Karnataka

Mangalore, January 20: Senior Yakshagana artiste Surikumeri K Govinda Bhat has been chosen to preside over the seventh Akhila Karnataka Yakshagana Sammelan, which will be held at the Town Hall in the city for three days from January 27, Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, founder of the Kalkura Foundation, which is organising the sammelan in association with the Karnataka Samskritika Kala Prathisthana

Manipal, January 20: Holding Udupi District administration responsible for the continuation of Ajalu tradition across the district, the Federation of Koraga Development Associations, Karnataka-Kerala on Thursday staged a dharna in front of the office of Udupi Deputy Commissioner, here. In a memorandum submitted to to Deputy Commissioner Dr M T Reju the Federation President Susheela Nada alleged

Mangalore, January 20: Hemant Bhide, Lead District Chief Manager said that banks provided loans for goat-rearing and there was a subsidy for borrowers too. Speaking at seminar on stall-fed goat-farming held at the Department of Animal Husbandry in Mangalore on Thursday, he said that, one could buy goats with Rs.50,000. He also encouraged the farmers to rear goats saying it requires less space

Mangalore, January 19: Noted cinematographer G S Bhaskar said that good films can bring sensitivity back into people, who lose the feelings in their day-to-day grind. He was speaking after inaugurating the four-day film festival organised by Sahamatha Film Society and SDM College of Business Management on the premises of the latter on Thursday. He pointed out that there are four kinds of cinemas

Mangalore, January 19: Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, President of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Kannada Sahitya Parishat, has been selected for the prestigious 'Purandaraanugraha Prashasthi'. The award was constituted by the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams under its Dasa Sahitya Project. According a press release, the award will be presented to Mr Kalkura on January 23 at Tirupati during Purandara

Mangalore, January 19: World renowned saxophone exponent and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music Kadri Gopalnath offered a gold coated silver covering to Matsyendranatha Swami of Kadri Sri Manjunatha Temple in the city on Thursday, January 19. Gopalnath who visited the temple with the members of his family offered four-foot tall cover weighing 10 kilograms to the deity. The cover was specially

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