Karnataka

Mangalore March 14: Laxmi Machina, a journalist from Belthangady, has been chosen for “Pa Go Award” for rural reporting. According to press release issued by Guruvappa Balepuni, General Secretary of D K Working Journalists Association, Mr Machina's report titled “Banjarumale Abhivruddi Kanasu-Kadinalli Kayuthave Kutumbagalu” (Banjarumale dream of development- Families are waiting in Jungle), which

Mangalore, March 14: The Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district Subodh Yadav has issued a notification regarding conducting election to the executive committee of Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMC). According to an official press release issued here, election to the 14 vacant posts of executive committee members of APMC in Mangalore, Bantwal, and Belthangady is scheduled to be

Mangalore, March 14: A national level conference on the 'relevance of customer relationship management to India' (NCRCMI-2011) was inaugurated at St Agnes College (Autonomous) here on Monday. The event was organised by the Department of Commerce in association with St Agnes Centre for Post Graduate Studies and Research. Allen CA Pereira, former Chairman and Managing Director, Bank of Maharashtra

Mangalore, March 14: Two youth Malik and Salim Riyaz who were injured after being hit by an unknown vehicle on ONGC road (Baikampady-Jokatte road) on Friday, succumbed to injuries at private hospital here. Malik alias Muhammad Salauddin had breathed his last on Saturday while Salim Riyaz succumbed to the injuries on Sunday, Panambur police said. The unknown vehicle, after hitting the two wheeler

Moodbidri, March 14: Students should utilize all the opportunities to be competent by engaging themselves in extra-curricular activities, said Dr Mohan Alva, Chairman of Alva's Education Foundation. He was speaking after inaugurating Founder's Day and Annual day of Sri Mahavira College here. MLA Abhaycandra Jain presided over the function. Prof Chandrashekhar Deekshith, Principal of the College

Kasaragod, March 14: A farmer ended his life allegedly by consuming a pesticide at his residence near Puthige in the district on Sunday. The police said Koragappa (54) was found lying in an unconscious state inside his Kattathaduka residence around 10 a.m. He was rushed to a nearby hospital. However, he died on the way to the hospital. Koragappa's relatives, who reported the incident to the Kumbla

Kasaragod, March 14: Two natives of Kasaragod were arrested on Sunday with quarter kilogram brown sugar at Tellichery, Kannur. Brown sugar dealers PH Aboobaker (51) and P M Muhammed Satar ( 31) of Mogralputtur were the arrested by a team led by Circle Inspector M V Anil kumar. Police seized the brown sugar form a bag. The accused were waiting for its transaction to a customer when the suspected

Mangalore, Marc 14: The Air Crash Victims' Families Association, set up to fight the cause of the victims of IX812 crash near here on May 22 last year, on Sunday engaged the services of Swedish law firm Advokaterna Liman & Partners, a mid-size independent firm, for settlement of compensation claims. After talks on modalities of fee and other issues with the firm's representative Stephan Eriksson

Puttur, March 14: The presence of Bharatiya Janshakti Party chief Uma Bharati at the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha here fuelled speculation that the former Madhya Pradesh CM would rejoin her parent party BJP. Uma Bharti apparently is trying to seek blessings of the RSS leadership to pave her re-entry in to her parent party. Uma Bharati was suspended from the BJP in November 2004 till further

Mangalore, March 14: Father Muller Charitable Institution on Sunday celebrated its Institution day cum Graduation Ceremony. The Chief Guest was Dr Veerappa Moily, Minister of Law & Justice Government of India. Dr Ramananda Shetty, Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore was the guest of honour. In his speech Dr Moily said that Fr Augustus Muller started