Karnataka

Mangalore September 25: As many as 273 candidates were appointed on the spot at the 32nd Skill Development and Employment Mela organised by the Skill Development Corporation, Employment and Training Department, Karnataka Job Training and Skill Development board here on Saturday. As many as 88 employers participated in the Employment Mela, which attracted over 1737job aspirants. Over 580 candidates

Mangalore, September 25: A seminar on 'Karanth and Yakshagana' was organised by Dr K Shivaram Karanth Chair of Mangalore University in association with University College at Ravindra Kalabhavan, University College on Saturday. Inaugurating the seminar Hosthota Manjunath Bhagawath of Hanumanti Village in Uttara Kannada and a close follower of the trends in Yakshagana called upon to take forward the

Mangalore, September 25: Former fast bowler for the Indian cricket team Javagal Srinath advice the cricket-loving boys to keep at cricket until the age of around 20, as that is the time their fitness would be at the best. Interacting with media persons in the city on Sunday, the 'Mysore Express' Srinath said that even if boys are not chosen to play in under-15 tournaments they should not lose

Mangalore, September 25: Hundreds of people in the city on Sunday ran for a cause, as medical colleges and hospitals conducted various awareness programmes as part of the World Heart Day. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore and Nitte KS Hegde Medical College (Kshema), Deralakatte organised awareness runs from Bejai to Attavar and from Pumpwell to IMA hall respectively early in the morning

Mangalore, September 25: Corporate affairs minister M Veerappa Moily backed home minister P Chidambaram saying the minister, who is facing flak from opposition over his stand in the controversial 2G spectrum allocation, need not resign from the cabinet. Chidambaram need not resign based on the details submitted by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. The opposition's demand for the home minister's

Mangalore, September 25: Make a Difference (MAD), a youth volunteer network that works with underprivileged children completed 'Tour de difference' wherein volunteers cycled to 12 Indian cities, and covered 4,240 kilometers in the months of August and September and were able to raise a sum of Rs 3.60 lakh towards the purchase of Cambridge syllabus textbooks for 300 underprivileged children in

Mangalore, September 24: Congress leaders in city have cast doubt over a move by the district in-charge minister Krishna J Palemar seeking help of local builders under recently mooted 'Sundara Mangalore' project. Former MLA Vijaykumar Shetty and Opposition leader in MCC Lancelot Pinto in a joint press meet here on Saturday alleged Palemar, a builder by profession, of trying to regularise the

Mangalore, September 24: Karnataka State Human Rights Commission Chairperson S R Nayak on Saturday suggested to embark on a legal battle over the 'scarf issues' often being reported from different educational institutions of the state and country, where Muslim girls were not allowed to wear head scarf. Reacting to the case of Hadiya Iqbal, a second year student of Jain PU College, Moodbidri, who

Mangalore, September 24: In a heartrending tragedy, an elderly woman and her middle aged son were found charred to death under mysterious circumstances in their house at Kallandadka village in Bantwal taluk late on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Bhavaniyamma (60) and her son Krishna (32), who were living together. Local sources said that they were leading a poor life. Krishna, who

Mangalore, September 24: City police chief Seemanth Kumar Singh and Dakshina Kannada SP Labhu Ram came in the crosshairs of Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) which ticked them off for their failure to keep a check on errant subordinates. SHRC chairperson S R Nayak in particular was peeved at failure of city police in detecting the double murder case of a mother and daughter and a cab