Karnataka

Bantwal, March 12: A women member of a Gram Panchayat in Bantwal taluk has ended her life by hanging herself from a tree near her home on Friday, police sources said. The deceased Narayani Kayartadka (45) was a Congress-backed member of Kepu Gram Panchayat. She was elected from Adyanadka ward, which was reserved for backward category. Police have suspected that the deteriorated relationship with

Mangalore, March 12: 'Abbakka Sankathana' a two day seminar on Abbakka Rani organized under the aegis of Veerarani Abbakka Utsava Samiti in association with the Kannada and Culture Department was inaugurated at Ravindra Kalabhavan in University College here on Saturday. After inaugurating the programme, Mangalore University Vice Chancellor TC Shivashankara Murthy said the values such as social

Mangalore, March 12: The Department of Journalism of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), in association with Al-Madhyam, the student media forum, organised an inter-collegiate level workshop on 'Photography' on Saturday, March 12. After inaugurating the event Fr Dr Richard Rego SJ, HOD, Department of Mass Communication, St Aloysius College, said that photography crystallises and perpetualizes the

Mangalore, March 12: The Tuminadu Mogera Mahakali temple in Manjeswaram near here was burgled on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The burglars got away with six silver idols, jewelleries on the deities including ceremonial swords. The incident came to light when a devotee came to the temple in the morning for worship. He found that the doors were remaining open. Police who came to the

Mangalore, March 12: Most of the coastal Karnataka based expatriates living in Tsunami hit Japan, have contacted their relatives over satellite phone or internet to inform that they are safe. Although, some families of coastal Karnataka could not contact their relatives living in Japan over telephone soon after the disaster, as the communication network had dethatched for some time, later in the

Puttur, March 12: RSS has never favoured corruption and considering corruption as a serious issue, Akhil Bharateeya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) will pass a resolution in the RSS Baitak to bring awareness among the people against corruption, informed Akhila Bharat Prachara Paramukh of RSS Dr Manmohan Vaidya. Addressing media persons at the annual meeting of ABPS which is being held at Vivekanada

Mangalore, March 12: Suresh Nair and his family members are worried that the water supply line near his house may burst and water will gush into their house at Marnamikatte. He has just removed the water and the silt that got accumulated early on Friday. The cause of the problem is the haphazard laying of cement concrete road leaving the water supply line without any support. This resulted in the

Mangalore, March 11: Four persons were killed and six others suffered serious injuries, when the car they were travelling in collided with an oncoming lorry on National Highway 48 near Addyar-Kannur on the outskirts of the city on Friday night, police sources said. Deceased have been identified as Rakshith alias Shabari, Mushtaq Rahman, Nazeer Ahmed and Abdussamad Thangal. The injured are Mohammed

Mangalore, March 11: The Dakshina Kannada District administration has taken precautionary measures and keeping a close watch on all vulnerable areas in view of massive Tsunami in Japan. A communiqué issued by the Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav has warned fishermen not to venture into the sea till further notice. He also asked the control rooms to be fully operational and report all the incidents

Mangalore, March 11: Vayalar Ravi, Union Minister for Civil Aviation and M Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Law and Justice will be attending the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Mangalore Airport which will be held on March 13 at St Aloysius High School Auditorium, here. Revealing this to media persons here on Friday, K Thejomaya, Coordinator of Diamond Jubilee Celebration Committee said the