Karnataka

Mangalore, January 21: As many as 200 Youth Congress workers here on Saturday registered their names to donate their eyes after their death to Udupi based Prasad Netralaya. Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister B Janardhan Poojary formally handed over the filled registration forms of eye donation to Prasad Netralaya chairman Krishna Prasad at the Youth Congress Convention organized at

Mangalore, January 21: The Department of Chemistry of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous) will be organizing a two day national seminar on 'Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences' on January 23 and 24 at Eric Mathias Auditorium on the College premises, here. Announcing this at a press meet here on Saturday Rev. Fr. Swebert D'Silva SJ, the principal of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous) said “This is an

Mangalore, January 22: “Jesus Christ will not forgive the sin of the Mangalore Diocese, which is fooling poor Christians without any sense of shame” — This was the reaction of a poor Christian couple, which was projected as the first beneficiary of the 'Mangalore Diocese's 'philanthropic project' of donating 160 houses to poor as part of its post-centenary silver jubilee celebrations. “We are

Mangalore, January 21: A worker was killed and five others suffered severe burns when an explosion ripped through a sulphur pit at the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The victim has been identified as Nagesh (25), a resident of Kulai. The injured have been identified as Basheer (24) from Chokkabettu, Sirajuddin (23), from Katipalla, Ashwith

Kasargod, January 21: A M Kunhi Abdullah Musliyar, Sadar Mudarris of Puthige Muhimmath Shariah College, died at Pariyaram Medical College Hospital on Friday. He was 73. He was undergoing treatment for old-age related diseases at a private hospital in Kanhangad for a couple of weeks. As his health condition continued to deteriorate, he was shifted to Pariyaram hospital. Serving several years in

Sullia, January 21: The future of the circle inspector and the sub inspector suspended following last month's fracas between the Sangh Parivar activists and the police in Sullia still hangs in balance as two police constables who faced disciplinary action in connection with the incident have been reinstated. On December 14, 2011, the police had rounded up 17 BJP workers who were allegedly involved

Mangalore, January 21: Union Minister of State for Defence, M M Pallam Raju on Friday commissioned the the Indian Coast Guard Ship Rani Abbakka, the first of a series of five Inshore Patrol Vessel, at Visakhapatnam. The ship is named after Abbakka Devi, the legendary queen of Tulu Nadu, who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th Century. She was also one of the earliest Indians to

Bhatkal, January 21: The State Human Rights Commission on Friday held a meeting in Bhatkal to hear the grievances of the people and to settle pending cases in Bhatkal taluk. S.R. Nayak, Chairman of SHRC, attended the meeting. Rama Moger, president of the forest encroachers' association, complained that the forest officials were evicting people from the encroached forestland without issuing any

Mangalore, January 21: The Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee on Friday staged a protest in the city against the alleged joint bid by BJP ruled Karnataka state government and police department to cover up the recent Pak flag hoisting issue. The protest comes more than two weeks after seven Hindutva activists made confessions in the police custody that they had hoisted Pakistani national

Mangalore, January 20: The members of Mangalore Bar Association on Friday staged a protest against the proposed Higher Education Bill, and alleged police atrocities against advocates. Addressing the protesters on the District Court premises, here, SP Chengappa, president of Mangalore Bar Association (R) said that the Higher Education and Research Bill-2011, introduced in Rajya Sabha by the Central