Karnataka

Mangalore, September 27: This year Hajj flights from the city will start operation from October 4, instead of September 29 as announced earlier. Mohammed Ghouse Basha, President, Karnataka State Hajj Committee, said in a press release that a total of five flights would fly to Jeddah from the coastal city. The first flight will leave Mangalore on October 4 at 8.05 pm, second and third flights on

Mangalore, September 27: If everything goes as per the plan, then Tree parks will come up at Pilikula in Dakshina Kannada and 80-Badagubettu in Udupi district. Sources in the Forest department in Mangalore said “the tree park will be a joint venture of the Forest department and Pilikula Nisargadhama. The total estimated cost of the project is Rs 1.5 crore. The proposal has already been submitted

Kumbla, September 27: A protest march, taken out by DYFI to the Kumbla grama panchayat office on Monday, demanding probe into the alleged irregularities in the Centre's job guarantee programme, ended up in violence and stone pelting at the police. Police said they resorted to lathi charge as DYFI men started pelting stones at them. The injured DYFI man Koggu, 22, Kumbla village secretary of the

Mangalore September 26: Mangalore Youth Leaders' conclave (MYLC) is a first of its kind conference that provides the youth an opportunity to take up various projects towards a greener and peaceful Mangalore. The conference is scheduled to take place on October 1 and 2, 2011 at Eric Mathais Hall, St Aloysius College, Mangalore. Laxmi Shenoy, the Convener, MYLC says “MYLC is designed to be a medium

Udupi, September 26: “Koppala by-election results will prove my influence in the party, as former MLA and BJP candidate Sanganna Karadi is all set to win the elections by a margin of over 15,000 votes”, said Ex Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. Yediyurappa was at Kollur on Monday evening to participate in a Chandika Homa scheduled for Tuesday morning. After having 'darshan' of goddess Mookambika

Udupi, September 26: Corporation Bank, Zonal Office, Udupi celebrated Hindi Day at its Udupi branch. Chief Guest of the function Dr. Pawan Kumar, Professor, Community medicines, KMC, Manipal paid tribute to honourable founder of the Bank and inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp. Messages of Finance Minister, Minister of Home Affairs and Chairman & Managing Director of the Bank were read

Thiruvananthapuram, September 26: A school van carrying 23 children plunged into a river near Thiruvananthapuram on Monday evening. According to reports, three children have been killed and 20 others have been rescued. All students of the Jyothi Nilayam School were aged below 12 years, said Nedumangad constituency legislator Palode Ravi. Police and fire brigade teams are conducting salvage and

Mangalore, September 26: Speaker K G Bopaiah has nominated Puttur MLA Mallika Prasad and Karkala MLA Gopal Bhandary to the academic council of Mangalore University. Mallika Prasad and Gopal Bhandary are representatives from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts respectively. They will be members of the council for three-year-period or time till they remain members of the state assembly, whichever

Mangalore, September 26: Renowned Kannada scholar, academician and researcher Malleshappa M Kalburgi, popularly known as MM Kalburgi, will chair the eighth edition of Alva's Nudisiri, a national level Kannada literary meet to be held at Moodbidri near here from November 11. Announcing this at a press meet here on Monday, Dr M Mohan Alva, the Chairman of Alva's Education Foundation, said that in

Bangalore, September 26: A 56-year-old bank manager was strangled to death inside his residence in Jayanagar police limits. The victim Shankar Poojari seems to have been killed late on Saturday night, police said.The incident came to light when a hotel employee visited his house around 5pm on Sunday. Shankar didn't cook at home and used to have his meals at the hotel.The body was found in the