Karnataka

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

Mangalore, June 16: A screening of the national award winning film 'Beary' was organized by Dakshina Kannada Karavali Belli Mandala at Ravindra Kalabhavana auditorium in the city on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, Rahim Uchil, President, Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy, said that the film's director Altaf Hussain had created history by making 'Beary'. Although the film has won a national award

Mangalore, June 16: As part of the implementation of the Urban Property Ownership Records (UPOR), ownership documents will now be in the form of Property Cards (PR cards). Addressing media persons at a press meet held at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Saturday, V Ponnuraj, Deputy Commissioner, Shimoga, and N Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly briefed

Mangalore, June 16: Six personalities were felicitated by the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy as part of its 2011 Honourary Award and Book Award felicitations on June 16 at Town Hall in Mangalore. Awards were given away to Bola Chittaranjandas Shetty for Literature, Seetharam Shetty for Theatre, T A Srinivas for Cinema, Puttige Padmanabha Rai for novel writing, Ashok Alva for story writing and

Manipal, June 16: A late night out involving three students of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) ended up in two of them getting drowned at the Mannupalla lake here and the third one swimming out to safety. While Kiran Chandramouli (21) and Nikhila Mallimadugula (20) are those feared drowned, it was their friend Shaunak who swam ashore and come and inform the police here about the incident

Mangalore, June 16: The National Women's Front (NWF) has welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court that there should be no lesser punishment for culprits responsible for dowry deaths than life imprisonment. In the wake of women being exploited in the country and increasing dowry deaths, the decision of the Apex Court will help in checking the menace to a great extent, Shahida A, State President