Karnataka

Mangalore, December 25: A meaningful Christmas celebration was orgnaised for children with HIV positive recently by Shads Events and Promos at Samvedana-care and support centre for children in city. Artistes present in the event enthralled the children for a long time. Santosh Kumar, a reputed singer, sang several songs which brought the event to life. Prakash danced with the children and made

Udupi, December 24: The Muslim Welfare Association along with Manipal Kasturba Hospital Blood Bank on Thursday organised a blood donation camp on the premises of Jamia Masjid in the city. As many as 144 volunteers donated their blood in the camp. Dr. Sudha Bhat, the Director of the Blood Bank and Dr. Ruksar Anjam, Medial officer of the District Hospital explained to the volunteers in detail about

Mangalore, December 24: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda will inaugurate Alva's Virasat 2012, a four-day national level cultural festival being organised under the auspices of Alva's Education Foundation, at Shobhavana at Mijar near Moodbidri on the outskirts of the city on January 5. In a press release issued here, Mohan Alva, Chairman of the Foundation, said Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra

Kasargod, December 24: Three Keralites, who had been held hostage among 22 crewmen of a foreign-flagged ship by Somali pirates for over nine months, were eager to return home after their release. The pirates on Wednesday night had freed the Italian oil tanker hijacked in February with 17 Indians and five Italians on board after more than 10 months in captivity. All the three Keralites - Fazal

Mangalore, December 24: Abdul Rasheed, a member of Ullal Town Municipal Council was hospitalized with injuries after a clash broke out between two groups of miscreants on Friday over the selection of office bearers to Ullal Dargah. The injured Rasheed has identified the men who had assaulted him as Ashraf alias Bellari Ashraf of Mukkachery, Mansoor of Ullal, Moideen Ismail of Sundari Bagh and

Kasargod, December 24: A doctor and a nurse at the General Hospital here were on Friday suspended from service in connection with the death of a patient shortly after he was administered penicillin injection at the hospital. The suspension of the doctor, Sushil, and the nurse, Remya, was ordered by Deputy District Medical Officer Vimalraj for alleged dereliction of duty while treating the man, who

Mangalore, December 24: The Department of Human Consciousness and Yogic sciences, Dharmanidhi Yoga Peetha, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri and Yoga Practitioners Association have jointly organised a national seminar on Yoga Therapy on December 26. Announcing this at a press conference here on Friday, Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor T C Shivashankar Murthy said, on the same occasion

Mangalore, December 24: The general body meeting of the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat convened on Friday turned out to be another exercise in futility. It was to discuss important issue of meeting the deadline laid by the Chief Minister for filling potholes n the district. But the meeting ended up in blame game on less-important issues. A member's complaint that officials did not recognise her

Mangalore, December 23: Mangalore diocesan Bishop Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza has laid emphasize on the need of a collective social concern towards shelter-less and homeless people in the society. Delivering the Christmas message at a press meet at Bishop's House here on Friday, he said the true religion extends the hand of protection towards shelter-less and needy. “Though the diocese does not

New Delhi, December 23: India's six top women athletes, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, were on Friday handed a one-year ban for flunking dope tests earlier this year, virtually ending their chances of participating in the London Olympics next year. All the six quartermilers — Mandeep Kaur, Sini Jose, Tiana Mary Thomas, Priyanka Panwar, Jauna Murmu and Akkunji — who