Karnataka

Mangalore, December 9: Classes at many pre-university colleges across coastal Karnataka and other parts of the State continued to disrupt as the indefinite strike initiated by lecturers entered second day on Friday. The strike was called to press for the removal of disparity in their salaries and other long-pending demands. As the colleges opened in the morning, the lecturers reported for duty and

Mangalore, December 9: The Mangalore City Corporation unit of Jamiyyatul Falah on Friday donated two new Dialysis machines to Fr. Mullar Hospital in the city as part of its charity works. Presiding over the handing over ceremony of the machines, Khaleel Ahmed, president, Jamiyyatul Falah, said that his organization took this step with the intention of providing concessionary rate treatment to the

Mangalore, December 9: :The State Government on Thursday appointed Jagannath Shetty Bala as the member of Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy. Mr. Shetty has been a journalist for over 24 years. He had actively involved himself in literary and cultural activities. He has also served as office-bearer of Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists Association. Mr. Shetty has been conducting different

Mangalore, December 9: Terming those who oppose 'Made-Made-Snana' as 'Hindu-haters' and 'ignorant people', the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has urged the Karnataka State government not to ban the controversial ritual at government-run Kukke Subrahmanya Temple in Sullia taluk. Glorifying the ritual at a press meet here on Friday, Mohan Gowda, Spokesperson, HJS, said that those who offer 'Made-Made

Mangalore, December 9: Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary has demanded the resignation of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda in the backdrop of the CM's confession in the Legislative Council Session on Thursday. The CM had informed the Session that he is undergoing an enquiry pertaining to the two sites he possesses in HSR Layout and the commercial complex he has built violating the rules

Mangalore, December 9: In a fresh case of serial theft, as many as five shops and a veterinary medical clinic were looted in a single night. With this the spate of thefts rocking the region continued leaving the residents of city in shock and fear. In the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, the thieves targeted Freeze Zone, an AC sales and services, Indane Gas Distributers, Laxmi General

Mangalore, December 9: A delegation of Mangalore Catholic Diocese met Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda at his residence on Thursday and extended a formal invitation to him to attend the post-centenerany silver jubilee celebrations of the diocese being celebrated early next year. The delegation, headed by the Public Relations Officer of the Mangalore Diocese Fr. William Menezes, met Sadananda Gowda

Mangalore, December 9: The Karnataka State government has appointed Umanath A Kotyan as the new president of Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy. He will succeed Paltady Ramakrishna Achar. Basically a state artist, Umanath is an amateur actor, director and story writer and has dabbled in this field for the last two decades. Currently, he is the vice-president of Dakshina Kannada district unit of

Mangalore, December 9: Fr Ivan Madtha of Mangalore diocese received the prestigious National Excellence Award 2011 from Catholic Priests' Conference of India (CPCI) at a function organised at Trichur in Kerala. He was chosen for the award in recognition for his work as a magician priest, for the creative use of the art of magic for the promotion of the Kingdom values and for his great resilient

Mangalore, December 9: The shift of research centres from the State and the Central universities to that of elite institutes in India in the 1950s has curbed major chunk of students from pursuing researches, opined Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor Prof T C Shivashankar Murthy. He said though the research centres in the elite institutes like IITs and IISc have produced quite a few extraordinary