Karnataka

Manipal, December 19: Holders Delhi University had to fight a long drawn battle against Gujarat to retain the All-India Inter-university Men's Tennis title at the Manipal University, Sports Complex, Marena, here. After the marathon tie versus Jain University in the semi-final yesterday, the Delhi lads had a similar experience against Gujarat Monday. Making its debut in the inter-university tennis

Mangalore, December 19: Inequality and increasing gap between rich and poor in the country are the counter products of widespread corruption, opined Marline Martice, director of Development Education Service Mangalore. She was speaking at a symposium on 'How Can Corruption Be Eradicated?' organised at Town Hall, here on Sunday evening. The programme was organised by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind as part of

Mangalore, December 19: The Aloycian Conclave and the Eminent Aloysian Alumni Awards function of St Aloysius College, Mangalore was held at AIMIT, the new campus of St Aloysius College, Mangalore on Sunday evening. Padma Bhushan K K Venugopal was honoured in absentia. Dr Shantharma Shetty, Vice Chancellor, Nitte University, Mr Alan Nazareth, former Indian Ambassador to many countries, Dr Habeeb

Bangalore, December 19: Six senior photojournalists including Yajneshwara Acharya from Mangalore on Sunday received the first TS Satyan Memorial Award for their contribution in the field of photojournalism. The awards, jointly instituted by Karnataka Photo News (KPN) and web portal churmuri.com in memory of the eminent photojournalist TS Satyan, were given away by Governor HR Bharadwaj at the Raj

Mangalore, December 19: Undeterred by the recent setbacks, scam-tainted former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday declared in the home district of incumbent CM DV Sadananda Gowda, that he was ready to take up the post again if his party's central leadership wanted him to lead the state. “I had quit the CM post bowing to the party's demand and now I am prepared to take any responsibility

Mangalore, December 19: The New Mangalore Port received the maiden rake with 70 containers run by Container Corporation of India(CONCOR) on Saturday. This is the first time a rake with containers ply between Bangalore to Mangalore. The rake was received by Dr. P. Tamilvanan, Chairman and Senior officers from NMPT in the presence of Raveen Kumar Reddy, Chief General Manager, CONCOR, Chennai

Udupi, December 19: It is not possible to ban the ritual of 'made snana' followed in Kukke Subrahmanya all of a sudden as a large number of people believed in it, according to Minister for Higher Education V S Acharya. Speaking at the valedictory of the one-day 'Tulunadu Daivaradhakara Sammelan” titled “Kodiyadi” at Alevoor near here Dr Acharya said that some groups and politicians were demanding

Mangalore, December 19: A four-member anti terror squad (ATS) from Pune visited Bhatkal on Wednesday to cross verify whether there was any terror funding link to gold smuggling operations carried out by five gold smugglers, who currently are in Dubai. Intelligence sources said the team could not find any connection to smuggling and terror funding. The team led by ATS inspector Nirmal Kumar

Mangalore, December 18: Dismissing speculations that he would damage Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda's poll prospects, his predecessor B S Yeddyurappa said that ever-smiling CM would definitely win the impending election. Mr Yeddyurappa, who landed at Mangalore Airport along with his confidante Shobha Karandlaje on Sunday morning to begin his two-day Dakshina Kannada tour, replied to a few

Mangalore, December 19: ''I have not come here with any expectations that my paintings would be sold in a day's time. I do not mind if I fail to sell even a single piece of painting. I have come here and displayed my art piece with an intention to create awareness and interest in paintings among the Mangaloreans,'' said young and energetic artist from Mangalore Navin Kodikal. A self taught artist