Karnataka

Subrahmanya, November 30: The controversial ritual of 'made-snana' continued unabated for the second day on Tuesday at Kukke Subrahmanya temple as over 3,500 devotees voluntarily rolled on plantain leaves used by Brahmins for meals. The ritual commenced on the day of Chowthi and is held for two days namely on 'Panchami' and 'Shashti.' The ritual is held only during the temple fair. It is believed

Udupi, November 29: “Not even one inch of land available in the Udupi city limits to be distributed among the landless. We can only construct multi storied apartments and distribute the flats among the landless”, said Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat. Speaking at the monthly general meeting of Udupi Municipality, Mr Bhat, who is also the president of `Nagarashraya' Committee, which is supposed to work

Manipal, November 29: Manipal University will, for the first time, hold a common entrance test and counseling for admissions to BTech courses for the academic session 2012-13. The CET will be held for admissions to Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal; Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim and Manipal University, Jaipur to facilitate students,” said Manipal University, Manipal

Mangalore, November 29: 'Sayonara', the valedictory for the final year MCA and M Sc (Software Technology) batches of AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) was held on Monday, November 28. The programme began at 1.30 pm honouring the students who were achievers in various inter collegiate fests and competitions held during academic year. By giving each one a rose, Prof Santhosh Rebello, the Dean

Mangalore, November 29: Department of Science Technology, St. Agnes College, Mangalore in association with Pilikula Regional Science Centre Society organised a workshop for science teachers in the College premises here on Tuesday November 29. Addressing to the gathering Prof K V Rao, Director of Pilikula Regional Science Centre Society said, things are happening in figure tips and people need not

Mangalore, November 29: Condemning attacks on doctors, paramedical staff and hospitals, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday took out a peaceful protest march in the city. Over a hundred protesters including doctors, paramedical staff and medical students took part in the rally, which commenced at 11 am at Light House Hill Road and culminated at the Office of Deputy Commissioner. As per

Mangalore, November 29: Amidst the ongoing search operation for a missing cargo vessel and its six crew members, the dead body of one of the missing crew was found washed ashore on the sand in Lakshadweep on Tuesday morning. Although it was confirmed that that it was a crew member of cargo vessel from Mangalore 'MVS Al-Akhter', which went missing in the rough sea, off the coast of Amini island in

Karwar, November 29: Depression over the Bay of Bengal has cast a shadow on the fortunes of fishermen along the shores of Arabian Sea. High tides and rains in the Arabian Sea, due to the depression, damaged several boats in Kumta, Ankola and Bhatkal over the past three days. The turbulence in the ocean deterred the fishermen from venturing into deep-sea fishing in the past three days. Hundreds of

Subramanya, November 29: The Dakshina Kannada district administration on Monday lifted the ban imposed on the controversial 'made snana' ritual, which involves devotees rolling over the food left over by Brahmins - in the belief that it would rid them of various ailments - at the Kukke Subramanya temple as part of the three-day Champashashti Jatrotsava. The ban was lifted following protests by

Mangalore, November 28: Land links launched its new project 'Land Links Pearl' at a prime area in the Suratkal suburb of city of Mangalore. Land Links MD Pradeep Kumar told media persons that Land links Pearl is a commercial –cum-residential apartment that offers flats of both 2BHK and 3 BHK. Designed to suit the customers' requirements, Land Links Pearl offers the best comforts and commercial