Karnataka

Mangalore, January 9: 'AMBIT Short Film Competition-2012', scheduled to be held at Canara First Grade College, here on Sunday, January 9, will screen a grand total of twenty one short films. In order to facilitate and promote film making regionally, AMBIT has been organising a short film competition every year. Entries have already come from all over Karnataka and a few from outside the state

Mangalore, January 9: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President G Parameshwara has demanded the State Government to bring out a White Paper on the financial status of the State. Addressing media persons here on Monday, he alleged that the State Government had failed on all fronts of administration, and mobilization of revenue too is lagging behind. “Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda himself

Udupi, January 9: A delegation of Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike met the Deputy Commissioner of Udupi here seeking compensation and justice to a 23-year-old labourer who had suffered burns following an explosion in the factory where he was working. Ashfaq, son of Abdul Rehman, a resident of Koteshwar in Kundapur had been working at Cooling Technique Refrigerator and Air Condition factory in BTM Layout

Moodbidri, January 9: The curtains came down on the five-day cultural fiesta, 'Alva's Virasat' at Mijar near here on Sunday with the mesmerizing performance by light music singer M D Pallavi. Making a confident beginning with the title song of the Varakavi D.R. Bendre's Jnanpith Award-winning Naku Thanti , she went on to more popular Amma Naanu Devarane . Both, she said, were composed by her guru

Udupi, January 9: Gopal Kharvi (36), a Limca Book of Records fame swimmer from Kodikanyana, in Udupi district, in an attempt to make a Guinness Book record, swam in the Arabian Sea with his hands cuffed and legs tied, from St Mary's Island to Malpe beach, here on Sunday. He swam the distance of 9 kilometers from the Island to Malpe beach, in a record time of 2.45 hours. Udupi DySP Jayanth Shetty

Udupi, January 9: A host of cultural programmes would be held after the Paryaya festival at Rajangana here from January 18 to 24. Cultural Coordinator of Paryaya Committee Vittal Ramamurthy told presspersons here on Sunday that all the cultural events would be held from 7.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. during the week. The cultural programmes would begin with a Carnatic music concert by R.K. Padmanabha on

Bekal, January 9: The proposal for an airstrip that can receive 50-seater aircraft at Bekal in Kasargod, mooted by the Bekal Resorts Development Corporation (BRDC) to promote tourism, is likely to turn into a pie in the sky for various reasons. According to top sources in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, an airstrip is not feasible at Bekal due to the proximity of the land, claimed to have been

Bangalore, January 8: Pejawar Seer Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji had to bear the brunt of an agitated audience for his alleged 'anti-constitutioinal' remark at a dialogue on Made Snana held at Gandhi Bavana, near Kumara Park here on Sunday. “Madesnana: Ondu Samvada”, an interactive programme organized by Nidumamidi Math, comes a day after religious heads of more than 25 maths across Karnataka converged

Mangalore, January 9: With the clock ticking for 17th National Youth Festival, it is time for youth in the city to experience the thrills, spills and chills of adventure sports - be it on land, air and on water. Setting out to provide this experience is General Thimmaiah National Adventure Academy, which has organized a host of these activities for youth from Sunday up to January 11 for local

Mangalore, January 9: Journalists, who will always be running in pursuit of news took a day off, and treated themselves to some fun activity - playing with ball, musical chair, tug of war and even the desi children games like lagori on Sunday at St. Aloysius College Sports ground on Sunday. The reporters who make stories of politicians pulling each others leg, themselves tied their legs and pulled