Karnataka

Mangalore, January 19: Karnataka State Government has appointed Rahim Uchil as the new president of Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy. In a notification, H.V. Ramachandra Rao, Under Secretary, Kannada and Culture Department, Government of Karnataka, stated that Uchil would lead the Academy for next three years from February 6, 2012. Mr Rahim will succeed M B Abdul Rahman, the first president of the

Mangalore, January 19: Seventeen international kite flyers from seven nations and a number of local flyers are likely to participate in the international kite festival being organised by Team Mangalore, a hobby group of kite makers and flyers on January 21 and 22 at Panambur beach near here. Announcing this to media persons here on Thursday, the event coordinator Giridhar Kamath said this would be

Mangalore, January 19: The second and final day of the 17th Dr. MV Shetty Memorial Inter-Physiotherapy Colleges Cricket Tournament for boys and girls (State Level) experienced an array of matches in which both the boys and girls teams of the participating colleges battled it out to make their places in the final match on Wednesday at NMPT ground, Panambur, near here. The winners of the tournament

Mangalore, January 19: Commissioner of Mangalore City Corporation Harish Kumar on Thursday inaugurated the Muller Health Expo-2012. The two-day health exhibition was organized by Fr Muller College of Nursing as a part of its silver jubilee celebration on the premises of Father Muller Hospital. The exhibition focused on all aspects of health-life style disorders, disaster management, first-aid

Mangalore, January 19: An elderly man was allegedly murdered by his neighbour on Wednesday due to trivial reasons at Shakinagar, here. The deceased has been identified as Narasimha (70), a local resident. His neighbour Ganesh (33), an auto rickshaw driver is the accused. It is learnt that an argument broke out between the families of Narasimha and Ganesh, when the former's wife allowed her dog to

Mangalore, January 19: Blaming the three main political parties in Karnataka led by the ruling BJP, principal opposition Congress and JD(S) of losing sense of political direction, state unit of CPM is working to emerge as the people's alternative. The CPM that adopted 33 resolutions at its state conference held in Chikkaballpur recently, will kick off its people's movement with a protest against

Mangalore, January 18: Popular illusionist and noted magician Kudroli Ganesh's 'Vismaya Magic Foundation' was inaugurated in a magical way on Wednesday evening. Mr Ganesh made Edupreneur Dr Mohan Alva to inaugurate his foundation through a magical way a Town Hall in the city. He showed the audience an empty box and then later brought out of it a lamp which was lit by the chief guests. He also

Udupi, January 18: The Sode Paryaya 2012 was celebrated in colourful and grand manner here in the early hours of Wednesday. Processions comprising tableaus depicting art and culture of Ashta Mutts and its tradition, music bands, bhajan teams, which started at Jodukatte at around 4 am of Wednesday was the special attraction for the general public, who spent wholenight on the streets of Udupi city

Mangalore, January 18: 'Media Manthan', a two day national level seminar and media fiesta will be held on 20 and 21 January, 2012 at St Aloysius College, Mangalore. Media and Environment- Leveraging Media Power to protect our Environment – is the theme of the two day event, stated a press release issued by Laxmi Shenoy, Convener, Media Manthan. The event will offer a healthy blend of knowledge

Mangalore, January 18: A khadi art and craft exhibition was organized by Mangalore Institute of Fashion Technology here on Wednesday. Inaugurating the exhibition Nanda Gopal, convener CIL, and former journalist, said khadi day should be celebrated every day. “We Indians still live in a phase of colonial hangover. We blindly follow the west whereas we have a wonderful tradition amidst us”, he said