Karnataka

Mangalore, March 2: N. Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, has urged the bureaucracy to play their role properly and try to infuse life into their work. Speaking after inaugurating the two-day workshop on Karnataka Citizen's Charter Services Act ,2012 here at the Zilla Panchayat premises under the aegis of the Administration Training Institute (ATI), Mysore, Mr. Bhat said

Bangalore, March 2: An incident of media persons representing a private Kannada TV news channel being attacked by lawyers took place at the City Civil Court premises in Bangalore on Friday. The lawyers reportedly barred the entry of journalists to the City Civil Court complex saying the media portrayed them in bad light. The incident happened just after former BJP leader Janardhan Reddy was

Mangalore, March 2: Jamia Islamia, Bhatkal, will hold a series of educational programmes of national and international level to mark its 50th anniversary on 18, 19, 20, and 21 March. All programmes would be held under the presidency of Maulana Syed Muhammad Rabey Husaini Nadvi, patron of Jamia Islamia, Bhatkal, and President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB). The main theme of the

Mysore, March 2: Lokayukta Superintendent of Police, S E D'Souza, died of a massive heart attack in his office room in the city on Thursday afternoon. The 57-year-old officer, who served in Mysore for the last three years, complained of a shooting pain in his left shoulder. He took some medicine and went to rest for a while in his office room. Colleagues who had never seen D'Souza rest in office

Mangalore, March 2: More number of families of victims of the air crash came forward for settlement of compensation before Air India counsel H.D. Nanavati. Mr. Nanavati has been meeting family members of the victims since Wednesday. "We settled for Rs. 1.2 crore. We are happy with the amount," said a member of the family of a victim of the 2010 air crash from Kasargod, who did not wish to be named

Mangalore, March 2: Billava Samskrutika Sourabha , a book on Billavas, a predominant sect in the coastal region, was released here on Thursday. The book is the research work of M. Dejappa Dallodi. Releasing the book, M. Mohan Alva, the Chairman of Alvas Shikshana Pratistana, said the book gives a complete picture of the Billava's contribution to the region. It speaks about Daiva and Devaradhana

Mangalore, March 2: Workers of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa HIndu Parishat vented their ire against Union Minister and Congress leader M. Veerappa Moily for calling the saffron outfits "evil forces". They burnt the effigy of Mr. Moily and warned that the organisations will continue their protests until the Union Minister tendered an apology. "We will not allow him to set foot in Mangalore," warned

Mangalore, March 2: The Himalaya Drug company, which is known for producing cosmetics using natural ingredients, has tried to enter into the Limca Book of World Records by making 418 students apply its latest facial product on each other's faces simultaneously. The record-breaking venture was carried out on the Suratkal beach here on Thursday and the students who came forward to be part of this

Mangalore, March 1: The UAE-based Bunts Sangha will organise a Mass Marriage programme on June 3, 2012 at the A B Shetty Hall near Bunts Hostel. This was announced by K S Sudhakar Alva, Lion Kishor D Shetty and Pradeep Alva at a news conference here on Thursday. The wedding of 10 couples will be performed and youths from Bunt community who are economically backward will be given opportunity. The

Mangalore, March 1: Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim highlighted the importance of fostering communal harmony between different religions and ethnic groups, especially in countries like India and Malaysia, which are known for plural society. Addressing a press conference in the city on Thursday, the former deputy prime minister of Southeast Asian nation said that people of one religion