to Goa about three days ago. It was suspected that the thieves must have observed the closed door for two days and struck on

Hyderabad, May 1: Taking a colossal U-turn on their earlier stand BJP now takes on the street to protest against the SIT for allegedly targeting Hindu youths. It was the same BJP which was putting pressure on the SIT to arrest the culprits in the Hanuman temple desecration. The protesting BJP activists demanded that police should withdraw cases against the Hindu youths and punish the 'real'

Mangalore, May 1: The district administration on Monday got an idea of the difficulties faced by schools in implementing the Right to Education Act ( RTE) at a meeting called to discuss the steps to be taken to enforce the act effectively. Speaking at the meeting deputy commissioner NS Channappa Gowda directed aided and unaided primary school representatives that rules mentioned in the circular

Mangalore, May 1: The Mumbai-based Union Bank of India would open 30 branches and 59 ATMs in Karnataka this financial year, said D. Sarkar, Chairman and Managing Director, Union Bank of India. Mr. Sarkar was speaking at a press conference here on Monday after inaugurating the bank's third regional office in Mangalore. He said that branches would be opened in Hassan, Udupi, Mysore, Bellary

Mangalore, May 1: The birth centenary of freedom fighter Attavar Ellappa will be celebrated in Attavar high school from May 4 to 6. This was announced by office-bearers of the Swathanthrya Horatagara Barrister Attavar Ellappa Janma Shathamanothsava Samiti at a press conference here on Monday. A portrait of Ellappa would be unveiled on the occasion, according to Yogesh Bangera, director of the