Karnataka

Mangalore, July 4: Youflik.com, a social networking website, which was launched on July 2, will officially go online on Wednesday evening, according to Prithviraj S Amin, the creator of the site. Addressing media persons here on Wednesday, Mr Amin, a Class X student at St Aloysius High School, said that he had been engaged in designing the Youflik.com since April this year. The 15year-old boy said

Mangalore, July 4: The Kannada translation of the first volume among the sixth volumes of world-renowned 'Tafheem-ul-Quran' will be released on Friday, July 6, in the city. A press release issued here by Shanthi Prakashana, the publishers, stated that retired professor of Mumbai University Talthaje Vasantha Kumar would release the book at a programme in Town Hall. The programme would commence at 5

Mangalore, July 4: The activists of Students Federation of India on Wednesday staged a demonstration in front of Mangalore Central Railway Station in protest against the change in timings of Cheruvathur -Mangalore passenger train. Speaking on the occasion SFI DK district president Nithin Kumar Kutthar said that the revised timetable of the train has created lot of trouble for regular commuters

Mangalore, July 4: Members of the district unit of Social Democratic Party of India staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Tuesday in protest against the delay in appointing the Lokayukta. They raised slogans against the BJP government and Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda for delaying the appointment. After Santosh Hegde's tenure as Lokayukta ended, the State

Manipal, July 4: District Health Officer Dr Ramachandra Bairy said that 371 children up to six year old in the district are suffering of malnutrition.Speaking to media persons in Udupi on Tuesday, the DHO said that out of the 371 kids suffering from malnutrition, about 280 are suffering from lack of nutritious food. The remaining are suffering from the deficiency due to other health problems

Mangalore, July 4: As announced by Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri, the “Shalegaagi Naavu Neevu” programme would start from July 6 and will go on till July 31, said K.N. Vijay Prakash, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat. Mr. Prakash told presspersons here on Tuesday that the programme

Mangalore, July 4: “With my parents fighting all the time, there was no peace at home. My father died a few years ago and my mother remarried. However, she too died. I and my younger sister were sent to our Uncle's home who took the best advantage of orphaned kids. My uncle sent me to differnt homes for house work and made good money. I taught my dream of being a doctor will remain a distant

Mangalore, July 4: Mangalorean Sahana Kumari, an alumni of Gokarnatheshwara College became the 14th Indian athlete to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games when she cleared 1.92m to achieve this distinction on the first day of Senior National Athletic Championship in GMC recently held in Hyderabad. She is a sportswoman par excellence and has proved her mettle by qualifying for the London

Udupi, July 3: In a murder for gain, a septuagenarian woman was brutally murdered at Ammunje in Uppuru here on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased is Radhu Karkera, wife of Thukra Karkera. The victim was alone in the house when intruders had tightened piece of cloth around her neck and looted jewellery. Her son Gopal Karkera lodged a complaint at Brahmavar police station. Accordingly a case was

Mangalore, July 3: The district unit of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) has urged the central government to declare the undivided Dakshina Kannada district as a communally sensitive region besides implementing the Prime Minister's 15 point programme that deals with action against perpetrators of communal crimes. Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Tuesday, Suresh Bhat