Karnataka

Mangalore, November 28: 'Sustantivo 2011' a two-day national-level inter-collegiate fest is under way at St Agnes College in city. The event commenced with an attractive march by students of various participant colleges on Monday morning. The stage programme was inaugurated by Lakshmi Kumaran, DGM, MRPL, Mangalore. Speaking on the occasion Ms Kumaran called upon the students to enthusiastically

Mangalore, November 28: Protesting against the pathetic condition of the inner roads under the limits of Mangalore City Corporation, the City Committee of Democratic Youth Federation of India on Monday staged a demonstration in front of the MCC building. Dozens of people took part in the 'MCC Chalo' rally, which commenced from Ballal-Bagh and culminated in front of the MCC building, where they

Mangalore, November 28: Four drug peddlers were arrested and brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore in the international market recovered from their possession by the personnel of District Intelligence and Crime Bureau (DCIB). Acting on a tip off, the DCBI team carried out a raid on Mani-Mysore state highway near Kavu Bus Stop in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Sunday night and arrested four

Mangalore, November 28: Dr Christy Leon Fernandez, Secretary to the President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil expressed his concern over the situation of minorities, including Christians, during his meeting with Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, the Bishop of Mangalore on Sunday, November 27 in the Bishop's House of Mangalore. He said that minorities should be very cautious lest there should be laws

Mangalore, November 28: The former principle of Canara Degree College Mangalore, Prof Nagaraj Rao Javali (62) died of heart attack at his home town in Theerthahalli on Sunday. Javali had worked as lecturer in the kannada Department in Canara College from 1973-2002 and served as the Principal from 2002-2007. He had joined the college on the very first year of the college on the very first year of

Mangalore, November 28: The issue of manual scavenging in the city drew the center stage in the monthly SC / ST grievance meet held at the City Police Commissioner's office on Sunday. The Dalit Sangharsh Samiti leaders came up with severe opposition to the manual scavenging and criticised the way the Mangalore City Corporation is employing men to clean the manholes. Dalit Sangharsh Samiti leader S

Mangalore, November 28: The ninth Rachana Awards, instituted by Rachana, the Catholic Chamber of Commerce and Industry, were conferred on five individuals for their meritorious service in their respective fields, at a glittering programme at Milagres Jubilee Hall on Sunday night. The awardees included Rev Sr Maria Goretti, Mother General, SRA, Austria (Rachana Outstanding Woman of the Year); Paul

Mangalore, November 27: 'Reverberations 2011', the semi annual conference of Toastmasters Clubs concluded on Sunday evening on a joyful and sentimental note at Hotel Ocean Pearl in the city. The conference brought together 287 delegates representing the 170 plus clubs of Toastmasters District 82, Division 1 comprising of South India and Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan delegation comprised 82 members

New Delhi, November 27: The Social Justice Conference organised by Popular Front of India, concluded with the grand public meeting at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Sunday evening. Ramlila Maidan was overflowing with tens of thousands of PFI activists from all over India who reached the venue in groups shouting the slogan “Mulk Banavo Insaf Par”. The two-day long Social Justice Conference was

Mangalore, November 27: The newly constructed auditorium of Koolur Muhiyyuddin Jum'a Masjid was inaugurated on Sunday at Panjimogaru on the outskirts of the city. Assayyid Abdurrahman Thangal, Qazi of Ullal and principal of Sayyid Madani Arabic College carried out the inaugural rituals in the presence of Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and others. The auditorium was constructed at the coast of Rs