Karnataka

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

Mangalore, December 13: A condolence meet was organized to mourn the demise of Karnataka High Court Judge Justice VG Sabhahit, at Court Hall in the city on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion Mangalore Bar Council president and senior advocate, SP Chengappa said that Justice Sabhahit was an honest and straight-forward judge, who has set a model for the young generation. RN Shettigar, Narasimha

Mangalore, December 13: BJP National Medical Wing will be organising a free medical camp for senior citizens on December 25 to mark the birthday of former Prime Minister and senior BJP leader A B Vajpayee at be Bharath Scouts and Guides Bhavan, Mannagudda, Mangalore. Addressing the media persons here on Tuesday, Dr K Mohandas Bhandary, Working committee member, BJP National Medical Wing, said that

Mangalore, December 13: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has renewed the licence of Mangalore airport for a period of two-years up to December 15, 2013. The licence of Mangalore airport had expired on June 15, 2010 just a few days after the Air India IX 812 crash which claimed at least 158 persons on board. The Airports Authority of India is required to submit periodic compliance reports

Mangalore, December 13: Veteran photographer Yajneshwara Acharya has been chosen for T S Satyan Memorial Award for Photojournalism. Jointly instituted by Karnataka Photo News Agency and the website Churumuri, the award will be conferred on him next Sunday at a function in Raj Bhavan in Bangalore. Popularly known as Yajna, the ace photographer had worked for Udayavani Kannada daily and The Hindu