Karnataka

Mangalore, March 23: Cruise vessel M V Seven Seas Voyager with 656 cruise passengers on board called at New Mangalore Port on Thursday. This is the 15h cruise vessel calling at the Port during the current financial year 2011-12. The vessel came to NMPT from Cochin and sailed to Goa in the evening. Majority of the passengers were from United States. As many as 600 passengers opted for ground tour

Mangalore, March 22: Around 90 alumni of city based St Aloysius College (Autonomous) which celebrated its 132nd annual college day on March 16, participated in a rare get-together at St. Joseph's Boys High School in Bangalore recently. Fr. Denzil Lobo SJ, Director AIMIT, Fr. Francis D' Almeida SJ, Vice-Principal, St. Aloysius College, Mr Arthur D' Souza, President SACAA, Mr. Michael D' Souza, Vice

Mangalore, March 22: In a novel protest on high seas off the coast of Mukka, near Suratkal traditional fishermen laid siege to a dredger and a tug used to tow it on Thursday. The protest was held under the banner of Coastal Traditional Fishermen's Union to oppose a move by Mangalore Special Economic Zone authorities to lay an effluent discharge pipeline near Mukka. Around 100 angry fishermen

Mangalore, March 22: A boat repairer crushed to death under a fishing boat, which accidentally fell on him after repair on Thursday evening at Thota Bengre, here. The deceased has been identified as Ashraf, a resident of Bengre. His colleague Aslam sustained severe injuries on his hand in the incident. The tragedy occurred at around 3:00pm, when the fishermen and workers were preparing to pull the

Mangalore, March 22: Students are under pressure following the following postponement of the II pre-university physics examination due to the leakage of question paper. The physics exam was to be held on Thursday. The Department of Pre-University Education is expected to announce the date of the re-examination shortly. The development came two days after the II?PUC mathematics examination was put

Mangalore, March 22: Build the fundamental strong and concentrate more on articulation along with communication, said Chakravarthy E S, Central Head, TCS, Bangalore. He was inaugurating two-day South India level Inter Collegiate Tech Fest 'Semaphore' in NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte campus, organised by the Department of MCA. He advised the students to expand their knowledge in academics and

Mangalore, March 22: Honnamma, mother of Vittal, the first year student of Mass Communication and Journalism of Mangalore University, who was arrested by ANF for alleged naxal links, has decided to obtain permission from the court for her son to write his internal as well as semester examinations. Ms. Honnamma approached Shiv Shankar Murthy, the Vice Chancellor of Mangalore University on Wednesday

Mangalore, March 22: President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil has presented 'Nirmal Gram Puraskar 2011 to Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchaya. Zilla Panchayat President K Shailaja Bhat received the award from Ms Patil on Wednesday at a grand function in New Delhi. Zilla Panchayat CEO K N Vijayaprakash, presidents of Mangalore and Sullia Taluk Panchayats, CEOs, and ZP sanitation officer Manjula also

Kasargod, March 22: Bahrain Airways has announced four more flights to Thiruvananthapuram, underlining that Kerala is an important destination for the airline as a large number of Indians living in the Gulf are from this State. The airline has plans to take the number of flights to the Kerala capital to seven a week by the summer. With the milestone of seven flights a week to Thiruvananthapuram

Mangalore, March 22: The budget presented by Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday evoked mixed reaction here. While some appreciated setting up of helpline for health-related information and making one year service in rural areas compulsory for MBBS graduates and postgraduates, there were apprehensions over supply of 24 hours water in the city and improvement of roads. Anantasatya