Karnataka

Manipal, July 1: Dinu D., second year student at Manipal Institute of Jewellery Management (MIJM), a constituent of Manipal University, has won the best design/idea award in MIA “My Expression”, a national-level design contest conducted by Tanishq. A press release issued by Manipal University here on Friday said the contest started in January 2012 and continued for five months till May. Of the

Manipal, July 1: Dr V Surendra Shetty, Dean, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, has been appointed Pro Vice Chancellor of Manipal University, Manipal with effect from July 1, 2012. Dr Shetty's association with the Manipal group started in 1965 when he joined the first batch in the College of Dental Surgery. He completed the course in 1970 with flying colours, bagging the Dr T M A Pai

Udupi, July 1: The Udupi district police have claimed to have solved NRI's wife murder at Kemmannu village on June 25 with the arrest of two persons on Saturday. Police have arrested nephew of the deceased, Harish Poojary (30) and his friend Santosh Poojary (29). Addressing presspersons here, Superintendent of Police M B Boralingaiah said that the woman Shakuntala Poojary (40) was murdered by the

Udupi, July 1: Two young girls lost their life after they accidentally fell into a ditch and drowned at Mogebettu in Belur village near Kota in Udupi district on Saturday. Police identified the deceased ad Sandhya (9) and Dhanalakshmi (11). Their parents were working at a stone quarry in the same area. The incident occurred when the duo had gone with a group of four friends to take bath at a tank

Karwar, July 1: In a major fire mishap, the office of the Assistant Director of Fisheries in Karwar was destroyed in the early hours of Saturday. The fire spread quickly despite heavy rain, destroying four computers, furniture and some documents. The files that were kept in the steel cupboards were also burnt. The fire, which was spotted at 4.30 a.m., was doused by personnel of Fire Force after an

Mangalore, June 30: MCC Commissioner Dr Harish Kumar has warned that stringent action will be initiated within a week against all those who have taken licence for house and are carrying out commercial activities like running hostels and paying guest, said He was speaking at Mangalore City Corporation monthly meeting here on Saturday. He said the hostels and PG centres are run without providing

Mangalore, June 30: Tense atmosphere prevailed across the town of Kalladka in Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday evening after a group of miscreants waylaid a mini lorry for alleged cow trafficking and brutally assaulted its driver. The police resorted to a baton charge when the minor incidence led to a major group clash within a few minutes. There were reports of injuries and damages from

Udupi, June 30: Unidentified culprits broke into a temple at Kemmundelu Bhandarmane at Yellur village near Padubidri and decamped with an expensive image of a demigod. Sources from jurisdictional Padubidri Police Station said that miscreants gained entry in to the temple the intervening night of Thursday and Friday and stole the portrait of the Eshwar Kumar Daiva. The silver portrait was decked

Mangalore, June 30: Continuing their agitation against hike in fees of seats under Government quota of CET, the activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad staged a protest in the city on Saturday. The protesters warned of intensification of the protest if the government failed to withdraw the recent hike. Addressing the protesters Chinmaya Rai, City Coordinator, ABVP, said that the fee hike

Mangalore, June 30: Citizens under the banner of 'Jana Jala Vedike' organized a march for water as a protest against privatization of water resources and commercialization of water on Saturday. The protestors gathered at Kankanady and procceded to Thumbe Dam site where they took a pledge that they will not allow government authorities to privatize the city's water resource. Prasanna Heggodlu