Karnataka

Mangalore, July 6: The century-old Corporation Bank, which wanted a young face for its brand promotion activities, launched Ashwini Akkunji as its brand ambassador on International Women's Day on March 8. With Ms Akkunji failing the dope test now, the bank seems to be treading a cautious path if its promotional plans are any indication. Mr Ramnath Pradeep, Chairman and Managing Director of

Mangalore, July 7: Banks need to gear up to absorb new technologies and leverage to improve delivery of services for comfort of customers by adding value, said Ramnath Pradeep, chairman and managing director, Corporation Bank, here. Pradeep, who is also the honorary chairman of Bankers' Club, was addressing the members of the Bankers Club of Mangalore at a meeting held at Corporate Office of

Mangalore, July 6: Now, Mangaloreans will have their own unique identity number as the enrollment for biometric unique identity (UID) card, an initiative of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), was launched here on Wednesday at Mangalore Head Post office at Pandeshwar here in the first phase by Additional Deputy Commissioner Prabhakar Sharma. Mr Sharma launched the scheme by

Mangalore, July 6: The Alumni Association of A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS) will be organising a “Prof. (Dr.) N. Sridhar Shetty Annual Endowment Lecture” on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 10.00 A.M. at Vimshathi Bhavan, ABSMIDS, Deralakatte near here. The Inaugural function will be presided by Chancellor of Nitte University, Dr. N. Vinaya Hegde. Former Vice-Chancellor of

Mangalore, July 6: To exert pressure on the MCC to stop civic tiger operation against street side and foot path vendors in the city, the Beedhi Badi Vyaparasthara Horata Samiti will be organising a mammoth protest by forming 'human chains' at various places where MCC declared 'no-vending zone' on Thursday, July 7. Sunil Kumar Bajal, Convener of the Samiti told media persons here on Wednesday that

Mangalore, July 6: A team of final year Mechanical Engineering students of Srinivas Institute of Technology, Valachil have conceptualized and designed a project called “Movement Locking System” (MLS) under the guidance of Muhammad Gowspeer, Principal of the college Dr Srinivas Mayya D informed in a press release that, since stopping and moving the vehicle upward on inclined roads in difficult and

Mangalore, July 6: The City police claimed to have obtained vital clues in the gruesome double murder case of mother-daughter at their residence in Panjimogaru on June 27, suggesting that the assailants had conflict over money matter with the family. But they refrained from divulging the details. Razia (35) and her daughter Fathima Zuha (8) were murdered in their house at Panjimogaru in Kavoor

Mangalore, July 6: A community interaction meeting organized by the Indian Coast Guard and Coastal Security Police at Ullal near here on Tuesday urged local fishermen to be aware of their surroundings on high seas and report any suspicious movement of external fishing vessels to notice of authorities concerned. The two security units have organized similar meetings at Karwar, Bhatkal, Honnavar

Mangalore, July 6: The alleged case of witchcraft in front of Mangalore City Corporation office on Tuesday might take a toll on the security agency in charge of security of the civic body office. Mayor Praveen summoned Chandrashekar Upadhya of establishments section that looks after this aspect and asked him to take action against Premier Security Services Limited to whom the job of providing

Udupi, Jul 5: Government Secretary in-charge of Udupi District and Secretary of the Department of Information and Publicity Ramesh Zalaki, ZP President Katapady Shankar Poojary, DC MT Reju and ZP CEO Pranesh Rao on Monday visited the Government Higher Primary School Kaup along with local representatives of the people. They were in Kaup as part of the Shaalegaagi Naavu Neevu programme. They