Karnataka

Mangalore, February 17: “Dr V S Acharya was an honest politician and a responsible minister”, said Shaafi Sa'adi Nandavara, Sunni Students' Federation (SSF) leader and Principal Secretary of Bangalore based Saadiya Educational Foundation. He was speaking after paying floral tributes to the portrait of departed home minster of Karnataka at a condolence meeting organized by Bharatiya Janata Party at

Bangalore, February 17: Minorities, especially Muslim youths should come forward and take up Civil Services Examinations and increase their number in bureaucracy, said Shantinagar MLA N A Harris. He was speaking after felicitating meritorious students at an Eid Milan ceremony organised by The Bearys' Welfare Association in Bangalore recently. Appreciating the rise of the level of education in the

Mangalore, February 18: The use of mobile phones during the council meetings became an issue of debate at the Mangalore City Corporation council meeting, with majority of the members demanding restriction on the use of the modern communication gadget. Initiating a discussion, former mayor K Ashraf demanded that use of mobile phones should be banned inside the house as it had become a huge nuisance

Pakkaladka, February 17: The Pakkaladka circle of the Youth Wing, a frontal organization of the Jamate Islami Hind organized a cleaning drive in the vicinity recently. The deputy convenor of the Youth Wing district unit, Mohammed Mohsin inaugurated the programme and stressed on the importance of maintaining cleanliness and hygiene. Pakkaladka circle convenor Mohammed Basheer gave an overview of

Mangalore, February 17: The inauguration of the new basket-ball court and the AIMIT basket-ball match was held on Thursday evening at AIMIT campus of St Aloysius College at Beeri near here. Rev. Fr. Joseph Rodrigues, S J (Rector, St Aloysius Institutions), inaugurated the court and declared the AIMIT basket-ball tournament open. The Rector in his speech stated the importance of sports in the

Mangalore, February 17: Congress MLC candidate for South West Degree constituency Dinesh has expressed confidence that he would defeat his BJP rival D H Shankaramurthy, despite the fact that latter is a political veteran. Addressing a press meet here on Friday Mr Dinesh said that it was time BJP give opportunity to the youth to represent the vibrant degree constituency. Mr Dinesh alleged that

Mangalore, February 17: The District Health Officer on Friday urged the parents with children below five years of age to compulsorily administer the polio vaccination to their children, as the first phase of polio vaccination administering for the year 2011-12 was scheduled on Sunday, February 19. Speaking to media persons here on Friday, DK DHO Dr O R Srirangappa informed that the District Health

Mangalore, February 17: The fifth national level invitational volleyball tournament organized by the city based Mangala Friends Circle at Urwa Maidan here was inaugurated on Thursday evening. The tournament is being conducted in memory of late Shivaprasad Baliga. Lancy Mascarenhas cut a ribbon and inaugurated the new volleyball court. Later a bunch of balloons was let free to fly in the sky as a

Manipal, February 17: Minister for Home and Transport R. Ashok said on Thursday that he had sought all details of the alleged obscenities, which were said to have taken place at the Spring Zouk Island Festival (rave party, from Superintendent of Police of Udupi district M.B. Boralingaiah. The Spring Zouk Island Festival held at St. Mary's Island, about six km from Udupi, from February 3 to 5, came

New Delhi, February 17: A diplomatic stalemate followed a day after shots fired from an Italian ship M?V?Enrica Lexie killed two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast, with an outraged New Delhi lodging a strong protest with that country's ambassador here on Thursday. The protest was lodged even as Rome claimed that security personnel on board the vessel “fired to fend off pirates.” To make