Karnataka

Mangalore, December 9: A two-day national seminar on Chemistry, sponsored by U.G.C will be held at Vijaya College, Mulki from December 15. H Shantharam, administrative officer, Academy of General Education, Manipal will inaugurate the conference. MS Balakrishna, department of chemistry, IIT, Mumbai will deliver the keynote address. MAR Kudva, president of governing council of the College will

Mangalore, December 8: The 'Poura Sanmana' and 'Abhivandana' programme for Shree Vishwavallabha Theertha Swamiji of Sode Mutt, Udupi was conducted at Town Hall in the city on Thursday. The Swamiji was welcomed in the ceremonial 'Kumba' fashion with sounds of the 'Chande' reverberating the evening. Prominent persons from the society were present on this occasion. Pradeep Kumar Kalkura of Kalkura

Mangalore, December 8: One of the best sky events of this year is lunar eclipse on Saturday, December 10. Full moon passes deep into Earth Shadow. This lunar Eclipse puts on a great show to us on that day. The total eclipse will be between 7.36 pm to 8.27 pm for 51 minutes. The moon likely will take on an orange red-colour during totality as a small amount of sun light passes through earth

Mangalore, December 8: As part of 'Jeernodhara and 'Punah Prathishta' (renovation and restoration) programme of Sri Venkatramana Temple located at car street, here, a new flag pole was erected on the Temple premises on Wednesday. The formal 'Prathishtapane' of the flag pole will be conducted on January 24 in the presence of Kashi Mutt pontiff Shreemad Sudheendra Theertha Swamiji. The temple chief

Mangalore, December 8: The Rotary Club of Mangalore Central (RCMC) as part of its community development projects is organising the '14th annual Rotary Orphanage Olympics' at Mangala Stadium on Sunday, December 11. Announcing this at a press meet here on Thursday, Rtn Manjunath Revankar, President, RCMC, said the day long sports and cultural event was being organised exclusively for the 800

Mangalore, December 8: Axis Bank, India's third largest private Bank, in association with Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE) has announced the launch of 'Young Bankers' Program, an initiative to attract young graduates to a career in banking with Axis Bank. Young Bankers Program, a one year full time residential program will be conducted at Manipal University Bangalore Campus and will impart

Mangalore, December 8: Dakshina Kannada District Congress staged a protest at Jappinamogaru on Wednesday against the controversial waste disposal pipeline assembled by Mangalore Special Economic Zone Nethravati river. The protesters condemned the district administration for its silence on the ongoing work and demanded to stop it immediately as it is affecting fishery and sand mining. Addressing

Udupi, December 8: SMS College Brahmavar on Wednesday organised a philatelic exhibition on birds by its office assistant Daniel Monteiro in a bid claim for the Guinness World Records, at the SMS Community Hall, Brahmavar. A record number of 5000 stamps on the topic birds were exhibited. Daniel Monthero said that the present Guinness World Record on collection of highest number of stamps on birds

Mangalore, December 8: Women from Mangalore can now have an experience of being a Radio Jockey without incurring any expenses. Community Radio Sarang 107.8FM is organizing a week-long training workshop for women from December 12 to 17 at St. Aloysius College premises. The free training programme for women begins at 10:00 am and is a golden opportunity for Mangalore women to participate and take

Mangalore, December 7: The Mangalore Urban Development Authority got a new Chairman on Wednesday. S Ramesh, treasurer of Dakshina Kannada district unit of BJP, took over the reins for the next three years from outgoing chairman Madhav Bhandary, in the presence of BJP District President Padmanabha Kottari, VHP leader Prof M B Puranik and others at MUDA office here Speaking on the occasion, Mr