Karnataka

Mangalore, June 13: The trained youth of Project Displaced Families on Monday withdrawn their agitation against Mangalore Special Economic Zone following a high level meeting held in the office of Deputy Commissioner here. The meeting was attended by MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, District in-charge minster Krishna J Palemar, MLA N Yogish Bhat MLAs N Yogesh Bhat Abhayachandra Jain, MLC Captain Ganesh

Mangalore, June 13: Strongly opposing the recent move by Excise Minister M P Renukacharya to grant permission to employ female bartenders in bars and restaurants to serve food and liquor to the customers, the District unit of Sri Rama Sene (SRS) said that the Minister is promoting western and night-life culture. Kumar Malemar, District President of Sene told media persons, here on Monday that such

Mangalore, June 13: Although the 'civic tiger' of Mangalore City Corporation is stealing the daily bread of a section of street vendors, the inhabitants of Nirashritara Parihara Kendra situated at Pachchanady are filling their belly with the seized vegetables and fruits. Half a load of vegetables and fruits seized by evicted street vendors at Central Market and City Bus Terminus area on Monday

Udupi, June 13: The South West Monsoon, which has been vigorous for the last five days, has claimed the life of a 32-year-old newly-married person who was washed away while crossing a culvert at Ajekaru in this District. According to police, Shishupala Shetty, who had returned from Mumbai to settle down in his hometown, got married three weeks ago. Due to heavy rains in the district, nine houses

Mangalore, June 13: M.V. KONARD SCHULTE, the mainline container vessel from West Africa (Port Cotanou – Benin) called at the Port on June 10. The vessel completed its operation of unloading 399 TEUs of raw cashew for distribution among various cashew processing units situated in and around Mangalore and loading of 500 TEUS of export containers is in full swing. The vessel is expected to sail on

Mangalore, June 13: A Kannada-Konkani dictionary in both Kannada and Devanagri scripts was released here on Sunday at the Vishwa Konkani Kendra. The bi-lingual dictionary, Kannada Konkani Ratnakosha, has been compiled by Mandarke Madhav Pai, a renowned lexicographer and writer. Vishwa Konkani Kendra president Basti Vaman Shenoy said Mr Pai had painstakingly worked for around five years to complete

Mangalore, June 13: The final year students of Mechanical Engineering at St Joseph Engineering College near here have designed an 'Unmanned Aerial Vehicle' (UAV), an aircraft without a human crew on board. The team of students including Anoop Prabhu, Deekshith Sanil and Deon John Lobo designed this model UAV for military application. The camera equipped aircraft is designed to track any place or

Mangalore, June 13: It would take two more days for restoring normal traffic on the Nethravathi bridge on the National Highway No. 66, according to P N Gawasane, Project Director, National Highways Authority of India, Mangalore. He said on Sunday that the NHAI had restored the stone masonry wall that had slipped by about seven metres down on Friday with 36 cubic metres of concrete. Plastic sheets

Mangalore, April 5: The inaugural of the workshop on Investment Management organized AIMIT, St Aloysius College, Mangalore, was held on April 5, at the AIMIT campus, St Aloysius College, Beeri. This course is an ADD-ON programme for the second year MBA students of MBA. The course provides knowledge in investment planning to the students. Shawn Pereira, Staff Co-coordinator for the programme

Mangalore, April 5: Rich tributes were paid to former Deputy Prime Minister and the beloved national leader Ram Babu Jagjivan Jayanthi on his 104th birth anniversary celebrated at Netravati auditorium of Zilla Panchayat here on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion Chairman of Coastal Development Authority B Nagaraj Shetty said that the life and struggle of the late leader should inspire one and all.