Karnataka

Mangalore, June 21: Janata Dal (Secular) organized an organizational meeting to chalk out plans on building its base in the district at Hotel Woodlands here on Tuesday. Prior to the meeting, Senior JDS leader addressing the media persons said that BS Yeddyurappa should be awarded with the title of the most corrupt Chief Minister in the history of independent India. When asked about the 'truth test

Mangalore, June 21: Terming the “oath politics”, as 'disgraceful', 'disagreeable' and an 'evil practice', Pejawar Mutt pontiff Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji urged Chief Minster BS Yeddyurappa and former Chief Minister HD Kumarasamy to withdraw from their scheduled “test of truth” before the deity at Dharmasthala. Addressing media persons after performing his Tulabhara in the city, the seer said that

Mangalore, June 21: As part of BJP's nationwide campaign 'Jan Sangharsh' which will be launched on Thursday June 23, the district unit of the party will also launch the campaign 'to expose the corruptions and scandals of UPA government and black money issues' on March 25 at Sangh Nikethan here at 4 pm. Former Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar would be the chief guest. Padmanabha Kottary

Mangalore, June 21: Engineering students of the Srinivas College have invented a 'Sixth Sense Gesture Recognition System' (6S- GRS), a medium of interaction between real world and digital world. The system is programmed in such a way that gestures made in front of the system is orally reproduced through system with which speech impaired people can easily interact with others informed Dr. Srinivs

Mangalore, June 21: Karnataka railway is usually neglected under the railway budget but the extension of Mangalore-Bangalore rail to Kannur instead of Karwar is an intolerable injustice made to the people of state. In order to fight against this injustice all political leaders should come on one platform and raise their voice said, Hanumanth Kamath, President, Paschima Karavali Railway Yatri

Mangalore, June 21: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner NS Channappa Gowda has refused to intervene to stop the 'civic tiger'. The DC told the members of Beedhi Badi Vyaparasthara Horata Samiti, who met him at his office on Monday evening that he would discuss the issue of street vendors of the city whenever time permits. “But it is impossible to ask MCC to stop “civic tiger” from evicting street

Bantwal, June 21: Ismaeel Seranthimutt, Assistant Professor with Physics Department of MIT, Manipal has been selected to participate in the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT-2011) at International Science Convention to be held at Singapore from June 26 to July 1. He will present his research thesis in the convention. A native of Vitla Seranthumutt in Bantwal

Kasargod, June 21: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Monday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would visit the endosulfan affected areas of the district. Addressing a meeting of officials and representatives of the people at the Collectorate conference hall here, the Chief Minister said when he visited Delhi last time he had apprised the Prime Minister of the problems caused by the

Udupi, June 21: Politicians today have stooped to such low that if you allege a politician of being corrupt, instead of denying the allegation levied against him he would point at the person who alleged him of being corrupt, said Lokayuktha Justice N Santhosh Hegde. He was interacting with the students at a programme organized by Balakedarara Vedike Udupi at Ambalpady Sri Janardana and Sri

Udupi, June 21: Higher Education Minister V.S. Acharya said on Monday that a mini Vidhana Soudha would be built in place of the present taluk office. He was speaking after laying the foundation stone for the construction of a Circuit House on the premises of the Inspection Bungalow. Dr. Acharya said the Sub-Registrar's office was in a bad shape. Hence, it would be shifted to the district treasury