Karnataka

Mangalore, September 2: Mounesh Vishwakarma has been elected President of the Bantwal Taluk Working Journalists' Association. An election was held at the annual meeting at B C Road Press Club on Saturday presided over by Vishnugupta Punacha, President of the Press Club. Ibrahim Adkasthala, Secretary of the District Association, conducted the election proceedings. Sandeep Salian has been elected as

Mangalore, September 2: Strongly opposing the 'Yettinahole water diversion project' recently approved by the Government of Karnataka, Vijayakumar Shetty, President of Karavali Jeevanadi Netravathi Rakshana Samithi, said that it lacked a specific objective, and was a waste of Rs 8,600 crore estimated as the cost of the project. Speaking at a press conference here on Sunday, the former MLA said that

Mangalore, September 2: 'Team Mangalore', the city based hobby group of kite flyers have been officially invited by Sebastian Jumail, Mayor of Dieppe, France to represent India at the 17th International Kite Festival at Dieppe, France. The team with its versatile kite collection and its mission to spread culture through kites is all set to take off to France. The Team Mangalore is the only team

Mangalore, September 2: Police have recovered the maimed body of a woman in her mid-forties from a half-constructed building on GHS Road in the city on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Kateel based Amuni, who was seen roaming and collecting scrap in the area for the last few days by locals. Police are of the suspicion that she might have been murdered by some miscreants last night. It

Mangalore, September 2: Members of the Dalit community have requested the police to resume visiting Dalit colonies across the district as a confidence building measure. Speaking at the monthly grievance meeting of the SC/STs held at the SP's office in Mangalore on Sunday, a Dalit representative said that a few years ago, police jeeps would patrol Dalit areas on a regular basis but of late, it has

Mangalore, September 2: A felicitation programme for Akhil R M, an 8th standard student and son of a Head Constable, who won a Gold medal at an international chess tournament held in Malaysia recently, was held at Pandeshwar Police Station on Sunday. Akhil is the son of Meera, Head Constable, Finger Prints Department. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Ms Meera said that Akhil bagged the gold medal in

Bantwal, September 2: Silver jewellery worth Rs 12 lakh were reportedly stolen by thieves who broke into a jewellery store in the heart of Bantwal, according to the complaint lodged with Bantwal town police. The burglary, which took place at Suresh V Baliga Jewellers situated on the main road, came to light on Saturday morning when the staff arrived at around 9 am to open the store. An idol of a

Udupi, September 2: District unit of Mogaveera Yuva Sanghatane, in association with G Shankar Family Trust and Manipal University, distributed Health Cards to over 15,000 beneficiaries at Shamili auditorium here on Saturday. Inaugurating the programme DCM KS Eshwarappa said advised the beneficiaries to make the maximum use of the card to ensure good health. He also lauded the charitable activities

Udupi, September 2: Hindu religion has been divided on the caste basis for self interest. But the backward class people need to overcome the inferiority complex and lead a dignified life said, Deputy CM and BJP State President Eshwarappa. He was speaking after inaugurating the district level convention of BJP Backward Class Morcha organized organized by its district unit headed by ZP member

Udupi, September 1: Senior journalist Abdussalam Puthige's much awaited Kannada translation of holy Quran 'Kannadadali Qur'an Anuvada' was finally released in a grand function here on Saturday. Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala D Veerendra Heggade, who released the book, laid emphasis on the significance of maintaining peace and unity in the society. He exhorted the followers of all the