Karnataka

Udupi, August 23: The Nagarajuna Virodhi Horata Samiti remembers will go on a hunger strike foer the entire day against government's decision to consent the second unit of coal based Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) thermal power plant on August 27 at Deputy Commissioner's Office complex near End Point. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, president of the samiti Vijaykumar Hegde said

Udupi, August 23: A leopard trapped in a well at Jarkala-Mundli in Shirlal village of Karkala taluk on Tuesday was rescued by a rescue team of forest department. The wild animal, which accidentally fell into the well on Tuesday evening, was rescued by lowering a ladder into the well and released into the Kudremukh National Park at Gangamoola said Satish N., Range Forest Officer of Karkala Range

Bangalore, August 23: A Rasthtriya Swayamsewak Sangh activists has filed a complaint against Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje with the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, on Wednesday accusing her of hiding assets and filing a false affidavit before contesting 2008 Assembly polls. The complainant Hanume Gowda, has revealed that Dakshina Kannada based minister was a promoter and director of

Mangalore, August 22: In order to carry out a combined fight against the Sangh Parivar in the backdrop of Morning Mist Homestay attacks, leaders cutting across party lines have come together under the banner of 'Karavali Souharda Sangharsha Samithi'. Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Wednesday, B Ramanath Rai, President, District Congress, who has been chosen as the

Mumbai, August 22: Media Foundation of India (MFI) in association with YES BANK, India's fourth largest private sector bank, has announced the winners of the MFI-YES BANK National Press Photo Contest - 2012. Mumbai-based photojournalist Mandar Deodhar of India Today news magazine was adjudged the winner of the “Picture of the Year” award for his photograph of a lone shopkeeper battling a massive

Mangalore, August 22: Father Muller Center for Hospital Administration, a wing of Father Muller Medical College (FMMC) Mangalore, will organise 'Horizon 2012' – a two-day national conference on marketing on August 24 and 25 at the Decennial Memorial Hall, FMMC. Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, Fr. Reginald Pinto, Head of Department of Hospital Administration, said that the

Mangalore, August 22: The Mangalore city unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist) will be holding a massive dharna in front of Mangalore City Corporation on August 27 against the alleged anti-people policies of Mangalore City Corporation. Sunil Kumar Bajal, Mangalore City Committee Secretary of CPI (M) told media persons here on Wednesday that his party workers would raise voice against the

Mangalore, August 22: Employees of public sector banks across the coastal Karnataka have joined the two-day nationwide strike on Wednesday and Thursday opposing banking sector reforms and outsourcing of non-core activities. The strike has affected banking services across Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts. However, a few private sector banks, foreign banks and ATMs, however

Mangalore, August 22: Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund, established by World Konkani Centre, Mangalore will award Scholarships worth Rs 2 crore to over 1300 students from economically backward families of Konkani Communities studying in a wide range of academic disciplines. The award ceremony will be held on Saturday, the August 25 at 11.00 a.m. at T.V. Raman Pai Convention Hall, Kodialbail

Mangalore, August 22: The riots and violence in Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD) and Gadi region of Assam are a pre-planned conspiracy by illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, said Ramesh K., State Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Speaking at a press meet here on Wednesday, he said that there were several examples of immigrants from Bangladesh being involved in