Karnataka

Mangalore, January 5: Mangalore Motor Sports Association (MMSA) will be organising 'Maruti Suzuki Autocross 2012' for two and four wheelers on January 7 and 8, 2012. Informing about the event at a press meet here on Thursday Sudhir BK, President of MMSA, said it would be second event of Maruti Suzuki Autocross as the first event was held on October 15 and 16, 2011. He said that the event would be

Mangalore, January 5: Nearly 600 students of Captianio High School (Aided) took out an awareness rally on “Prohibition o Tobacco and Smoking” here on Thursday raising slogans and displaying placards against the use of tobacco products. The rally commenced from the school premises in Nagori and traversed through Pumpwell Circle and Karavali Circle before returning to the school premises. The rally

Mangalore, January 5: The Mangalore unit of Youth wing Jamaat-e-Islami Hind handed over a house to a poor family at Bitthipade, in Mangalore taluk. The house was built at the coast of Rs 1,50,000. Youth Wing DK district vice president Muhammed muhsin handed over the key to the head of the family. Mangalore unit president of Social Service Unit of JIH Ameer siddiq, Secretary Latheef KK and manager

Mangalore, January 5: Mangalore Qazi Twaqa Ahmed Musliyar has called upon Muslims to join hands with Samasta Kerala Jamiyyatul Ulema, which has “created a revolution in the religious and spiritual spheres of Muslims”. He was presiding over the Sunni Convention held under the aegis of Dakshina Kannada District Yamanese Association here on Wednesday. The programme was inaugurated by Al-haj K.M

Mangalore, January 5: The Roman and Catherine School for the Blind celebrated its annual day on Wednesday at the school premises in the city. The programme also marked the 202nd birth centenary of Louis Braille, the father of the braille language for the blind. Speaking on the occasion Shivanand Bhandary, Senior manager of Canara Bank Founder's branch said, we feel like this school is like any

Mangalore, January 5: “Globalisation has led to unbridled commercialization which in turn has given birth to a number of problems including the increasing gulf between the haves and the have nots. The student community must raise unitedly against problems of injustice and deprivation,” said Mohammed Azharuddin, national president of the Students Islamic Organisation of India. He was speaking at a

Karwar, January 5: Police arrested a 45-year old dismissed police constable, who posed as the Lokayukta Superintendent of Police and took a bribe from officers here on Wednesday. Murigeppa Kumbara, a resident of Sadalaga in Chikodi taluk of Belgaum was arrested along with his aide Basavanna, a resident of Belgaum, were arrested. Kumbara, a former police constable, had been dismissed from service

Mangalore, January 5: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday laid the foundation stones for constructing two fish markets at Kinnigoli and Bantwal on the outskirts of city. Speaking on the occasion he said fisheries were among the priority sectors of the State Government. He also promised that the Government will construct 10 modern fish markets for women in three coastal districtal

Mangalore, January 4: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda inaugurated the Linear Accelerator at the department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Attavar, here on Wednesday. Dedicating this state-of-the-art machine, CM appreciated KMC for providing modern facilities and quality treatment to citizens of Mangalore. Spending an amount of nearly Rs 6 crore for the linear

Udupi, January 4: Udupi district unit of Dalit Sangharsha Samithi (founded by Prof B Krishnappa) held a dharna in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner, End Point Manipal, on Wednesday demanding the government to order for a judicial inquiry in to the death of police constable Yogish Padakannaya, at Katapady and book the accused under Dalit atrocity Act. A group of revelers on the night of