Karnataka

New Delhi, December 11: The Mukul Mudgal committee, appointed by the sports ministry in the wake of doping scandal that hit Indian athletics in July this year, has given a clean chit to the eight athletes involved, according to reports. The report added, the one-man committee concluded that this was 'accidental and not a deliberate act of doping. Eight Indian athletes including Mandeep Kaur

Mangalore, December 11: Police in Udupi have arrested three persons in connection with the alleged murder conspiracy against Mangalore based industrialist and Congress leader Rakesh Malli. The accused have been identified as Balakrishna Sherighar, Deekshit Poojary from Maroli in Mangalore and Shreyas, a resident of Kambala Cross Road in Kudroli. The trio said to be the accomplices of underworld

Mangalore, December 11: A yearlong series of programmes was kick started on Sunday at Shanthi Cathedral, Balmatta, here, as part of its post centenary golden jubilee celebration. Rt Rev Dr J S Sadananda, Bishop, KSD formally inaugurated the programme. A special inaugural worship service and a special revival meeting were arranged to set the tone of thanksgiving. The Pastorate committee and the

Mangalore, December 11: The 17th National Yuvajanothsava will be held in Mangalore from January 12 to 16. President of India Prathibha Patil will inaugurate the Yuvajanothsava at Mangala Stadium in Mangalore at 5 pm. Addressing a press meet here on Saturday, District-in-Charge Minister Krishna Palemar said that around 6,000 youth will participate in the Yuvajanothsava. The State government has

Mangalore, December 11: Star-gazers across the coastal Karnataka turned their eyes skyward overnight for the spectacular sight of a total lunar eclipse on Saturday evening. The year's second and last total lunar eclipse started at 6.15 pm and lasted till around 9.50 pm. For 51 minutes starting at IST 7.36 pm to 8.27 pm the Earth's shadow completely blocked the moon. It was an awe-inspiring sight

Bangalore, December 11: Krithi K Karanth, a conservation biologist and daughter of noted wildlife biologist Ullas Karanth, has received National Geographic's 10,000th grant. Krithi Karanth works on human dimensions of conservation, such as human-wildlife conflicts, land use change and people-park relationships. With the National Geographic grant, she will assess human-wildlife conflicts in five

Mangalore, December 10: The religious sentiments and introspection marked the Beary poets' meet organised as part of 'Beary Sammelana-2011' at Town Hall in the city on Saturday. Even though Beary Sahitya Academy president M B Abdul Rahman maintained that Beary Sammelana will not focus on any particular religion, all the nine Beary poets participated in the session not only appeared to be strictly

Nitte, December 10: Now a days there is a big gap between the classroom teaching and industry requirements and the technical colleges should see that this gap is reduced by proper designing of the engineering education curriculum, said Er Chandrashekharaiah S.B Executive Engineer, SCADA (Design) SLDC, KPTCL., Bangalore. He was inaugurating two-day national level conference on Advances in

Mangalore, December 10: In a sudden reshuffle in police department, Inspector-General of Police (Western Range) Alok Mohan has been transferred by the State Government. Sources within the police department said that the transfer was necessary as Mr Mohan is expected to get promotion. However, his next post is not yet confirmed. Mr Mohan had taken over as Western Range IGP on August 26, 2010

Mangalore, December 10: The 'Beary Sammelana-2011' got off to a meaningful start, when Akshara Santha Harekala Hajabba released five new titles on Beary community and culture in the presence of literary and cultural giants of Beary language at the 'B M Idinabba Vedike' at Town Hall in the city on Saturday. The audiences were spell bound when Mr Hajabba started his inaugural address saying, “I am