Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 1: St Aloysius College, which has been vouching for University status, has in this direction shot an appeal to Union Minister for MHRD Dr M M Pallam Raju to include the institution in list of colleges, which would be considered for the University status. The appeal was handed over by the College administration to Minister for Transport, Road and Highways Oscar Fernandes during his

Bantwal, Oct 1: Death of Sarapady Gram Panchayat Vice-President Shakunthala during delivery has sparked protest in Bantwal region, bringing together people from various walks of life. The angry protesters staged stir demanding stern action against the medical staff of the hospital responsible for the death. Over 40 like-minded organizations from the taluk joined hands to form'Bantwal Taluk

Mangalore, Oct 1: Members of Urwa Store unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) held a protest near Urwa Store junction here on Monday, demanding the standardisation of prices in all the hotels across the district. Addressing the protestors, DYFI Mangalore city president Imthiyaz said that prices of food items had been hiked to unfair levels even in middle-class hotels across the city

Mangalore, Oct 1: The collaborative agency of Padi-Childline 1098 has completed one year of existence since its inception in August 2012, said Childline Director Renny D'Souza. Speaking about the outreach of Childline 1098 at a press conference at Roshni Nilaya here on Monday, he said that a total of 171 cases had been registered by Childline in the past year, including 67 cases of child abuse

New Delhi, Sep 30: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday asked all Chief Ministers to ensure that no innocent Muslim youth is wrongfully detained in the name of terror. In a letter to Chief Ministers, Shinde said Central government has been receiving various representations on alleged harassment of innocent Muslim youth by law enforcement agencies. "Some of the minority youth have started

Mangalore, Sep 30: Renowned thinker K N Govindacharya has expressed his fear over the crumbling democratic system. Stating that efforts are being made to keep the poor and the middle classes away from the democratic set up, he said that the outcome of the same has been devastating as the essence of'government of the people, by the people, for the people' is being lost. Addressing a gathering at

Mandya, Sep 30: Three days after Rahul Gandhi's blunt attack against the Ordinance on convicted lawmakers, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today declared that the "whole party" stands behind Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "I want to tell them(BJP) that the whole party, the whole party stands behind our Prime Minister", thundered Sonia at a public rally here, in a forceful defence of Manmohan Singh

Bangalore, Sep 29: As many as 47 new degree colleges including 23 women's colleges will come up across Karnataka in the academic year 2014-15. The state government has already issued orders, appointing lecturers from nearby colleges as nodal officers to the proposed institutions. The new colleges would be in addition to the three colleges approved earlier this year. The Congress government, soon

Mangalore, Sep 30: Employees at the Infosys Mangalore Development Centre organized Pratibha Poshak, a student scholarship distribution programme on Sunday. The programme was organised to grant 504 students pursuing professional courses, from Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts with scholarship of Rs. 19,92,843 to support their future education. Of this Rs 14,57,680 was provided by Prerana, a

Kasargod, Sep 30: The body of a woman hailing from Madikai village in Kasargod district, who allegedly committed suicide by jumping off a multi-storied building in Kuwait, was brought to her hometown on Sunday. 33-year-old Sushma, wife of Prakash Krishnan from Kanhangad, allegedly killed herself last Tuesday by jumping out of the window of the apartment she stayed with her husband. Sushma