Karnataka

Mangalore, September 15: The boat tragedy at Old Port Estuary mouth on Tuesday, where five persons were injured, is not the first of its kind this year. It's the third such incident where boats got stuck in the sand bar, but none were injured in the previous cases. "The problem is mainly due to crumbling Kotepura-Ullal South Breakwater structure erected 18 years ago," says fisheries department

Mangalore, September 15: While a 12 year old allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Bangalore for being reprimanded by her father for poor academic performance, a fatherless student chose the same mode of suicide for a different reason altogether - blaming her fate for not having a doting and reprimanding father. Rachana Jain, the first year BCom student of SDM College, Ujire took the extreme

Udupi, September 14: Division among the Dalit groups in Udupi districts came to fore when two rival groups took two opposite stands on the presence of media persons at the district level Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes grievances redressal meeting, convened by the Deputy Commissioner here on Wednesday. This is the first time in last four years a DC in Udupi convened the SC/ST redressal

Mangalore, September 14: Students by involving themselves in co-curricular activities instill confidence in themselves and become disciplined, said Peter A Lewis, renowned painter and former Chairman of Karnataka Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore Inaugurating the fine arts fest Crossroads 2011 at Crossland College, Brahmavar, near here, he said: “Art should be a part of the curriculum and more

Mangalore, September 14: A labourer lost his life after falling into water at Old Fishing Port here on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Ravi (35), hailing from Tamil Nadu. It is said that Ravi had been working at Fishing Port since last two months. Nagaswami, a colleague of Ravi, said in his complaint that the latter accidentally fell into the water while loading fish in the

Mangalagangothri, September 14: Buddhism teaches to enrich the values of human life in present days, said G Sudhakar Rao, Consultant Engineer & Valuer and expert on Pali Language. He was delivering a special lecture on 'Conception of life in Buddhism' at Old Senate Hall of Mangalore University, here on Wednesday. Giving a briefly picture of the life story of Gautam Buddha and his transformation

Mangalore, September 14: A newly installed police outpost was inaugurated near Nanthoor junction here on Wednesday. BJP Corporator Roopa D Bangera inaugurated the facility in the presence of the Commissioner of Police Seemanth Kumar Singh and other senior police officers. Speaking to media persons Mr Singh said that the outpost would provide shelter from rain and sun to those police personnel who

Mangalore, September 14: The MCA, Master of Science (software Technology), M.Sc.(Bioinformatics) and PGDCA students of AIMIT, St. Aloysius college (Autonomous) will be jointly organising a national level Inter-collegiate IT and Life Sciences Exhibition, INFOVISION-2001 on September 15 and 16, according to a press release issued here. The programme is part of the activity of the Computer Society of

Mangalore, September 14: The September 15 hike in bus fares will not be the last if one reads the intent of Canara Bus Operators Association (CBOA) members. ''The hike of 4 paise per km is measly when you compare the cost of operation per km," said CBOA President Rajavarma Ballal. CBOA will approach the high court soon to direct state government to expedite the process of issuing a new government

Mangalore, September 13: Four minor boys, employed at an industrial unit in Baikampady Industrial Area, near here, were rescued by the officials of the Department of Labour during a raid on Tuesday afternoon. Based on a complaint filed by the office-bearers of Akhila Bharata Karmika Sangha, the officials raided 'Sri Chakra Containers Pvt Ltd', along with a team of local police personnel. The four