Karnataka

Mangalore, September 16: To commemorate the 150th year of Indian struggle for Independence, Samskruthi Manthralaya, New Delhi and Kannada and Culture Department, Bangalore, will jointly organise the 150th year celebration and cultural programmes in memory of Tippu Sulthan on September 17 and 18 at Uchila Bovi Higher Primary School Hall in Someshwar. Informing the same to the media persons, Kannada

Manipal, September 16: Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA) emerged the best overall team at WGSHA Quest-2011, which concluded at a hotel on Wednesday, retaining the top ranking that it enjoys in the country. The two days of the competition with 12 teams from across the country, brought out the best in students, who put up a splendid show. Culinary Academy of India

Kumta, September 15: The Kumta police on Thursday arrested the main accused in the murder case of Jali Gram Panchayat Vice President Abdul Salam Damda, whose body was found last Sunday at Manikatta almost a week after he went missing. The arrested, identified as Pundalik Narayan Naik (28), a resident of Shirali village, and a lab technician at Heble in of Bhatkal taluk, was produced before the

Mangalore, September 15: A goods train derailment near Hoige Bazar railway gate stalled traffic on interior roads of the city for more than three hours on Thursday evening. The last coach of the train, which had just began to move back after unloading cement at goods-shed, accidentally ran off the tracks at around 6:45 pm said an official from Railway department. The train had more than 20 empty

Mangalore, September 15: The lack of will power among shady politicians of the region is the main reason for non-inclusion of Tulu language in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution, according to well-known Tulu theatre personality Vijay Kumar Kodiyalbail. Participating in a Meet-the-Press programme at press club here on Thursday, in the wake of 100 days of successful run of his movie

Mangalore, September 16: The inaugural of the Infovision-2011, the IT and Bioinformatics Exhibition organised by the IT and Bioinfo faculty of AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri, Kotekar, near hear was held on Thursday morning. Max Rasquinha, Founder, IIPP and Internal Orientation Centre, Mangalore, hailing from Houston, TX was the Chief Guest and Rev Fr Joseph Rodrigues SJ, Rector

Mangalore, September 15: The New Mangalore Port Trust celebrated 151st Birth Anniversary of Sir M Visvesvaraya as Engineers' Day on Thursday, at Port Auditorium near here. Prof. Babu Narayan of Civil Engineering Department, NITK was the chief guest of the programme. In his key note address, he explained the qualities of Sir M V and gave presentation on taller, longer and stronger structures

Mangalore, September 15: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy will be organising a two day state level 'Beary Convention' on December 10 and 11 at Town Hall here. Announcing this at a press conference here on Thursday, M B Abdul Rahman, the Chairman of the Academy, said as many as 10 thousand people including 1500 representatives of various Beary organisations from across the country and abroad are

Mangalore, September 15: The modern technology has geared up to play a crucial role in the security system of Mangalore , with the Police Commissionerate poised to bring the crucial points of this coastal city under surveillance with the help of close circuit television (CCTV) cameras round the clock. The monitoring of traffic with the help of CCTV Cameras, according to police, will reduce a lot

Mangalore, September 15: Six local fishermen went missing after a trawl boat sank off the coast of Tannirbavi near here in the wee hours of Thursday. The personnel of coast guard and police are conducting emergency search and rescue operations in the rough waters with the help of local fishermen. The trawl boat owned by one Nazeer from Farangipet had left Old Port, here, for deep see fishing, nine