Karnataka

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

Mangalore, January 1: More than 2,500 sumangalis (married Hindu women) took a solemn pledge at Sri Kshetra Gokarnanatha on New Year's Day that they would not shed any of the symbols of their marriage in the event of death of their life-partners. The event was the continued part of the reformative programmes initiated by the patron of the Temple B Janardhan Poojary. Women will also declare openly

Mangalore, January 1: Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Labhu Ram has said that Dalits, who are subjected to atrocities, need not to hesitate to lodge complaint fearing expenses, as Social Welfare Department would bear all the expenses in such cases. Speaking at the monthly grievance meeting of SC/ST members organized by Dakshina Kannada district police here on Sunday, the SP said members

Mangalore, January 1: Destroying the constitution and democratic system in the country is the real aim of the people defending practices like madesnana, said writer and thinker G.K. Govind Rao here on Sunday. He was speaking at a seminar on 'madesnana, belief, practice and the opposition' held at the University College auditorium in Hampankatta under the joint auspices of DSS (Ambedkarwada), DYFI

Mangalore, January 1: Sources in Karnataka Chief Minister's office have confirmed that Kerala opposition leader V S Achuthanandan urged D V Sadananda Gowda through a letter to take steps for proper medical treatment to PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts. The octogenarian Marxist leader in his letter to Mr Gowda also wanted the prosecution to speed up