Karnataka

Mangalore, January 13: Adding to the exuberance of National Youth Festival is Indian Navy. Two of its Ships - INS Jamuna and INS Trinkat will be open for visitors at berth 7 and berth 1 respectively till January 14 evening. INS Jamuna, takes place of pride in the Indian Navy as it is only the 5 th in the series of indigenously designed and constructed survey vessels in the country. Mangalore

Mangalore, January 13: Thousands of youth thronged the Nehru Maidan in the heart of the city, with zeal, curiosity and excitement to experience various adventure activities on Friday. The adventure camp was formally inaugurated as part of ongoing 17th National Youth Festival by Rakesh Mohan, Joint Secretary to the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, and Director General, Nehru Yuva Kendra

Mangalore, January 13: Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken on Friday inaugurated the food festival organized as part of the 17th National Youth Festival in Karavali Utsav Grounds adjacent to Mangala Stadium. As many as forty-four food stalls, serving the delicious food from all regions of India have added taste to the national assembly of youth. Foodies from different

New Delhi, January 13: Harsha Kumar Rai, a young NRI engineer from Puttur received the prestigious Bharath Samman Award 2011 at Le Meridian Hotel, New Delhi in recognition for national and international achievement in technical field. Arunachal Pradesh J J Singh conferred the award. Governor of Puducherry Dr Iqbal Singh, minister of UK Baroness Dr Verma, former speaker of Lok Sabha Dr Balaram

Belthangady, January 13: M Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Corporate Affairs on Thursday visited the bereaved families whose children drowned in a rivulet at Sudemogaru on January 9. Mr Moily met the parents and relatives of the school children and expressed grief over the tragedy. He said that he would write letter to Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda asking to take appropriate steps to

Mangalore, January 13: A two year old girl child died after she accidentally consumed rat poison paste at her home at Idya of Surathkal. On Wednesday morning, Fathima Fida, daughter of Aboobaker, had applied the poisonous white paste to her teeth, assuming it to be toothpaste. The mother came to know about this only after the girl began to cry. The frightened mother took her daughter to a nearby

Udyavar, January 13: A large number of fish were found dead in Udyavar River in Gajani and Ankudru areas, authorities confirmed Thursday. It is believed that the effluents discharged by the fish meal industries led to this tragedy. The dead fishes were reportedly floating in a 2 kms radius area in Udyavar River on Thursday. Udupi Tahsildar Prasanna visited the area for spot inspection as aggrieved

Mangalore, January 13: Akansha Baliga, a Mangalorean recorded a top score of 99.7 percentile in the results of the Common Aptitude Test (CAT), conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management. According to a press release, around 1.85 lakh MBA aspirants took the test over a 20-day testing window across 36 cities from mid-October. Out of these, the aspirational 100 percentile was managed by just

Mangalore, January 12: The Union Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs gave away the national youth awards to 28 individuals and two youth organisations at inaugural ceremony of 17th National Youth Festival at Mangala Stadium here on Thursday, January 12. The best national youth organisation award carried a purse of Rs 2 lakh and individuals awards Rs 40,000 besides a medal, a citation

Mangalore, January 12: Diversity, energy, enthusiasm and vibrance marked the inaugural ceremony of 17th edition of the annual National Youth Festival, at Mangala Stadium, in the city on Thursday evening. Over twenty thousand youths besides around four thousand participants from every nook and cranny of the country saw the national event being unveiled by Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda