Karnataka

Mangalore, August 12: The principals of various colleges urged the Mangalore City police to keep a vigil on small shops in the college surroundings including mobile shops and cigarette stalls, in order to curb the growing drug mafia in the city. The college principals unanimously stated that drugs are supplied to the college students by these shops, where the students gather in a group during

Mangalore, August 11: As many as 42 officials of various departments were absent for the monthly Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meet held at the Zilla Panchayat office here on Thursday. Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Dr. K N Vijayaprakash ordered the absentees to produce a show-cause for their absence. The absence of officials has plagued the KDP monthly meetings

Mangalore, August 11: A 17-year old Muslim girl, who was literally threatened by her College management and principal against entering in to the class with Hijab, even after receiving a hefty fees from her, has decided to struggle for her constitutional rights. Hadia, who had managed to complete the first year of the PUC at Jain College Moodbidri, despite the institution suddenly imposed

Mangalore, August 11: The first annual Total Mobile Golden Insignia Awards 2011 of the Department of Mass Communication and Media Studies (MCMS), St. Aloysius College, Mangalore was held on Thursday August 11. Chief Guest of the event, Mr. Tharanath Shetty of Janashri Channel wished well for the budding journalists who were honoured during the ceremony. The winners of the awards are as follows

Mangalore, August 11: The district police have registered two separate cases for offences committed under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 and Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act 1964 here on Tuesday. In the first instance, the Sullia Police said they intercepted a vehicle that was allegedly illegally transporting six cows in Jalsoor village in Sullia taluk on the

Mangalore, August 11: City based Konkani cultural organisation Mandd Sobhann, which is promoting Global Konkani Organisation or Jagotik Konknni Songhotton (JKS) in an attempt to unite Konkanis splintered and spread around the world in different castes, creeds, regions, dialects, scripts and many other varieties will host its first Global General Assembly here on August 20. Announcing this at a

Mangalore, August 11: Exuding a lot of confidence on getting big catch, hundreds of mechanised fishing vessels along Arabian Sea in Mangalore have lifted their anchors on Thursday, as the annual fishing ban came to an end. With this, Mangalore Fishing Port is once again is buzzling with activities. Among more than 700 mechanised boats, almost half have begun their voyage, according to fishermen

Mangalore, August 11: The Dakshina Kannada district BJP has decided to extend a warm welcome to the new Chief Minister Sadananada Gowda on his first visit to the district. Padmanabha Kottari, District BJP President told media persons that CM would be brought in a procession from the airport and would be felicitated at Sangha Niketan. “The CM might visit either on Saturday or after Independence day

Mangalore, August 11: Former Mayor Ashraf, along with a Congress delegation and his son Araf, on Wednesday evening met Mangalore City Police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh to clarify the issues raised in the wake of allegations against his son Araf. Araf was accused of luring a girl in to drug addiction and planning to pack her off to Mumbai. The girls' father Mr Arjun had even accused Araf of

Mangalore, August 11: In a first-of-its-kind exercise, Mangalore Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh convened an exclusive meeting of Muslim leaders, office-bearers of Muslim association to discuss the problems faced by the community members. The meeting was convened also in the backdrop of the upcoming Eidul Fitr and Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. The police chiefs discussed the ways and