Karnataka

Udupi, February 1: Udupi district administration and 3W Concepts have come together to host a kind of Rave Party, at St Mary's Island from February 3-5. This party termed as the Island festival `Spring Zouk- 2012' will play host to foreigners and high profile tourists from for the first time at St Mary's Island, in Udupi district from Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune and other metros. This Island

Mangalore, February 1: 'Imprints-2012', a two days national level science festival was inaugurated organised the Science faculty of St Aloysius College was inaugurated on the College premises on Wednesday. The theme for Imprints-2012 is 'science fiction—the innovative reality'. Orthopaedic surgeon and Nitte University Vice-Chancellor Dr M Shantharam Shetty will inaugurated the fest and St Aloysius

Mangalore, February 1: Sidharth Puthran, who won medal at national level sports meet recently, was on Wednesday given a warm felicitation at Rosario High School in the city, where he is a Class X student. The 15-year-old has won a bronze medal in the hammer throw at the national level athletic meet recently held at Ludhiana in the State of Punjab. His throw of 51.37 m got him the medal and has

Mangalore, February 1: 'Acme 2012' a national-level commerce fest organized by the Commerce Association of St Aloysius College commenced on Wednesday. Fr Denzil Lobo, Director of AIMIT inaugurated the Fest at Eric Mathias Hall. The theme of Acme-2012 is 'the entertainment industry.' The entertainment industry is a multi-billion dollar industry that includes cinema, television, theatres and music

Bidar, February 1: Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda's recent statement that the Government will try to bring Jains under backward classes 2B category has come under fire. At present, they come under category 3B. The Chief Minister had made the statement at the inauguration of the Mahamasthakabhisheka function in Venur a few days ago. 'Ridiculous' “It is ridiculous,'' C.S. Dwarakanath, former

Mangalore, February 1: Hajj pilgrimage from Karnataka has been made hassle free by the Regional Passport Office this year. The RPO will start issuing 350 additional applications for passports, especially for Hajj pilgrims. New counters have been opened at the passport Seva Kendra (PSKs) and passport applications issuing offices Mangalore, Hubli and Gulbarga, besides an increase in the number of

Mangalore, February 1: When most of the students attempting SSLC exams in the next few months are buried in their books studying, students of Swaroopa Adhyayana Kendra are busy singing, dancing and painting. Students of Swaroopa Adhyayana Kendra painting a picture, while singing their institution anthem, at Town Hall in Mangalore on Tuesday.However, people who are thinking that these kids are up

Honnavar, February 1: Members of a women's self-help group (SHG) on Tuesday laid siege to the Honnavar police station seeking the arrest of three persons who had been allegedly selling hooch at Keravalli village in Honnavar taluk. They said Ishwar, Narayan, and Gajanan were selling hooch in the village. This had led to law and order problem in the village. Many families in the village had lost

Mangalore, February 1: The minority morcha of the district unit of the BJP will hold a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on February 7 demanding withdrawal of cases filed against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat in connection with a speech he made in Uppinangady last month. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Anwar Manippady, chairman of Karnataka Minorities

Mangalore, February 1: Members of the United Christian Association and Christian Reform Foundation staged a silent demonstration here on Tuesday demanding that some of the families residing in houses owned by the Catholic church be given ownership of the houses. They demonstrated in front of the Bishop's house in Kodialbail. In a pamphlet distributed to journalists, the two groups said that