Karnataka

Mangalore, March 26: Ben Rodrigues, who had dedicated over 40 years of his life to innovate RBF OTTO TECH (Reotech), breathed his last on Saturday, March 26. He was 74. He is survived by three daughters. Rodrigues had devised a very popular environment friendly technology to run automobiles for which he received a fair bit of media attention too. * Face to Face with Ben Rodrigues: Ordinary

Mangalore, March 26: The shameless support to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa by the Bharatiya Janata Party, despite the fact that he is involved in many scandals, is an apparent example for the evil traditions of the ruling party of Karnataka. This was the straight reaction of Union Minister for Law and Justice M Veerappa Moily to a question posed by the journalists here about the statement of

Mangalore, March 26: Thanks to the special initiative of Rotary Club of Bantwal, the dream of more than 100 families residing in the remote villages under Kavalpaduru Gram Panchayat near Vagga in Bantwal taluk, of an electricity connection in their homes is becoming a reality. Union Minister for Law and Justice M Veerappa Moily on Saturday formally launched a model project by switching on

Mangalore, March 26: New Mangalore Port received a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) - M T Maharshi Bharadwaj, with a capacity of carrying 44,000 metric tonnes of LPG on Friday. The vessel was berthed at Berth No.12 for evacuation of LPG meant for distribution in the state. This is the highest size of LPG vessel ever handled at the Port. So far the maximum size was 33,000 tonnes which called at the

Mangalore, March 26: The risk of tsunami in Mangalore is low, K.R. Subrahmanya, former Chairman, Department of Marine Geology, Mangalore University, has said. He was speaking to media on the sidelines of a two-day seminar on “Coastal hazards, resources and management” organised by the department at Mangalagangotri on Friday. “Mangalore is at low risk, provided we do not interfere too much, which

Mangalore, March 26: Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF), Mangalore, Vijay Kumar has ordered a fresh survey of 10.5 acres of land which is in the process of being allotted to K.S. Gowda Educational Trust in Sullia taluk. D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Bharatiya Janata Party MP, is the honorary president of the trust. The survey was ordered following a complaint by the local panchayat. Mr. Gowda had written

Udupi, March 26: Dr Y S Ravikumar of 2007 IPS cadre took charge as Udupi Superintendent of Police here on Friday. Speaking to mediapersons soon after assuming the office, Ravikumar said utmost attention will be given to maintain law and order in the district. Measures will be taken to check crime activities like house robbery and chain snatching cases. Evening and late night beats will be

Mangalore, March 26: Members of the families displaced by the Mangalore Special Economic Zone Project will be given letters of appointment within two weeks for employing them in companies within MSEZ, MRPL and OMPL in three years depending on their eligibility. This was decided at a meeting chaired by district in-charge Minister J. Krishna Palemar here on Friday. With this, the family members

Manipal, March 25: The three-day workshop on “Predictive Mathematical Models in Science an Engineering”- PMSE 2011, was inaugurated by the vice chancellor of Manipal University Dr K Ramnarayan at the AC Seminar Hall of MIT here on Firday. The workshop is being organized by the Department of Mathematics, Manipal Institute of Technology. The workshop is unique in nature. The chief guest, Dr V Sree

Manipal, March 25: The 25th Convocation of T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal was held on Friday, March 25. The chief guest for the event was Dr Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India, and Member, National Advisory Council, Government of India. Dr. H S Ballal, Pro-Chancellor of Manipal University and Member of TAPMI Governing Council declared the Convocation open. The