Karnataka

Mangalore, December 6: Music literally had no bounds when Grammy-winning Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt performed on his mohan veena (slide guitar) at Sharada Vidayalaya on Monday. The Mangalore Chapter of Spic Macay (Society for promotion of Indian Classical Music and culture amongst Youth) hosted the concert as a curtain raiser to their 27th National Convention at NITK, Suratkal to be held in May. Mr

Mangalore, December 6: Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who arrived in the city on Tuesday for the first time after being released from the prison, disappointed the dozens of media persons by ignoring them, despite the latter were eagerly waiting for him for more than one hour. The powerful BJP leader's face turned white, when he received a cold welcome from the low profile leaders of the

Subrahmanya, December 6: The bundh, called by various organisations favouring 'Made Snana' at Kukke Subrahmanya temple on Monday, was peaceful. Hundreds of protesters, including students, took out a rally to register their support for continuing the controversial ritual, which has been widely criticised as superstitious and perpetuating the evils of caste system. They demanded that the sanctity of

Chitradurga, December 6: Karnataka's top cop on Monday admitted that Mahadev S Mane, a police constable attached to the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF), was killed “accidentally” during a combing operation at a Naxal-infested village in Dakshina Kannada district on October 9. The police had earlier claimed that Mane was killed by Naxals during the encounter at Naravi in Belthangady taluk. But, doubts had

Mangalore, December 6: A delegation comprising families of the Mangalore air crash victims met a top official of Air India on Monday here seeking an early settelemtnt to their compensation claims. President of the Mangalore Air Crash Victims' Families Association Mohammed Beary said the offical - Chief Executive Officer S. Chandrakumar - had promised that a team along with the Air India's advocate

Mangalore, December 5: Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee has decided to counter the propaganda launched by the RSS-affiliated organisations against the Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill 2011. District Congress chief B Ramanath Rai told media persons on Monday that DCC would be organising taluk-level awareness programmes on the

Mangalore, December 5: Mangalore University will be organising a three-day International Conference on Synthetic and Structural Chemistry (ICSSC-2011) on its Mangalagangothri campus near here from December 8. Announcing this at a press conference here on Monday, University Vice Chancellor of the Prof T C Shivashankar Murthy said that the conference gains significance in that the UN General

Mangalore, December 5: The Mangalore Chess Academy (MCA) in association with Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan under the auspices of South Kanara district Chess Association has conducted Inter district Chess Tournament on Sunday at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan in the city. The tournament attracted 43 players from South Kanara and Udupi district, out of which 15 players were Fide rated. Prizes were distributed in

Mangalore, December 5: City's Town Hall was on Sunday alive with music as the concert 'Naada Vittala-Veda Vittala' organised by the Sangeeth Bharathi Foundation enthralled the gathering. The concert was a Hindustani vocal jugalbandi by Pt Jayatheerth Menundi, Hubli and Pt Anad Bhate, Pune. Accompanying them on the harmonium were Narendra L Nayak, Sri Bharath Kamath on the tabla, Sri Prasad Joshi

Udupi, December 5: District and Sessions Judge Narendra Kumar Gunaki on Sunday launched the Legal Literacy Campa6ign in Udupi district by flagging off 'Kaanoonu Ratha' at Alevoor. Speaking on the occasion Gunaki said that legal awareness among the people would help them in exercising their rights. Udupi District Legal Services Authority in association with Bar Associaiton Udupi, Revenue Department