Karnataka

Mangalore, September 5: The foundation stone laying ceremony for 'Vishwas Zahra Residency', the new project of Vishwas Bawa Builders was held at Katipalla near here on Sunday in the presence of Abdul Rauf Puthige and Sayed Mohammed. Among the guests, Sheik Ahmed, Amiruddin, Ajmeer Khader, Hajee Tannirbavi Siddique, Razak, Nazeer, Hajee Mumthaz Ali, Mansoor Azad, Majeed Steel Center, Mohammed Beary

Mangalore, September 5: The Mangalore Chess Academy (MCA) in association with Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan under the auspices of South Kanara district Chess Association has conducted Inter district Chess Tournament on Sunday at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, here. The tournament attracted 48 players from South Kanara & Udupi district, out of which 20 players were Fide rated. Prizes were distributed in Open &

Mangalore, September 5: Demanding to set right the disparity in wages paid to the PU College teachers, Dakshina Kannada district PU College Teachers Association on Monday staged a protest in front of the Office of Deputy Commissioner here. When MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik tried to convince the agitating teachers to withdraw their protest and participate in Teachers' Day celebrations, the protesters

Mangalore, September 5: MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik lamented that the political uncertainty in the State in the past three years, has contributed to the woes of teachers. He was speaking at the Teachers Day celebration organised under the aegis of Department of Public Instructions at Town Hall here on Monday. Mr Karnik said that the BJP led Karnataka Government could not give enough attention towards

Mangalore, September 5: A youth was killed, and another sustained serious injuries in a in a head-on collision between a speedy passenger bus and a car on the bridge over the Netravathi River near Ullal early on Monday morning. Police said that Alto car driver Ashwath died on spot while co-passenger Yahya was hospitalised in a serious condition. Eyewitnesses said the tragedy occurred at around 6

Uppinangady/Puttur, September 5: Two teachers from Dakshina Kannada district have made a mark in the national and state-level by winning Best Teachers Award. Government PU College (Uppinangady) Mathematics and Science teacher Diwakar Acharya has won National-level Best Teacher Award for 2011. He will receive the award on Monday at New Delhi. He has been in-charge vice principal of the college

Mangalore, September 5: The Sullia court has orderered a person to pay double the amount to a person he owed, after the cheque he issued was dishonoured. K?Chandrashekar Bhat, son of Thippanakaje Sadashiv Bhat, a resident of Kalmadka village and proprietor of Prakhar Telefilms had borrowed a sum of Rs 1,05,000 from his employee Sriram Bhat, a resident of Negalagundi at Pambethadi village in Sullia

Mangalore, September 5: A fund of Rs 10 crore should be released by the State Government from the Natural Calamity fund as only Rs 1 crore has been released this year, stressed MLA U T Khader in a press meet on Saturday. Stating that the district road conditions are pathetic, he said that heavy rains have destroyed roads completely. The road conditions can be greatly improved if the funds are

Mangalore, September 5: Mangalorean B Shwetha Rao has bagged the second rank in the Indian Economic Service examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. Shwetha did her schooling in Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar and graduation in Poorna Prajna College, Udupi and St Agnes College, Mangalore. He had also bagged a first rank in BA. She is the daughter of B M Jayanth Kumar B

Udupi, September 4: Karnataka Government, during the academic year 2012-13 has decided to open over 50 PG centres in different government colleges in the State, said Higher Education Minister Dr VS Acharya. He was speaking to press persons here on Sunday. He said, “government intends to bring over 25 per cent of students in to the ambit of Post Graduation and as part of the drive to attract more