Karnataka

Mangalore, December 21: Sahitya Akademi has chosen Mangalore based Konkani poet Melvyn Rodrigues, for its prestigious literary award for 2010 for his poetry collection `Prikriticho Paas'. The award consists of Rs 1 lakh in cash, a shawl and a copper plaque and will be given in New Delhi during the Festival of Letters on February 14, 2012. The annual award by the Sahitya Akademi, is one of the

Moodbidri, December 21: The 72nd All India Inter University Athletic Championship which was organised for the first time in Dakshina Kannada, concluded with a magnificent valedictory ceremony at Swarajya Maidan in Moodbidri on Wednesday evening. Punjabi University, Patiala have emerged overall champions of the five day event organized by by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore in

Nitte, December 21: In America the research in biofuel has already in progress and people started using some percentage of ethanol mixed in diesel in their vehicles, said Dr. Sairam Rudrabhatla, Professor of Environmental Engineering, PennState University, Harrisburg, USA. He was inaugurating international seminar on 'Current Scenario in Bio fuels Technology' at NMAM Institute of Technology, NITTE

Mangalore, December 21: In a dramatic twist in the case of attack of on Sullia police station, 10 police personnel have been booked on charges of 'atrocity' on accused. The development comes after a delegation of BJP leaders met Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Pratap Reddy urging to take action against the police personnel, who allegedly beat the accused in the custody following the

Mangalore, December 21: A walk through the Market road in Mangalore gives you a feel of the Christmas season. Several shops with Christmas decorations attract onlookers by their colourful appearance and shinny appeal. Almost every shop in that stretch of the road sells Christmas decorations or appears ready for Christmas with its decor. Even if the street appears all set for the Christmas season

Moodbidri, December 21: Kushbir Kaur, a student of from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, set a new meet record on the third-day of action in the 5000 metres walk for women in the 72 nd All India inter-university athletics championships here. Kushbir clocked 23:33.31 minutes to better the old meet record of 24:18.70 set by Manju Shah of MG University, Kottayam in 2008. Even Sowmya B of MG

Athur (Uppinangady), December 21: Education should not be confined to increasing the memorizing abilities of the children through reading and writing. It should help in bringing out the latent talent and unravel the creativity of the child, said Shesha Sahayana Karinja, the Block Education Officer of Puttur. He was the chief guest at the annual day function of the Aysha Girls' Highschool, Athur

Mangalore, December 21: M Praveen Kumar of Hubli has won the Pilikula Open trophy in the 13th Pilikula Golf Tournament played last weekend at the Pilikula golf course near here. Col Rajesh Parman of ASC, Bangalore finished runner up in this category. Vivek Machaiah won the first place in 0-10 net stroke play and Lt Col Antony Roche finished runner up. In the 11-18 net stroke play, Aaraon was the

Mangalore, December 21: The members of the Akhila Bharata Karmika Sangha on Tuesday staged a protest in front of the Office of Deputy Commissioner here demanding the reinstatement of two workers of an ice-making plant who were dismissed on grounds absenteeism. In a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Commissioner and the Labour Department, the sangha said that two workers Sharat and Yogish, who

Mangalore, December 20: A demonstration was staged condemning the 'misleading' Central Bureau of Investigation report on the mysterious death of former Mangalore Qazi C M Abdullah Musliyar Chembarika in the city on Tuesday. Urging the Central Government to order a high-level CBI inquiry under the supervision of Kerala High Court into this unsolved case, the protesters took out a rally from the