Karnataka

Mangalore, August 15: The decennial anniversary of the 'All Bank's Christian Employees Association' was celebrated at St Sebastian Platinum Jubilee hall, Bendur on August 14th, 2011. A Thanksgiving Mass was held earlier at St Sebastian Church, Bendur. The programme started off with a welcome song by Mr. Prem Lobo & group. The Welcome speech was delivered by Mr. Audy Rego, the president of ABCEA

Mangalore, August 15: Praveen Shankar B M, Secretary of Theeya Samaj Trustee Board died due to cardiac arrest at Thailand on Sunday. He was holidaying at Thailand with his wife Rekha and two sons. On Sunday morning, Mr Shankar suffered a massive heart attack at the beach in Phuket Island there and breathed his last. Hailing from Dakshina Kannada district, Mr Shankar had developed and established

Bajpe, August 15: Top police officers are seriously considering a proposal to construct new and full-fledged police stations at Gurupur-Kaikamba as soon as possible, after a successful up-gradation of Bajpe police station. Bajpe is considered to be the most sensitive area under Mangalore City Police Commissionerate. Currently, as many as 25 villages, comprising a large number of populations, fall

Bantwal, August 15: Muhammad Irfan, a 12-year-old boy met watery grave on Sunday in a pond at Babukatte in Kasba Village, Vitla. A class V student, Irfan is the son of A Abdul Khader and Maimoona couple, residing at Okkettoor, near here. Irfan had been living at his relative's house at Babukatte. He had gone for swimming in the pond belonging to neighbor Kanthappa Hegde. Unfortunately he drowned

Mangalore, August 15: At least 1.5 crore people across the state have been benefited by the several pro-people schemes implemented by the BJP led State government in the last three years, said Krishna J Palemar, District in Charge Minister. He was delivering the 65th Independence Day message after hoisting the tricolour flag at the Nehru Maidan here on Monday morning. He said, of the Rs 100 crore

Puttur, August 15: A complaint has been lodged against 20 assailants belonging to Sangha Parivar at Kadaba police station, for allegedly assaulting a man while he was bringing home a young calf at Mardala village near Kadaba in Puttur taluk. The victim, Abbas, a resident of Mardala, has been admitted to a private hospital in the town. Abbas, who has mentioned the names of Suresh, Vasudev, Ashok

Mangalore, August 15: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda urged the Bharatiya Janata Party workers to strive hard to win all eight Assembly seats in Dakshina Kannada in the next Assembly election. Addressing party workers at the district office of the BJP, here on Sunday, he said that they need not worry about the internal bickering and pressures within the party as he was capable to manage it. “I

Karwar, August 14: Two among a group of tourists from Bangalore who ventured the powerful sea waves while swimming off the Murdeshwar beach drowned on Sunday morning.They were identified as Manjunath Puttaswami (24), a student of Basaveshwara Educational Institute, Bangalore and Kitti alias Krishna Manjegowda (22), the driver of Qualis car, in which they had come. According to sources, a group of

Kasaragod, August 14: August 14: A fisherman was reported missing after a fiber fishing boat overturned in the sea here on Sunday while another fisherman swam ashore to safety. Suresh, 40 a native of Vadakara was reported missing in the sea while he was getting back to the shore along with his friend Rajan, 35. The mishap occurred around 8:00am following strong winds that lashed at the boat. The

Mangalore, August 14: “Where is freedom when government imposes 22 restrictions on a peaceful protest against corruption?” questioned K N Umesh, Former President, Democratic Youth Federation of India. He was speaking at 'Save Freedom Rally' organised by the Ullal unit of DYFI in the eve of Independence Day to protest against corruption, neo-liberalism and imperialism at Unity Hall here on Sunday