Karnataka

Mangalore, November 19: The Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee remembered former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 94th birth anniversary. DCC president and Bantwal MLA B Ramanath Rai led the floral tribute to the portrait of the Iron Lady at District Congress Office in the city. Local Congress KS Mohammad Masood, TK Sudhir and Ibrahim Kodijal were among those present. Gandhi

Mangalore, November 19: The Lions club District 324-D5 organised a special event under the title “Folk fest amongst Lions, 2011” at Town Hall on Saturday. District In-charge Minster Krishna J Palemar poured rice grain into a wooden container and inaugurated the function. Prior to this there was an invocation in the form of Yaksha dance. In his inaugural address he said that Lions clubs are doing

Mangalore, November 19: A State-level Netball tournament for high school boys and girls was inaugurated on the premises of Sacred Hearts' High School at Kulshekar on Saturday, November 19. The tournament is being organised under the joint auspicious of the Department of Public Instruction, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat and Sacred Heart High School. The function started with the march past by

New Delhi, November 19: The government has decided to fast-track the resolution of disputes over compensation to the families of the Mangalore aircrash victims by holding regular hearings on their appeals. At a meeting chaired by Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi, top officials of the Ministry and Air India decided to hold regular hearings to resolve the appeals for compensation following the

Mangalore November 19: A competition of western music was held for kindergarten students on Friday at Gitanjali music school in the city. The programme was a part of 'Kala Sangam', a series of competitions being organised by Mangalore Musical and Cultural Association from October 29 to November 20 for children of various age group to exhibit their talents like singing, dancing and mimicry

Mangalore, November 19: Two people died on spot and three others sustained severe injuries in a ghastly road accident on National Highway 66 near NITK Gate on the outskirts of the city on Friday night. Deceased have been identified as Ram Suvarath Dind, a driver from Gujarat and Sonu from Surat. The tragedy occurred at around 10:00pm, when the driver and crew of a trailer lorry from Haryana were

Nitte, November 19: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda announced that as an attempt towards preparing students for taking up higher education, the State government has decided to set up model colleges at 20 districts in the state at the total cost of Rs 180 crore. Speaking after inaugurating the silver jubilee functions of NMAM Institute of Technology here on Friday, he said that the State

Bangalore, November 19: The Food and Civil Supplies Department will begin receiving online applications for new ration cards from Saturday. It has been a year since the department had stopped issuing new cards. At the same time, as many as 30 lakh bogus ration cards, both in urban and rural areas, have been identified. The measures come as part of the streamlining of the public distribution system

Mangalore, November 18: Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee is expecting a crowd of at least 10,000 people for its scheduled four-day 'Padayatra' from Sampaje to Mani. KPCC Secretary Ivan D'Souza addressing a press meet on Friday said that a galaxy of senior party leaders would participate in the rally which will commence on November 21. Amongst them are Union Minister for Corporate

Mangalore, November 18: Expert PV Science College on Friday won the Mangalore City finals of Limca Book of Records Quiz 2011 held at Jugul Tower, Mangalore. The young geniuses from the Expert PV Science College in Mangalore would now be amongst the 80 schools to compete in the Semi finals. Not far behind, Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1 emerged as the runners up. Around 132 students from 66 schools