Karnataka

Mangalore, December 27: City based pediatrician Dr. Santhosh T. Soans has been elected as the National President of Intensive Care Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) during the election held recently at New Delhi. He will serve as President-Elect during 2012 and as President during 2013. Intensive Care Chapter is an autonomous wing of IAP devoted to the sub specialty of pediatric

Mangalore, December 27: Twelve achievers from the region were conferred with 'Chaitanyashree' award during the fourth anniversary celebration of 'Katha-bindu' organised under the joint auspices of the Kalkura Prathishtana and Suma Sourabha weekly on Monday at Town Hall in the city. The achievers were from different walks of life such as sports, music, Yakshagana, yoga, astrology, education and

Mangalore, December 27: Residents of Kasba Bengre on Monday staged a protest under the leadership of the management committee of Moideen Jumma Masjid and Super Star Sports Club, against the potential land grabbing of a playground in their area. The protest comes following alleged clandestine deal by authorities with a private company, which wants to convert this play ground into fishmeal unit

Brahmavar, December 27: Residents of Kukkude in Haradi village who had brought issue of illegal sand mining going on in the region to the notice of authorities earlier, staged a stir on Monday as their pleas have continuously fallen on deaf ears. The protesters said that sand mining in Suvarna River at Kukkude was stopped three years ago but now some individuals have started mining without seeking

Mangalore, December 27: Mangalore University has announced the list of rank holders of post-graduation and graduation courses. They are as follows. Post-Graduation Courses Department of Statistics: Afrin Arif Hassan (first rank), Vidyalakshmi (second rank), Swathi K Karanth (third rank). Radition Physics: Saritha Suvarna (first rank), Sowmya K (second rank). Physics: Vanamali C S (first rank)

Mangalore, December 26: Politician turned reformer B Janardhan Poojary has promised more reformative programmes as part of the centenary year celebration of Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra at Kudroli, here. Founded by prominent social reformer saint of South India Brahmashree Narayana Guru on February 21, 1921, Sri Gokarnanateshwara Temple will continue to break evil-dogma throughout its year-long

Mangalore, December 26: Swarna J, who donated her vital organs including heart, liver, kidneys and eyes after meeting a mishap at her college in Doddaballapur, was laid to rest in city on Monday. The last rites were performed in the presence of her family members at Nandigudda, in Mangalore, sources said. Mangalore based Swarna, who was studying at Vogue Institute of Fashion Technology in

Mangalore, December 26: The Karnataka government declared a holiday on Monday and a three-day mourning as a mark of respect to former chief minister S Bangarappa, who breathed his last early Monday. Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, who paid a visit to the house of former Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat president Santhosh Kumar Bhandary at Rayi village in Bantwal taluk to console the grieving

Mangalore, December 26: “It was a shock for me and entire Karnataka”, said veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary reacting to the death of former Karnataka chief minister S Bangarappa. “Bangarappa was a humanist, a socialist and a forthright person”, Poojary described. Addressing the media persons, Mr Poojary, who enjoyed four decades of friendship with Late Bangarappa, went down memory lane

Mangalore, December 26: A day after four students of a prestigious engineering college, drowned in river Netravati at Jalakada Katte near Boliar village in Bantwal talkuk, their bodies were fished out on Monday. The first body was recovered at around 9:00 am, when the fire service personnel resumed the search operation with the help of localites. The remaining three bodies were also found in the