Karnataka

Mangalore, December 12: Inspector-General of Police (Western Range) Alok Mohan, who is set to embark on higher studies abroad, has expressed satisfaction about his performance as the chief of policing operations in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikmagalur and Uttara Kannada districts. In an informal interaction with journalists at his office in the city on Monday, Mr Mohan expressed his gratitude to

Mangalore, December 12: In what could have been a major catastrophe, as many as 13 Navy crew had a miraculous escape after a fire broke out aboard the Navy Sea King helicopter as it was taxiing for take-off at Mangalore Airport on Monday morning. The crew included six high level officers of the Navy. The incident occurred five minutes after the chopper landed at the airport. However, the fire was

New Delhi, December 12: English weekly Outlook has tendered an apology for publishing a defamatory letter against Bishop Aloysius Paul D'Souza of Mangalore in its Oct 10 issue. “We sincerely apologize to the Bishop of Mangalore Diocese and to the members of the Catholic community for the oversight and regret the inconveniences caused,” wrote Outlook Editor-in Chief Vinod Mehta in a clarification

Mangalore, December 12: In another incident of vandalism, a glass enclosure of the St Antony's statue on a private property was broken in the early hours of Monday in Sooterpet off Valencia. According to Romeo Saldanha, the owner of the four-storeyed villa named 'Vue Grande St. Antony's' the incident might have happened between 3.30am and 4.30am. The facing side of the 4-ft glass cubicle is broken

Mangalore, December 12: Manipal Hospital (Bangalore) and Kasturba Hospital (Manipal) are the first Indian hospitals to be accredited by Association for Accreditation for Human Research Protection Programme (AAHRPP). The accreditation endorses that the hospitals follow ethical and international quality standards in their clinical research activities and are committed to protect the safety of

Mangalore, December 11: The communal forces are trying to make a comeback through bloodshed and violence as they have realised that the people of this country have already rejected them, opined G N Nagaraj, CPIM Secretariat member and State Secretary. He was speaking at the inaugural session of the 20th Dakshina Kannada district conference of CPIM in the city on Sunday. “Beware of communal

Mangalore, December 11: There is a need of strengthening relationship between linguistic academies of Karnataka in order to boost harmony between different languages and cultures opined former minister B A Mohideen. He was delivering the presidential address at the valedictory session of the two-day Beary Sammelana organized by Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy at Town Hall in the city on Sunday

Mangalore, December 11: As many as 1,700 boys and girls from across coastal Karnataka benefitted from the unprecedented educational scholarship distribution programme organised by the Karnataka Zakath and Charitable Trust, an affiliate of Hyderabad Zakat and Charitable Trust, at Loyala Hall in St. Aloysius College here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Ghiasuddin Babukhan, pioneer and Chairman

Mangalore, December 11: Union Minister for Corporate Affairs, M. Veerappa Moily on Sunday, kicked up a possible row by announcing at a public forum that he had not been invited for the 78th Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, currently under way in Gangavathi. The three-day event in the North Karnataka town had seen a galaxy of political leaders including chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and a host of

Mangalore, December 11: Union minister for Corporate Affairs, M. Veerappa Moily on Sunday cautioned against the ploy to divide the society by hoisting 'one nation- one language- one religion' theory and insisted India becomes stronger only if pluralism is allowed to flourish. Inaugurating the 'Sahithigalondige Mukhamukhi' programme on the second day of the Beary Sammelan here at Townhall, Mr