Karnataka

Mangalore, December 15: Leaders from various Dalit organisations urged the Deputy Commissioner to ban 'Made Snana' and discrimination in serving food (pankthibedha) to the devotees practiced in various temples. At a SC/ST leaders' meeting convened by the Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda on Wednesday, after a gap of one year, Dalits expressed displeasure over 'Made Snana' and sanctioning

Udupi, December 14: Koraga Abhivruddhi Sanghagala Okkuta, Karnataka-Kerala, staged a dharna in front of the DC office here on Wednesday, protesting against the continued Ajalu practice in Udupi district. In a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Commissioner they said that in spite of the prohibition on Ajalu system, which differenciates Koragas from other members of the community, the system was

Mangalore, December 14: The Mangalore City Corporation has shared the Joint First Position of IconSWM 2011 excellence award with Mysore City Corporation. The award was conferred during the second international conference on Solid Waste Management and Exhibition on Muncipal Services, Urban Development, Public Works and Clean Technology (Icon SWM 2011) held at Jadavpur University with the support of

Mangalore, December 14: St. Aloysius College in collaboration with St. Aloysius College Alumni Association, Kuwait and SACAA, Mangalore will be organizing 'The Aloysian Conclave' and 'Eminent Aloysian Alumni Awards Function' in AIMIT, the New Campus for Management and Information Technology of St. Aloysius College, Beeri, Kotekar on Sunday, December 18. Announcing this at a press meet here on

Mangalore, December 14: The promising powerlifters from Dakshina Kannada, who won medals at recently held Asian Powerlifting Championship at Kobe City in Japan, received a rapturous reception upon their arrival in the city on Wednesday morning. Even though the crowd gathered at the Mangalore Central Railway Station was not huge but it did enough to give a warm welcome to the players. The fans who

Mangalore, December 14: Promising transparent and competent policing, senior IPS officer C H Pratap Reddy on Wednesday formally took charge as the new Inspector General of Police (Western Range). Outgoing IGP Alok Mohan formally handed over the challenging position to Mr Reddy, at the range office in the city. He will supervise policing operations in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikmagalur and Uttara

Mangalore, December 14: A delegation of SIO Karnataka Zone called-on the new Director General & Inspector General of Police, Shankar M Bidari at state police headquarters in Bangalore and congratulated him on becoming head of state police. Appreciating SIO's work he assured the delegation that he will look into the students' memorandum submitted by the Zonal delegation. SIO in its memorandum has

Mangalore, December 14: V.J.K. Nair, State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), said here on Tuesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party Government in the State had failed to implement the Rs. 2 a kg rice scheme to the poor as promised by it in its 2008 election manifesto. Addressing CPI (M) workers at the valedictory of the three-day 20th Dakshina Kannada conference of the party at

Mangalore, December 14: Preparations are on full swing for the '17th National Youth Festival-2012' scheduled from January 12 to 16 in the city. An online registration control room has been set up to facilitate registration for delegates who intend to participate in the fest. Deputy Commissioner N S Channappa Gowda inaugurated the online control room that can be accesses on www.nyf2012.in . A help

Mangalore, December 13: National Institute of Technology-Karnataka, Suratkal will be organising an international conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Security (Adcons) from December 16 to 18. Revealing this to media persons on Tuesday Prof. G. Umesh, Director-in-charge NITK, said that the event the grand finale of the yearlong silver-jubilee celebrations of the department of Computer