Karnataka

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

Mangalore, January 18: The synthetic track laying work at Mangala stadium here will begin on Thursday, January 19, according to Dakshina Kannada District In-charge minister Krishna J Palemar. In an interaction with media persons at Patrika Bhavan, here on Wednesday, the Minister said that the 17th National Youth Festival that was held in the city from January12 to 16, was one of the reason for the

Mangalore, January 18: A two month old tiger cub the Dr Shivaram Karanth Biological Park at Pilikula near here, has been adopted by District In-Charge Minister Krishna J Palemar. The cub is born out of tigress Nethravathi. Having come to inaugurate 'Nethravathi - Phalguni Jodukere Kambala' at Pilikula the Minister felt so much joy on seeing the cub that he offered Rs 1 lakh for its adoption. This

Puttrur January 18: Two separate complaints have been lodged at the Kadaba police station in connection with a brawl between the workers of BJP and Bajrang Dal over an alleged cow trafficking incident. Four persons including the convenor of the Bajrang Dal Savanoor unit, have been admitted to hospital following the clash. Dhanya Kumar Belandur (26), the Dal office-bearer, has been admitted at the

Mangalore, January 18: Karnataka State Human Rights Commission Chairperson S R Nayak warned the modern the modern states of dire a consequence, if they failed to eliminate the mass poverty and macro-hunger and assure the self-respect and human dignity to the constituents of mankind. He was speaking after inaugurating a UGC sponsored national seminar on 'Developmental Agenda and Human Rights: A