Karnataka

Mangalore, February 28: Spnadana Trust, a social welfare NGO, organised a Waste Management Workshop on Sunday. The workshop was held at the community hall in the small village in the out skirts of Mangalore called Preeti Nagar. About 65 women of the community, basically the members of self-help groups participated in the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to make women sensitive towards

Shirva, March 1: Freedom fighter, senior educationist, agriculturist, and retired Principal of Innanje PU College, Pangala Vittal Shenoy passed away at a private hospital in Manipal after a brief illness on Monday. He was 89.Shenoy, who served as the President of Vidyavardaka Sangha, was active in religious, cultural, social and spiritual activities. He was the first person to establish more than

Bhatkal, March 1: Engineer Usman Ruknuddin, former Vice President of prestigious Anjuman Hami-e-Muslimeen died of cardiac arrest in Vijayawada on Monday, February 28. He was 72. He was the founder member of Shams English Medium School. He had served as office bearer and the member of executive committee in several socio-academic and religious organizations such Anjuman, Jamathul Muslimeen

Mangalore, March 1: The Union Budget has evoked mixed reaction from industry representatives here. G.G. Mohandas Prabhu, president, Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), said that the Union Budget was an “eco-agri” budget. Its emphasis on agriculture and focus on cold chains was a far-sighted thought made by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The concessions to electric vehicles

Mangalore, March 1: The Sri Dhawalathraya Jain Kashi Trust has appealed to the district administration to stop blasting in the basadi's vicinity and also make provision for a by-pass for the NH-13. This comes after a granite roof slab of the historic Thousand Pillar Basadi at Moodbidri on Saturday was dislodged due to the blasting. Trust seer Swastishree Charukeerti Bhattaraka said the blasting

Manipal, February 28: Manipal University celebrated National Science Day with different functions over the last five days. It culminated on Monday with the prize distribution by Dr Anil Kakodar, Member, Atomic Energy Commission. Over 300 students from 15 schools of the Academy of General Education and Dr TMA Pai Foundation took part in the five-day events. A series of competitions such as science

Udupi, February 28: Udupi CMC President Kiran Kumar, at the monthly meeting held here on Monday, refused to withdraw the parking fees being levied on the vehicles parked in front of the shops and business outfits. Raising the issue Congress Councillor Jayananda alleged that the fees levied on the parked vehicles (Rs 5 for four wheelers and Rs 2 for two wheelers) were too heavy and the municipality

Mangalore, February 28: A person was killed and five others suffered injuries in a gruesome road accident involving a passenger bus and a jeep on Sunday at Harladka Jeerumakki Kemraje village in Sullia taluk, official sources said. The victim has been identified as Janardhana, who was driving the jeep, which collided with an oncoming KSRTC bus. The injured are Radhakrishna, Venkataramana

Mangalore, February 28: A send-off function was arranged at St Joseph`s Higher Primary School for Lilly Gonsalves, a teacher who rendered 37 years of meritorious service in teaching children, on Monday, February 28. V. Rev.Fr Valerian Pinto, the correspondent of the school, presided over the function and felicitated Lilly Gonsalves. He appreciated her service specially her love and care that she

Mangalore, February 28: India is the fifth worst country in the world in suppressing human rights, said Justice Micheal F Saldanha, Retired High Court Judge. He was delivering the presidential address at a national seminar on “Human Rights and Unorganised Labour” organised by Department of Political Science, St Aloysius College, Mangalore, in association with Human Rights Cell and Pathways on