Karnataka

Mangalore, June 17: As many as 17 students, who scored highest marks in recently held PUC and SSLC examinations on Sunday, received Talent Academic Excellence Award-2012. Mangalore MLA U T Khader inaugurated the award ceremony organised by Talent Research Foundation at Talent Conference Hall in the city. The award was instituted by TRF last year to encourage talented students, especially

Mangalore, June 17: To augment the production of jackfruit in India, the Global Village Fruits Inc. on Saturday launched a campaign. Global Village Fruits Inc. is a for-profit social enterprise started by pre-med anthropology concentrator and Harvard public service traveller Annemarie Ryu which has plans to export 25 tonne of dried jackfruit from India to the US. "Many people in India do not know

Bangalore, June 17: Speakers at a meeting organised to pay tributes to the departed freedom fighter and Communist Party of India leader B V Kakkilaya, here, on Saturday, expressed concern over the recent adverse social and political developments in Karnataka. Former minister B A Mohideen lamented that the new generation of the political and social leaders have failed to adopt the values of broad

Dammam, June 17: After a prolonged battle for life, a Mangalore based expatriate worker died from injuries he sustained in a road accident nearly two months ago in the city of Dammam in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abdul Jabbar Kattapuni, hailing from Addoor village near Polali, nearly 20 kilo meters from Mangalore, was critically injured when a speeding vehicle knocked him down while he was on the

Mangalore, June 17: Of the 224 MLAs elected to the Legislative Assembly, 60 MLAs sat through the Assembly proceedings in the last four years without raising a single issue. The 13th Assembly period that began in May 2008 consisted of 13 sessions. The BJP government has conducted only 140 days of Assembly proceedings in four years while the rules state that 60 days of proceedings must take place

Mangalore, June 17: Aloysius D'souza, Headmaster, Rosario High School, has been unanimously elected as the new president of Mangalore Headmasters and Principal Association for the year 2012-13. Mr D'Souza, who had received District Best Teacher Award in 2008, has 27 years of teaching experience. The general body meeting of the Association was attended by 189 member schools of Mangalore city range

Edison, June 17: The North American Konkani Association will be organizing a Konkani Sammelan-2012 in Edison, New Jersey, USA from June 29 to July 1 2012. This three-day extravaganza is attended by Konkanis from all over the world - predominantly from the North American region and India. Featured speakers and delegates include T. V. Mohandas Pai (ex-CFO of Infosys and chair of Manipal Universal

Kasargod, June 17: The special police team investigating the murder of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) worker Abdul Shukkoor has asked Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) Kerala State Secretary and MLA T V Rajesh to appear before the investigating officers on July 1. Mr. Rajesh was earlier served notice by Valapattanam Circle Inspector U. Preman to be present before the police team on

Udupi, June 17: The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of students in higher education sector should be increased as it would promote the economic growth of the country, said Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor Prof T C Shivashankara Murthy. He was speaking at the Graduation Day ceremony of NMAM Institute of Technology (NMAMIT) at Nitte, here on Saturday. Prof. Murthy said GER in higher education was 12

Mumbai, June 16: Police sub-inspector and 'encounter specialist' Daya Nayak, who was under suspension for nearly six-and-a-half years in a disproportionate assets case, was today reinstated and posted in a local arms wing of the department, police said. Soon after receiving the order of reinstatement, Nayak took charge today itself. He had been suspended from the service in January 2006 and was