Karnataka

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

Mangalore, December 10: The Beary Sammelan to be held on Saturday and Sunday by the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy has kicked up a debate with some members uncomfortable with a number of aspects about the Sammelan, starting with its title. Rahim Uchil, a member of the academy, told The Hindu, that the Sammelan suggested a community rather than a language and that it should have been titled “Beary

Mangalore, December 10: Karnataka Bal Bhavan Society will organise a national-level 'Bala Srijanotsava' programme from January 22 to 25 at Pilikula Nisargadhama near Mangalore. Addressing a news conference in this regard here on Friday, Society President Sulochana G K Bhat said that the programme will be inaugurated by Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on January 22 at 5.30 pm. Minister for Women

Mangalore, December 10: The Akhila Bharatha Beary Parishat has urged the Central government to implement eight per cent internal reservation for backward Muslim community within Other Backward Caste (OBC) quota. Addressing a press meet here on Friday, Working President B A Mohammed Haneef said Muslims are given four per cent reservation in 2B category in education and employment in Karnataka

Udupi, December 9: To mark Congress President Sonia Gandhi's 64th birth day, Alevoor Rural Congress Committee donated a slide to the children square of Anganavadi in Nehru Nagar, Alevoor on Friday. Former Udupi Urban Development Authority Chairman Alevoor Nagaraj handed over the fiber slide to the Anganavadi worker Surekha. District Mahila Congress President Veronica Carnelio inaugurated the