Karnataka

Bangalore, December 6: BJP Government in Karnataka is mulling a ban on "made snana", an annual religious ritual in which people roll on leftover food consumed by Brahmins to fulfill vow at a famous temple in the state, in view of protests by various Dalit outfits against the practice. Announcing this, Social Welfare Minister A Narayanaswamy told reporters here that he had directed the department

Mangalore, December 6: Demanding to set right the disparity in wages paid to the PU College teachers, on a par with those of degree college lecturers, Karnataka State PU College Lecturers' Association and Coordination Committee will resort to indefinite classroom boycott from December 8. Addressing the media persons at Press Club here on Tuesday, Jayaram Shetty, President of Government Lectures'

Mangalore, December 6: Popular Front of India organised public programmes in the national capital and various parts of the country on the 19th anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition demanding its reconstruction of the mosque on the same site. In New Delhi, the dharna held at Jantar Mantar was attended by hundreds of people. PFI chairman E M Abdul Rahiman inaugurated the programme. Adv Bahar U

Mangalore, December 6: Andria D'Souza of St'Agnes Girls High School, has won the title in the invitational Rapid Chess Tournament, organised by Derik's Chess School in its premises. Andria scored 6.5 Points in 7 rounds. 57 invited participants including many international (FIDE) and National (CAI) rated players had participated in this 7 round Swiss league Fischer mode Rapid chess tournament

Mangalore, December 6: Three local youth including two brothers met watery graves near Panemangalore when the water level in the river Netravati swelled all of a sudden. The victims have been identified as Jitesh his brother Lakshmeesha and Yashodhar. All of them were students of three different colleges in Dakshina Kannada district and aged between 17 and 21. The trio swept away when they were

Mangalore, December 6: The 3rd Konkani Global Music awards will be presented on Sunday, December 11 at Kalaangann at 6.30 pm. Addressing the media persons here on Tuesday Eric Ozerio, the Gurikar of Mandd Sobhann said that the awards would be presented in six categories - best singer - male and female, best music composer, best lyricist, best music arranger and best music album - 2010. Out of the

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