Karnataka

Udupi, April 15: Study of ancient Greek literatures had revealed that, those included over 30 per cent of Tulu words. It is the need of the hour to translate Tulu Literature in to English to relink the Tulu language, tradition and culture to the international languages. Or else Tulu tradition will become stagnant, opined renowned folk scholar Dr Vamana Nandavara. He was speaking after receiving

Mangalore, April 16: “Naanu Mattu Ganesha”, a collection of short stories written by Vasanthkumar Perla, Programme Director, All India Radio, Mangalore, was released by B.A. Viveka Rai, writer and guest professor in the Chair of Indology in Wurzburg University, Germany, here on Sunday. Prof. Rai said the stories written by Mr. Perla about three decades ago when the author was 19 or 20 years old

Mangalore/Udupi, April 15: The second round of four-day pulse polio drive in twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi commenced districts on Sunday. As many as 921 pulse polio booths have been set up in Dakshina Kannada district to administer polio drops to children below five years of age till April 18. Dakshina Kannada District Health Officer O Srirangappa said that this time the

Mangalore, April 15: Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily has vent anger on BJP led Karnataka government for what he called its indifference towards the drinking water scarcity across the state including Mangalore. He was replying to the queries of media persons on the sidelines of a meeting on the formation of Global Devadiga Foundation in the city on Sunday. Asked about the

Mangalore, April 15: Utkarsh-2k12, the annual sports meet of AIMIT, St Aloysius College was held on Saturday at the AIMIT campus of St Aloysius College at Beeri near here. The inaugural was held in front of the AIMIT Admin block at 9 a.m. Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, Director, AIMIT spoke of the importance of sports and games in life. Quoting the latin dictum, 'Mens sana in corpora sano', he said that to

Mangalore, April 15: The construction work for the Shalimar Heights, the 13 storeyed super luxury apartments, on Sturruck Road, Falnir, Mangalore, got off to a colourful start on Sunday with Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel inaugurating the project in the presence of a galaxy of dignitaries. The project, promoted by Shalimar Builders and Promoters, involves a cluster of 2BHK and 3BHK flats on the

Mangalore, April 15: The Government of Karnataka has earmarked Rs. 406 crore for the welfare of the minorities. Additionally, Rs. 96 crore has been set aside under the scholarship scheme. Minorities should make use of all these funds available to them. Social organizations must play a key role in ensuring that the benefits reach to the deserving candidates, said Zameer Pasha, Chief Secretary of

Byndoor, April 15: With the death of five more heads of cattle in Paduvari village near Byndoor in Udupi district on Saturday, the number of cattle death in the last three days touched 71. A pall of gloom descended on the village, as the many families mainly dependent on dairying for their livelihood, have lost major source of sustenance in the mysterious poising incident. The reason is said to be

Udupi, April 15: In a brutal incident, an auto rickshaw driver killed his two sons and committed suicide at Shiroor near here on Saturday. According to police, the deceased have been identified as Raju and the children Pradeep (9) and Prithvi (8). It is learnt that Raju was an alcoholic and was harassing his wife without any reason and was physically torturing her. He was not working regularly, to

Mangalore, April 14: The first ever international T20 Cricket match will be held in the coastal city of Mangalore on April 29, between 'Zimbabwe Africans' and 'Karnataka Indians'. Announcing this at a press meet here on Saturday, Joseph Rego, head, Heath Streak Foundation said that preparations are underway at the NMPT cricket stadium for the historical match. He said, the 'Heath Streak -