Karnataka

Mangalore, June 10: The vehicle in which Jayaprakash Hegde, Udupi-Chikmagalur MP, was traveling met with an accident near Hariharapura of Chikmagalur on Sunday. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, N Shashi Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Chikmagalur District, said that the accident took place at about 11 am when Mr. Hedge was on his way to attend a Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting at

Ankola, June 10: Ankola police on Saturday night arrested 14 persons who were part of an alleged rave party at Honey beach resort, located at Honnebail village of the taluk. Uttara Kannada police said that Ankola police raided the resort at 11.30 pm and found four semi-nude women dancing to the tunes of the English music. Eight others who were present there had been throwing currency notes at the

Mangalore, June 10: The Supreme Court's ban order on the black sun film on car glasses has raised quite a few eyebrows in the country. Citizens of Mangalore, who have had their share of inconveniences ever since the order was passed, are planning to press for a review with the Apex Court. “The Court should have given more time and considered public opinion. There are lakhs of cars in the country

Mangalore, June 10: Members of the Jai Hind Club, Mangalore, have bagged medals in the state level swimming competition organized by the Karnataka Swimming Association in Davanagere recently. Representing the Club, Surin M U won 2 silver and bronze medals while Manish Shenoy and Elvin Sujith won a bronze medal each. Among them, Surin M U has been selected to represent Karnataka at the national

Mangalore, June 10: Poll results will be in favour of the BJP and the outcome would be better than previous elections said Capt. Ganesh Karnik, BJP's MLC candidate for the South-West Graduates Constituency. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com after casting his vote at the city's Government College polling booth, Mr. Karnik said that the voter turnout has been encouraging. Expressing confidence that both

Mangalore, June 10: With an intention to elicit views of educationists and stake holders on education policy of state government vis-a-vis Kannada, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of Kannada Sahitya Parishat has planned to undertake a postcard campaign. In a press release issued here, Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, president of district unit of the Parishat, stated that Kannada, as a language, today is

Mangalore, June 10: In order to clear the extra rush of passengers the South Western Railways will run special trains between Bangalore and Tirunelveli via Salem, Erode and Karur. From June 10 to 24, train number 06515 Bangalore - Tirunelveli special will leave Bangalore at 6.45 am on Sunday and arrive Tirunelveli at 7.30 pm on the same day. On the same dates, in the return direction, train number

Mangalore, June 9: As per the norms laid down by the National Early Childhood Care and Education policy (ECCE) of central government, in accordance with the National Curriculum Framework, a play based approach has to be adopted for children which has been for long neglected by teaching authorities said Renny D'Souza, Director, Padi VALORADE. He was speaking at a discussion programme on National

Udupi, June 9: The Udupi district police arrested a person, who cheated and married eight women in different places in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu and Kasaragod districts in Madikeri on Saturday. Sukumar alias Rajesh Anchan (32) was arrested by police in Madikeri with assistance from activists of Jayakarantaka Sanghatane. Sukumar was remanded to judicial custody for 15 days after he was

Mangalore, June 9: The formal inauguration programme of Vikas Pre University College will be held at Town Hall, Mangalore, on June 11, informed Dr D Sripathi Rao, Correspondent of the College. Addressing media persons at a press meet on Saturday, Mr. Rao said that four batches with 60 students in each classroom will function after the college is inaugurated. PCMB and PCMC streams will be available