Karnataka

Mangalore, Feb 22: 'Saanidhya Panama Kreeda Mahotsava – 2013' state-level sports meet for the differently abled was formally inaugurated on Friday at DK district Zilla Panchayat School grounds at Shaktinagar on the outskirts of the city. B Janardhana Poojary, Former Union Minister, had inaugurated the torch relay of the sports meet at Kudroli Gokarnatheshwara Temple in Mangalore on Thursday

Dammam, Feb 23: Mohammad Saleem (26), who had sustained severe injuries in a road accident in Saudi Arabia last Thursday, breathed his last in a hospital, sources said. Son of M U Abbas from Madoor in Dakshina Kannada district, Saleem had landed in Saudi Arabia three months ago. He was working as a salesman in the city of Khamis Mushait. Mohammed Saleem Earlier post: Three Kannadigas injured in

Mangalore, Feb 22: Applications have been invited by the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy for its annual honorary awards and literary prizes for the year 2012-13. Four personalities who have rendered significant service in various fields such as Beary language, literature, art and study and two personalities with achievements in the field of Beary language and art will be conferred with honorary

Mangalore, Feb 22: A total of 32 nominations have been submitted in Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday with regard to local body polls. Of the total, 21 nominations have been filed for Puttur Town Municipal Council elections alone. Party wise bifurcation shows that 21 nominations were field by Congress candidates, three from BJP, four from JD(S) and 3 were independent nominations. In Bantwal

Mangalore, Feb 22: Eligible voters can register and get their names enrolled in the voters' list for local body polls until Saturday, February 23. Ravichandra Nayak, Mangalore Tahshildar has said that eligible voters can register their names in the voters' list, either by logging on to ceokarnataka.nic.in or by getting in touch with the Mangalore One, Bangalore One, Karnataka One centres

Bangalore, Feb 22: Jailed People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasir Ma'adani, who was undergoing treatment at the Soukya International Holistic Centre, was discharged Thursday afternoon. Mr. Ma'adani was been shifted back to the central jail at Parappana Agrahara in the evening. Jail superintendent Krishna Kumar said he was admitted to the hospital ward and would be under medication. “We

Udupi, Feb 22: Udupi Block Congress Committee has released the first list of candidates contesting for Udupi City Municipal Council polls to be held on March 7. Udupi Block Congress Committee president Pramodh Madhawaraj told media persons that the second list of the candidates will be out shortly. “Some BJP councilors had approached the Congress for the seat, however we are yet to take a decision

Bangalore, Feb 22: BJP?State president K?S?Eshwarappa on Thursday said the Congress party was indulging in a 'Operation Lotus'-like exercise, by directly making the BJP?MLAs resign. Eshwarappa, who is also the deputy chief minister, said, “The Congress earlier threatened Yeddyurappa by ordering the CBI probe against him. Out of fear, he quit the party and also made some BJP?MLAs resign and join

Moodbidri, Feb 21: A young television journalist from Dakshina Kannada district was killed in a tragic road accident occurred in Chikmagalur on Thursday. 23-year-old Sanath Rao, son of teacher couple Jayaram Bhat and Jyothi Bhat from Kadalakere, near Moodbidri, died on spot due to heavy bleeding when his motorbike met with an accident. Mr Rao was working with TV9 Kannada news channel as a reporter

Mangalore, Feb 21: 'Spandana – 2013', a two-day national-level student social workers' symposium on 'Convergence of Social work methods for social transformation' organised by Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work, Mangalore, was inaugurated in the college premises here on Thursday. The symposium was inaugurated by the chief guest in a unique way by cutting the ribbons which represented the 'chains