Karnataka

Mangalore, October 14: Bharatiya Janata Party led Karnataka government is considering to introduce separate syllabus for Sunni Madrasa students in the state, according to Abbas Shariff Under Secretary, Social Welfare Department (Minority Welfare). Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of a programme here, Mr Shariff said that the government is also thinking to convene a meeting of the leaders

Mangalore, October 14: Respect and love for the Kannada must come out from one's heart, as mere slogans and rallies cannot preserve the language, said Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel. He was speaking after inaugurating the stage programme organised as part of 'Kannada Nudi Theru Jagruti Jatha' at Town Hall here on Friday. The four-day awareness Jatha organised by Kannada Development Authority (KDA

Mangalore, October 1: Mangalore city unit of Jamiyyatul Falah distributed scholarship for poor students at a programme held at the Community Development Centre of the organisation. Unit president Saduddin M Salih presided over the programme, which was commenced with the recitation of Quran by S A Siraj. Ex-president of Jamiyyatul Falah PBA Razzak and treasurer Zameer Ambar were the chief guests

Mangalore, October 14: BJP National Medical Wing will be organising a workshop on 'National Medical Policy' on Sunday, October 16, at Dr AV Rao Conference Hall in the city. Announcing this to media persons at a press conference here on Friday, Dr. K Mohandas Bhandary, working committee Member, BJP Doctor Cell Karnataka, BJP National Medical Wing, said that the workshop will be inaugurated at 9:00

Udupi, October 14: The Karnataka State Junior and Senior Athletic Championship-2011, to be held from Oct 13-16, was inaugurated at Mahathma Gandhi Stadium, Ajjarkad, Udupi on Thursday evening. Former athlete Ashwini Nachappa inaugurated the championship by handing over the lit torch to the athlete. In her inaugural address Nachappa said that at the athletic championship held at Mysore last year

Mangalore, October 14: In all, 90 passengers bound for Mumbai from Mangalore could not travel on Thursday as the Kingfisher Airlines in which they had been scheduled to fly did not take off in the afternoon because of an issue related to re-fuelling, sources in the airport said. Sources said that Hindustan Petroleum refused to re-fuel the aircraft as the airlines had not cleared its dues. The

Mangalore, October 14: The 85th anniversary of Hazrath Sheikuna Muhammed Jalal Masthan Al Bhukhari will be held at Masjid Zeenath Baksh central juma masjid, Bunder here from October 16 to 20. Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar, Mangalore Qazi, will inaugurate the conference. Sayyed Basheer Ali Shihab Thangal will offer dua. Religious speeches by Muslim scholars have been arranged from October 16 to 19 and will

Sullia, October 14: Chief minister Sadananda Gowda is all set to adopt the transparency mantra of Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy, who installed closed circuit cameras in his offices at the Secretariat and residence in Thiruvananthaparum providing 24x7 access to people through internet to know what is happening in the CM's office. Like Kerala chief minister, he will also install cameras in his

Kanhangad, October 13: In protest against the arrest of some youths including students following the Kanhangad disturbances about 200 women blocked the police vehicles in Kolayaval on Thursday morning. The women protestors threatened the police that they would not allow anyone to pass unless they took action against the cops who chased a 14 year boy who later jumped in to a river to save himself

Mangalore, October 12: Former Mangalore Mayor K Ashraf, who had played the resignation card for the first time in January, protesting B Janardhan Poojary's “dictatorship”, has now taken a firm decision to bid adieu to the Congress party. With this, the in-fighting in Dakshina Kannada District Congress committee has spilled out in the open once again, despite repeated patch-up bids. In a bulk SMS