Karnataka

Mangalore, May 2: By encouraging privatization in the country, the government is encouraging poverty said H V Anantha Subba Rao, Secretray of the state unit of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC). He was speaking at a programme organized as part of the 76th anniversary of Beedi and Tobacco Labour Union in the city on Wednesday. Citing the recession disaster that America had to confront, Mr. Rao

Mangalore, May 2: The annual 'Community Celebration of Weddings” will be held on Sunday, May 6, at the Rosario Cathedral, Mangalore under the auspices of St Vincent de Paul Society, Rosario. Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, Jochin Monteiro, President, Society of St Vincent de Paul, said that the objective of the ceremony is to help Catholic young men and women from lesser

Mangalore, May 2: Coming under the pressure of foreign companies, the Central and State government is trying to curb the rights of the labourers and are forming rules against them, said CITU All India Executive Committee member B Madhava. Speaking at the May Day celebrations organised by CITU at Town Hall on Tuesday, he said that labourers should protest against the atrocities they face. The

Udupi, May 2: Udupi MLA Raghupathy Bhat insisted that seniors belonging to Tulunadu culture and tradition should make it a point to converse in Tulu language with children to prevent the language from diminishing. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of 'Tuluva Siri - Ponnu Ponjovu Kuto' organised jointly by Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy and Siri Tuluva Chavadi, Udupi, he said said that many

Karwar, May 2: The police on Tuesday arrested two persons within 24 hours of a complaint lodged about theft at the Khursawada house. The arrested are Rubin Dias and his live in parter Latha Raju Ravath. Interestingly, Rubin Dias is the son of the complainant and house owner Mary Dias. K. T. Balakrishna, Karwar Superintendent of police said the house was burgled in between April 26 to 28, when the

Mudipu, May 2: Condemning the assault on a bus driver by Pajeer Gram Panchayat President, at Mithakodi near Mudipu, the service bus drivers and conductors staged a protest by suspending the bus service on Tuesday. The bus conductors and drivers staged a protest in front of Konaje police station. It was said that Pajeer Gram Panchayat President Nazeer Mohideen had assaulted the bus driver Charlie

Mangalore, May 1: Anti-corruption lessons must begin right from the first school i.e. the mother's lap, said Esha Vittaladasa Swamiji of Kemaru Mutt. He was speaking at a programme organised by the Akhila Bharatiya Karmika Sangha as part of 'May Day' celebrations in the city on Tuesday. Stating that corruption has spread its arms wide in every sector of work, Swamiji said that women play an

Mangalore, May 1: University Grants Commission's (UGC) high-tech procedure to apply for the National Eligibility Test (NET)-Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) exam has left applicants in trouble once again, as the link to the website is crashing after repeated intervals. This is not for the first time that the NET-JRF aspirants have been facing such problems. Problems with the UGC website had

Mangalore, May 1: The State Human Rights Commission has asked Mysore Regional Commissioner to investigate and submit a report on the saffron shawl episode involving Chennappa Gowda, DK Deputy Commissioner and Seemanth Kumar Singh, Commissioner of Police, Mangalore. The duo is also scheduled to appear before the Regional Commissioner on May 7. Background On December 11, 2011, a flood lit sports

Mangalore, May 1: In an unforgettable May Day tragedy, two labourers were killed when an open well in which they were working, caved in, at Haleyangady near here. According to police, the deceased have been identified as Madanappa (22), a resident of Agoli in Gangavathi taluk of Koppala district and Sayyed Beary (65) from Mukka. Beary was the mason. As many as eight labourers were engaged in