Karnataka

Mangalore, November 9: Mangalore Chess Academy (MCA) in association with Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan under the auspices of South Kanara District Chess Association will be conducting an inter-district chess tournament on November 13 at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Pandeshwar here. Players from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts are eligible to participate in the tournament, stated a press release issued

Mangalore, November 9: Mangalore will witness a surge of literary personalities from across the west coast of India on Thursday, November 10. World Konkani Centre, the Mangalore based nerve center of the 25 lakh global Konkani Community will be organizing a series of events on November 10 and 11, in connection with inauguration of the Sri TV Raman Pai and Smt. T Vimala V Pai Hostel at the World

Mangalore, November 9: Every person should be responsible for environment protection, said N. S. Channappa Gowda, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada district. He was inaugurating the air pollution control month function organised jointly by the Dakshina Kannada Regional Transport Office and other regional transport offices, here on Tuesday. Mr. Gowda said that according to the World Health

Mangalore, November 9: A 29-year-old man from Manipur near Katpadi in Udupi district died in a tragic road accident near Taif on Monday, according to reports reaching here. The victim has been identified as Mohammed Shareef, son of Isubu Beary. The tragedy occurred when the five members of a family including Shareef were on their way back to Jubail after visiting Makkah. They had been to holy city

Mangalore, November 9: Social Welfare Minister Narayanaswamy on Tuesday expressed shock over the death of a worker, who died of suffocation after falling into a septic tank while cleaning the compound belonging to a hotel in Mulki. The minister, who paid a visit to the spot on Tuesday, regretted that though manual cleaning of septic work (carrying nightsoil) has been banned in State, he termed the

Mangalore, November 9: Mocking at the practice of the elite of getting themselves admitted to hospital when caught in legal net, Justice Michael Saldanha said that Judiciary should set example by denying or holding the plea for anticipatory bail by such culprits till they recuperate and get discharged from the hospitals. Addressing a news conference in Mangalore on Tuesday, Justice Michael

Mangalore, November 8: The Chaminda Vaas Benefit T20 cricket match scheduled for November 19 at NMPT grounds has been postponed owing to heavy unseasonal rains, stated a press release issued jointly by Dakshina Kannada Cricket Association and Magnum Intergrafiks Pvt Ltd. Since the ground could not be kept ready, organizers, in consultation with Sri Lankan team have decided to postpone the match to

Mangalore, November 8: Over a hundred agitators were briefly detained by City police on Tuesday, when trade unions backed by various parties staged a demonstration in front of the head post office at Pandeshwar, here. The demonstrators belonging to BMS, INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU and other trade unions were responding to their leaders call to nation-wide 'Jail Bharo' agitation. Among the major

Mangalore, November 8: The 'Souharda Credit Co-Operative Limited' will be inaugurated on November 9, said Shantharam Shetty, Account Investigator. Addressing the media persons here on Tuesday Shetty said, the Co-Operative Ltd has already invested Rs 5 lakh with 300 shareholders and aimed to consolidate huge share investments in coming days. He said that Society will provide long term deposit in

Mangalore, November 9: The need for steps to prevent damage resulting from lightning dominated the quarterly meeting to review development programmes in Mangalore taluk on Monday. MLA Abhayachandra Jain said lightning had caused loss of life and damaged many electrical appliances in several houses in the region. Lightning had damaged crops, especially the coconut and areca palms, he said. “This