Karnataka

Mangalore, November 14: Mangalore Chess Academy in association with Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan under the auspices of South Kanara district Chess Association has conducted inter-district Chess Tournament on Sunday at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Pandeshwara, Mangalore. The Tournament attracted 51 players from South Kanara & Udupi district, out of which 17 players were Fide rated. Prizes were distributed

Mangalore, November 14: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Bharath Seva Dal and Corporation Bank jointly celebrated the birth centenary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the city on Monday. The statue of Pandit Nehru in front of the the main branch of Corporation Bank at Pandeshwar was garlanded on the occasion. Dakshina Kannada district Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Pradeep Kumar Kalkura

Udupi, November 14: Honouring more and more Yakshagana artistes would help in attracting new faces to the field of Yakshagana. It would also help in creating interest in Yakshagana among children, opined Pejawar Mutt pontiff Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji. Swamiji was speaking after presenting annual Yakshagana awards-2011, instituted by Yakshgana Kalaranga, Udupi, to senior yakshagana artistes

Udupi, November 13: Opposition leader in the Karnataka legislative council Motamma has taken the BJP government to task for failing to maintain motorable roads. Speaking to press persons in Udupi she said, the condition of roads connecting taluk centers like Karkala and Kundapura in Udupi district had been in a pitiable position. The BJP government, which had been chanting the development manthra

Mangalore, November 13: The eighth edition of Alva's Nudisiri was concluded in a bright and memorable style on Sunday night at Smt Sundari Ananda Alva campus at Vidyagiri, in Moodbidri, with senior litterateurs sounding an alarm that Kannada culture and literature could be sustained only if people used Kannada in day-to-day life with pride. The three-day conference on Kannada literature and

Mangalore, November 13: After 19-hour delay from scheduled time, the first batch of Hajj pilgrims from this part of the state reached Mangalore on Sunday morning. Despite the unexpected delay over a thousand people from different parts of the coastal Karnataka were anxiously waiting for their Haji kin. Mangalore Airport authorities confirmed that a Nas Airlines flight carrying 160 pilgrims, landed

Mangalore, November 13: Facing serious financial turbulence, Kingfisher Airlines has continued its flight curtailment spree for the seventh consecutive day as the official sources have confirmed the cancellation of its Mangalore to Mumbai and Delhi flights. The cancellation of Mangalore flights will come to effect on November 20, sources said. Kingfisher Airlines, owned by Billionaire Vijay Mallya

Mangalore, November 13: The Bearys' Welfare Association, Bangalore organised Scholarship Awards-2011 programme at Jamiyathul Falah Hall in Kankanady, Mangalore on Saturday. 125 poor and eligible students of Beary Community were benefited from the event. Presiding over the programme, Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly N Yogesh Bhat suggested the Association to consider providing

Mangalore, November 13: The department of Kannada and culture, Dakshina Kannada district organised 'Chiguru', a dance-cum-art exhibition of Neha B at Town Hall in the city on Saturday. The programme was inaugurated by president of DK Kannada Sahithya Parishath, Pradeep Kumar Kalkura. Speaking on the occasion he said that our society must be balanced to nurture the talent of the young, with the

Mangalore, November 13: Modern Kannada literature is too contemporary and relevant only to this period, unlike 'Champu Kavya' which had a larger, in depth approach. It is for this reason 'Champu Kavya is considered relevant till date, said well-known critic, Yakshagana artiste Dr K Keshav Sharma. Speaking about 'Pracheena Kannada Sahitya: Sangarsha Mathu Samarasya'- particularly on