Karnataka

Karwar, September 29: The Navy inducted a 10-tonne tugboat, 'Bali', at Seabird Naval Base in Karwar on Friday. 'Bali' will be used for giving the required push or pull to bigger ships at the jetty. Rear Admiral Atul Kumar inaugurated the induction function of the tug at the Repair Yard here. The tugboat has been named after Bali village on Karwar-Goa border. This is the second such tug which was

Mangalore, September 29: The Ministry for External Affairs (MEA) has increased the cost of passport and related services, with effect from October 1. The move will increase the cost of obtaining a regular passport by Rs 500 to Rs 1,500. A release by the MEA stated that costs related to expenditure, procurement of equipment, reimbursement to police authorities, payment to India Posts, printing of

Mangalore, September 28: The launching ceremony of Campus Career Academy, Coastal Karnataka's first coaching centre for competitive exams and Diploma Education in Arabic Language (DEAL) was held in Mangalore on Friday. Prof. T C Shivashankara Murthy, Vice Chancellor, Mangalore University, inaugurated the Academy. Ganesh Rao S, Founder Chairman, Karavali Group of Colleges, Mangalore, inaugurated

Mangalore, September 28: Hundreds of young leaders belonging to Christian community from all over the state converged at Belthangady, near here, on Friday for a three-day youth convention 2012, with an aim to become achievers of tomorrow. The convention, named as Karnataka Yuvajanotsava 2012 is being organized by the Youth Commission of Karnataka Regional Catholic Bishops' Council and locally

Manjeshwar, Septembr 28: Mushrath Jahaan of Muslim League has been elected as the President of the Manjeshwar Gram Panchayat. While Vinay Bhaskar of BJP got 7 votes, Ms. Jahaan secured 12 votes thereby emerging as the winner. That Ms. Jahaan also received a vote each from BJP and SDPI, came as a surprise for many. While the action of voting for Ms. Jahaan by BJP's Tulsidas has not got down well in

Mangalore, September 28: The Air Bus 310 aircraft operated at Mangalore Airport for the first time on Friday, as it has been pressed into the service of Hajj pilgrims. Elated at the development, M R Vasudeva, Director, Mangalore Airport, said that handling of this heavier aircraft has come as yet another achievement for the Airport. “The aircraft landed at our tarmac at 8:58 am and we received a

Bangalore, September 28: The First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Thursday remanded 11 of the 14 arrested for terror links, in judicial custody till October 11. The 30-day maximum period of police custody of the arrested ended on Thursday. Shoaib Ahmed Mirza, Abdulla Hakim, Ejaz Mahammed Mirza, Mahammed Yusaf Nababand, Riyaz Ahmed Byahatti, Muthi-Ur-Rehman Siddiqui, Obedulla

Mangalore, September 28: The first batch of pilgrims from the state left for the sacred Hajj pilgrimage from Mangalore Airport on Friday. The first batch of pilgrims consisted of 220 Hajis today of the total 1,035 pilgrims from Mangalore to travel to the holy city of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Relatives and friends of the pilgrims came in large numbers to see off their dear ones depart for

Mangalore, September 28: People across coastal Karnataka on Thursday night were treated to a surprise from the sky. A rainbow-like halo encircled the moon in a perfect circle. This triggered excitement across Mangalore and Udupi and drew people in large numbers out of homes. Some elderly sky gazers recalled a similar halo which they witnessed in a few years ago. Although initially there was some

Manipal, September 28: Gulbarga Central University Chancellor and renowned litterateur U R Ananthmurthy said literature of another province should be discussed in other provinces to link India. Speaking after receiving “Basheer Puraskaram-2012” in a programme organised by Pravasi Doha and Manipal University on Thursday, the litterateur said Basheer is a major Indian writer and he should be