Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 11, 2012: Mangalore based SDM Law College student Wafa Sultana has been adjudged 'best parliamentarian' at a model parliament competition organized on Saturday in Hubli. As many as 40 students from 12 law colleges across the State, representing various 'constituencies', had participated in the proceedings that were part of the State-level S S Shettar Memorial Model Parliament

Udupi, March 11: Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary H N Ananth Kumar said on Saturday that the Congress was in a pathetic situation after the results of the five State Assembly elections were announced. He told presspersons here that it would be no surprise if the UPA government collapses by the end of the budget session. New political realignments will take place at the Centre, he said. He

Mangalore, March 10: A constable was on Saturday injured during an exchange of fire with suspected Naxalites in Mittabagilu near Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada district, police said. The injured constable of Anti Naxal Force has been identified as Sadashiv Choudhury. He was rushed to the hospital after he suffered a bullet injury in the melee. According to police sources, the incident occurred

Mangalore, March 10: The biggest quality of poets like Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Sahir Ludhianvi is that although their poems presented an ideology, they did not compromise with the aesthetic sense of classical Urdu poetry said K Phaniraj, activist. He was speaking at a programme on Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poetry organized by the Journalists' Study Centre, Mangalore, in the city on Saturday. Rating Faiz Ahmed

Mangalore, March 10: The Kalikamba Vinayaka Temple Trust which is celebrating its 'Yugadi Mahotsava' felicitated a sports hero of the nation. The recipient of this honour was Sunil Acharya, member of the Indian National Hockey team. He was felicitated with a shawl, citation and fruits in the presence of Shree Kalahasthendra Saraswathi Mahaswamiji and Aremadanahalli Shiva Sujnana Murthy Swami and

Mangalore, March 10: With an objective of relieving Pradeep Kumar Kalkura from his position as the president of Kannada Sahitya Parishat district unit, which he had held for 10 years, a splinter group made public their decision to back some other candidate in the election for the post of the president. Parishat former chief Harikrishna Punaroor, heading the splinter group, told reporters here on

Mangalore, March 10: The Karnataka State Political Science Teachers' Association in collaboration with Mangalore University Political Science Teachers' Association will organize XII Karnataka State Political Science Teachers' Annual Conference on March 13 and 14 at the Senate Hall, Mangalore University. The theme of the Conference will be 'Contemporary Issues and Concerns in Indian Politics'

Mangalore, March 10: Members of the Karnataka State Government Workers' Association will hold a 'satyagraha' protest on March 15, demanding salaries in accordance with the sixth pay commission from the state government. Addressing mediapersons at the Press Club in Mangalore on Saturday, H Sanjeeva, President of the DK district unit of the Association, said that most states in the country have

Mangalore, March 10: It was when women started writing, the stereotypes broke as women knew what they were and wrote what she was, said renowned Indo-Anglian Novelist Shashi Deshpande after inaugurating the national seminar “Emerging images of woman in Indian fiction in English and in translations from regional languages,” organised at Besant Women's College in Mangalore on Friday. It was with

Mangalore, March 10: Mangalore University has decided to take control of admissions of students to postgraduate courses offered by government degree colleges under its jurisdiction from the academic year 2012-13. But its decision is subject to the approval of the Government. Speaking at the academic council meeting on Friday Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankara Murthy said that the university had