Karnataka

Manipal, November 12: The Manipal University convocation held at KMC Greens on Saturday was the largest-ever for the number of students who received the post and under graduate degrees. Over 2400 of them from the campuses of Manipal, Bangalore and Mangalore were present to receive their certificates. In addition, 34 PhD scholars received their doctorates and 14 meritorious students were awarded

Mangalore, November 12: Cruise vessel M V Aida Diva with 1975 cruise passengers and 598 crew members called at New Mangalore Port on Saturday. The vessel started its journey from Muscat and called at Goa and from there to NMP and the vessel will be sailing out to Cochin today evening. This is the biggest cruise vessel ever called at the Port. Out of these 1975 passengers from Germany, around 1200

Mangalore, November 12: Property worth several lakh rupees were gutted in a major fire that engulfed two shops near city bus stand in Ullal near here in the wee hours of Saturday. The fire, which broke out due to short circuit at around 2:00am, destroyed Bhagavati hardware shop owned by one Harish, and adjacent Janardhana general store belonging to one Pavish. Fortunately, there was no one inside

Mangalore, Novermber 12: The Mass Marriage Committee of UAE Bunts, an organisation of NRI Bunts, will be hosting a free mass marriage ceremony at A B Shetty community hall at Bunts Hostel. Announcing this at a press meet here on Saturday, Kadri Navaneeth Shetty, a member of the committee said that the ceremony would take place between April and June 2012. The marriage ceremony would take place in

Mangalore, November 12: The Hindu Hitharakshana Vedike came down heavily on the UPA government for trying to pass Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill 2011 in the winter session. Speaking to presspersons here, Vedike Honourary President Vaman Shenoy said that the Bill is anti-Hindu and the Vedike will stage protest across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts against the proposed Bill

Mangalore, November 12: A college girl and her father were killed in a horrific road crash involving a Honda Activa and a lorry near Yekkur Gorigudda in the city on Saturday morning. The victims are Ramesh Alape (40), who was riding the ill-fated Honda Activa, and his 18-year-old daughter Sushmitha, who was riding pillion. While Sushmitha, a second-semester B A student in St Agnes College

Mangalore, November 11: The admission process for training courses for various competitive examinations was launched on Friday at newly instituted Campus Career Academy in the city. S Ganesh Rao, Founder President of Karavali Group of Colleges formally inaugurated the admission process by handing over an application to a student. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the new Academy should play a

Mangalore, November 12: Well-known litterateur Dr Baragur Ramachandrappa said that Kannada mindset should not be destroyed with the fake models of globalisation. Speaking after inaugurating the eighth edition of Alva's Nudisiri 2011 on the theme “Kannada manassu: sangharsha mathu samarasya” at Alva's campus in Moodbidri on Friday, he said with market mindset, Kannada medium schools will not

Mangalore, November 12: The Mangalore City Autorickshaw Drivers' Association held a rasta roko near Jyothi Circle on Firday protesting the bad condition of the city roads. The traffic was disrupted for about five minutes due to the protest. Congress leader and the presiden of the association Ivan D'Souza addressed the protesters and urged the city corporation to repair the road immediately. The

Mangalore, November 11: The Kanaka Dasa Chair in Mangalore University will be organising Kanaka Dasa Keertane on November 17 to mark the 524th birth anniversary of Kanaka Dasa. Co-ordinator of the programme Dr B Shivram Shetty said, as part of the programme, it has planned to have song recitals and seminars related to the life and times of the great poet. A book on Kanaka edited in the year 1918