Karnataka

Mangalore, November 17: Nine children of 'Nine is mine' campaign traveling to New Delhi received a rousing reception when by the Kochuveli-Amristar train stopped at Mangalore Railway Station on Wednesday. As soon as the train pulled into the station at 8:30 pm, students from Roshini Nilaya School of Social Work, members from Child Welfare Committee, Child Labour Department began shouting slogans

Mangalore, November 17: Sangeet Bharathi Foundation, a renowned music organisation will be organising a grand musical evening 'Ninaad' in the city on November 20. Announcing this at a press meet here on Thursday, Prof Narendra L Nayak, Vice President of Foundation, said Corporation Bank Chairman Managing director Sri Ajai Kumar would inaugurate the programme of rare instruments at 6:00pm at Town

Mangalore, November 17: Chairman and Managing Director of Plama Developers Limited, P.M.A. Razak has been elected the president of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) Mangalore chapter a two year term from 2011. He has already served as the president of the Canara Builders Association. Well-known architect and consultant Dharmaraj has been elected the

Mangalore, November 17: Problems in the families and lack of care for children drive many youth towards addiction, opined KMC Hospital Psychiatry department Associate professor Dr Keshav Pai. Addressing students in a drug awareness programme organised by Mangalore City Police at S D M College of Business Management on Wednesday, he said that 85 per cent of family problems arise due to alcohol and

Mangalore, November 17: The Coastal Security Police with the help from local fishermen leaders have taken into custody 9 boats that were operating off Mangalore shores without any valid documents on Wednesday evening. Based on the complaint by fishermen leaders Naveen Bangera, Mohan Bengre and Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation Nithin Kumar among others that a few unidentified boats were

Mangalore, November 16: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti on Wednesday staged a demonstration in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner to exert pressure on the government to strictly implement the ban on manual scavenging across the state and also to implement the recommendations of the I P D Salappa Committee report on improvement of living and working

Mangalore, November 16: Chief Trustee of the Christian Reforms Foundation P B D'Sa announced in a press conference the celebration of Reformation Sunday on December 11, 2011. Treating it like a follow up measure, he said, the Foundation will hold a simple awareness group meeting in front of the churches like Milagres, Kulshekar, Puttur, Sastan, Udupi and Kudapur. Mr D'Sa highlighted the importance

Mangalore, November 16: Allegations of arresting and harassing innocent people including women are coming from Ullal, Bajpe, Suratkal and Kavoor jurisdictional police limits, following the recent untoward incidents under the limits of Mangalore City Police Commissionerate. According to a media report, police, who have interrogated more than two dozens of people in the past four days, kept a few

Mangalore, November 16: St. Aloysius High School team lifted the Coca-Cola Cup Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy-2011 after winning a nail-biting final match on Tuesday evening. The football tournament was organised by DK district football Association for 12 - 15 year age group boys. In the finals St. Aloysius High School beat Islahi High School, Ullal in tie-breaker by 4-2 points. In the semi-finals St

Mangalore, November 16: Mangalore police on Tuesday arrested four more persons in connection with the double murder at Moodushedde on the outskirts of the city. The arrested were identified as Nawaz alias Thanha (21), Sujit alias Gowri alias Gowrish Kumar (21) of Kuntagudde at Bajal, Hariprasad alias Hari (23) of Moodushedde and Prashant (21) of Kudkorigudde Bajal. Police sources said that all