Karnataka

Mangalore, April 18: Terming dowry as a 'curse' and an 'epidemic' afflicting the community, Mangalore Qazi Twaqa Ahmed Musliyar on Wednesday urged affluent sections of the community to take a pledge in the public that they will shun dowry and desist from extravagant marriage celebrations. Speaking after inaugurating the 'Varadakshine Virodhi Sammelana' here at Town Hall under the aegis of Wafa

Mangalore, April 18: Attempts to bring back dropouts from schools in the district will be made in the days to come, said Dr. K N Vijayprakash, Chief Executive Officer, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat. He was speaking after releasing an educational report at a discussion programme organized by Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, Department of Public Instructions, DK and 'Prajayatna' at Taluk

Mangalore, April 18: In a heartrending mishap, a middle-aged couple were killed when their motorbike was hit by a speeding Mahindra Pickup at Baikampady, near here. The deceased have been identified as Siraj (55), a resident of Jokatte and his wife Khatheejamma. The incident occurred around 5:30 am on Wednesday, when the couple were going towards Suratkal from Jokatte in their motorbike. The

Mangalore, April 18: Mobile banking is the only vehicle that will help banks in the financial inclusion drive, Srikant Katti, Deputy General Manager, State Bank of India (SBI), has said. He was speaking on “IT and banking: Challenges and prospects” as part of the national conference on “Information technology and its implications on the banking sector (NCITIBS 2012): challenges and prospects”

Mangalore, April 18: A young police constable lost his life after he was caught in strong currents of Varahi River and drowned. The victim has been identified as Ditin Kumar (24) who was a police constable at the Mangalore traffic police station. The incident occurred on Tuesday, between 11 am and 12 noon, when he had gone to have bath at Varahi River at Kulunje village in Kundapur taluk of Udupi

Mangalore, April 18: Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda said that a proposal has been sent to the government to sanction house for 305 Koraga families who are residing on the government land. The district administration wants to provide house for the Koraga families under the Integrated Tribal Devbelopment Program (ITDP). Speaking at a review meeting chaired by District-in-Charge Secretary

Mangalore, April 18: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) handed over two classrooms, administrative office and a toilet complex to Harkala Newpadpu Zilla Panchayat Samyuktha High School, more popularly known as Hajabba's school. HPCL chief manager Krishna Kutti inaugurated the new building and handed over it to school Development and Monitoring Committee working president Harekala

Mangalore, April 18: The Common Entrance Test (CET), earlier scheduled for May 3 and 4, will now be held almost three weeks later, on May 21 and 22. The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) announced here on Tuesday that a change in the schedule of the examination was inevitable because of the four-day boycott of evaluation of answer scripts by PU lecturers. The boycott was lifted only on Monday

Mangalore, April 17: Yemmekere Friends Circle (YFC) will organise 'Late B Narayana Karkera memorial YFC state-level under arm day and night cricket tournament' at Yemmekere ground near Bolar here from April 20 to 22. Annoucing this at a press Y Abdul Salam, Working president of YFC said that around 30 teams were expected to take part in this eight-over tourney. He said winners in the tourney would

Mangalore, April 17: Expressing concern over the decline in number of females in the district State Child Rights Protection Commission President Nina Nayak said that there is a need to keep an eye on how the scanning machines are used in various hospitals and at the scanning centres. Holding a meeting with child rights activists, NGOs working in field of education and the government officials, in