Karnataka

Mangalore, April 24: Basavanna's vachana literature is a treasure of knowledge that he passed on to the masses in simple words, said Yogish Bhat, MLA. He was speaking after inaugurating a programme organized to celebrate the birth anniversary of Basaveshwara by the district administration, Department of Kannada and Culture and Karavali Veerashaiva Kshemabhivraddhi Sangha, Mangalore, in the city on

Bangalore, April 24: The 27th Quadrennial Assembly of the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) will be held from Thursday, April 26, on the theme 'Gospel in a groaning World' Bishop Dr. Taranath S. Sagar, President of NCCI, the apex body of the Protestant and Orthodox Churches in the country formally announced this at a press meet on Tuesday. The Assembly will be held at the St. John's

Mangalore, April 24: “Learning becomes most effective when it is fuelled by the student's desire to know, and not when the student considers it to be a burden and a difficult task,” said Dr. Shikaripura Krishnamurthy, Sanskrit scholar and former Professor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore. He was addressing a group of students and parents after inaugurating

Mangalore, April 24: Had a restriction been put on certain power projects who were utilizing water from Kumaradhara and Netravathi rivers for power generation all the way till March, people of Mangalore would not have been reeling under water crisis today, said Vijay Kumar Shetty, Former MLA. Addressing media persons at a press meet at the district Congress office in the city on Tuesday, Mr

Mangalore, April 24: One of the immediate steps the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat needs to take is to drive away the feeling of inferiority complex from rural people said Dr. Sripathi Kalluraya, Lecturer of Economics, Mangalore University. He was delivering the key-note address at a programme organized by Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat to celebrate the National Panchayat Raj Day in Mangalore

Karkala, April 24: A day after broad daylight killing in Mangalore, a youth was found brutally murdered on Tuesday morning in Nitte-Kalampadipadavu near here. The mutilated body of Sandeep Kumar (29), son of Thimmappa Moolya, a resident of Padavu, was spotted around 5:30 am by some local residents at a bus stop adjacent to Kalampadipadavu School. It is assumed that the murder might have taken

Mangalore, April 24: The management of the PA College of Engineering (PACE) has expressed its grief nearly 15 days after Mehnaz, a second year Biotechnology student, committed suicide at the college hostel. In its first press statement after the April 10 incident, the management insisted that Mehnaz was a talented and well-mannered student. Students of PACE, who had resorted to strike after the

Mangalore, April 24: Due to change in the advance reservation period to 120 days, trains 12685/12686 Chennai Central-Mangalore-Chennai Central expresses that is running six days a week will be converted to a daily express starting from August 20 in Mangalore and August 21 from Chennai Central. The Palakkad division of Southern Railway said in a press release here that consequent to change in

Karwar, April 24: The police in Uttara Kannada district are in contact with their counterparts in other States in addition to several investigation agencies in the country to curb anti-national activities being carried out by some persons who hail from Bhatkal, said Pratap Reddy, Inspector-General of Police, Western Range. Mr. Reddy told presspersons in Karwar on Monday that the police in the

Mangalore, April 23: Three persons were killed on spot when the motorbike they were riding rammed into a speeding KSRTC bus at Halekote in Belthangady taluk near here on Monday night. Two among the triple riders have been identified as Vincent, resident of Koppadabel near Punjalkatte and Biju, resident of Koyyur. The identity of the third persons is yet to be ascertained. The accident took place