Karnataka

Mangalore, January 3: The 68th birth anniversary of Balaganghadharanatha Swamiji of Shri Adichunchanagiri Mahasamsthana Mutt will be celebrated at Abhiman Green Lawns, backyard of BGS School in the city on January 28. Announcing this at a press meet, Dr Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, the honorary president of the district reception committee of the event, revealed that a Rath Yatra would also be

Mangalore, January 3: Public Works Department Minister C M Udasi, who inspected the construction work of the new court complex in the city on Monday, said that the building would be ready by the end of this year. Speaking to media persons the Minister said that the furnishing work would be completed soon after the civil work was over, in order to avoid any further delay in the completion of the

Mangalore, January 3: Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat continued general body meeting had heated discussion over the alleged anomalies and shortcomings in the survey conducted to find the total number of Koraga families requiring houses in the district. While a section of the officials affirmed that survey was conducted to ascertain the number of Koraga families in the district and gave out

Udupi, January 2: Pura Pravesha, the marking of arrival of Sode Mutt pontiff Sri Vishwavallabha Theertha Swamiji, after touring pilgrimage centers across the country was held here on Monday with all pomp. Swamiji arrived at Jodukatte where he was given a warm reception headed by civic fathers, including district-in-charge minister Dr V S Acharya, MLA Raghupathi Bhat, CMC President Kiran Kumar

Mangalore, January 2: It is official now. Seer of Pejawar mutt Vishvesha Tirtha and seer of Nidumamidi mutt Veerabhadra Channamalla are all set for an open debate on 'made-snana', a ritual which involves rolling on plantain leaves containing leftovers of a meal served to Brahmins. The much-anticipated debate will not take place at Shikshakara Sadana in Bangalore on January 7 as was being projected

Mangalore, January 2: Adithya Pai has won the inter-district chess tournament organised by Mangalore Chess Academy at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan here on Sunday. Adithya Pai scored six points out of six rounds and won the open category event. Shabdik Varma of Mangalore Chess Academy became the runner up. The Tournament was packed with many strong players from the state, Aditya Pai played brilliantly

Mangalore, January 2: Intensifying the protest against proposed fish meal unit in their area, hundreds of residents on Sunday took out a rally at Kasba Bengre here. The residents were angered over the State Government's move grant one-acre land allegedly to a person on a 30-year lease for setting up the industrial unit. People took out the procession from a mosque to the playground, where leaders

Mangalore, January 2: Terming the brutal murder of Sadashiva Gowda, a 'desperate act' of naxalites, Inspector-General of Police (Western Range) Pratap Reddy clarified that he was not a police informer. Gowda, a resident of Kabbinale village, and basket weaver by profession, was found murdered near Hebri, in Udupi district, in the forests of the Western Ghats on December 28. “The police strongly

Mangalore, January 2: Around 150 people on Sunday evening took out a protest rally at Haleyangadi on the outskirts of the city, where a Hebron Assembly Pentecostal Church was recently attacked by a group of miscreants. The protest was organized under the joint aegis of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike, the Karnataka Missions Network and other Christian organisations. The protesters, who were holding

Mangalore, January 1: In a major reshuffle in police department, Karnataka government on Sunday transferred several IPS officers including Labhu Ram, the Superintendent of Police of Dakshina Kannada. Mr Ram, a 2004 batch IPS officer, has been posted as the SP of Davanagere district. He had taken charge as the SP of DK in March 2011 following the transfer of A Subrahmanyeshwara Rao. Abhishek Goyal