Karnataka

Mangalore, November 3: Deepavali, the festival of light was celebrated in Rosario High School recently. The President of the programme was Rev. Fr. Roshan D'souza the Asst. Parish Priest of Rosario Church and the chief guest was Mrs Chandrakala Nandavara the retired Principal of Ganapathi P U college. The Head Master of Rosario High School Mr Aloysius D'souza and Mr Janardhana Rao was also present

Mangalore, November 3: Properties were damaged as unseasonal rains coupled with lightning and thunder continued to batter several parts of twin districts of coastal Karnataka. Three new cars and two motorbikes were damaged when the roof and compound wall of a parking lot was collapsed at Sharada apartment, Mathadakani in Mannagudda in the city on Wednesday afternoon. Occupants of the multi-story

Mangalore, November 3: Ten eminent personalities who have worked for Kannada, including Dr K S Nisar Ahmed, Dr Chandrashekara Patil and Dr C N Ramachandran, will be conferred with 'Alva's Nudisiri Award–2011,' said Alva's Foundation Chairman Dr M Mohan Alva. Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday, he said the other award winners are Dr M V Kamath, Dr B T Lalitha Nayak, Shreenath, B K Sumithra

Mangalore, November 2: A pedestrian was killed in an apparent hit-and-run traffic collision when he was walking on the road near Valencia, here on Wednesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Lillu, a daily wage worker, hailing from the north Indian state of Orissa. The accident occurred at around 6:30 pm, when he was walking towards Valencia from Kankanady, where he used to stay. No

Mangalore, November 2: A fisherman was killed and another sustained injuries in a lightning strike off the coast of Hejamadi Kodi in Udupi district on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Ramesh G Shriyan (54). His fellow fisherman Harishchandra Bangera survived with severe injuries. The incident occurred at around 4:00pm. At the time of lightening attack both were engaged in fishing in

Kasargod, November 2: A car owned by Anoop kumar, an income tax officer, was set on fire in the wee hours of Wednesday in Talipadappu. The car which was parked in front of his house was set on fire at 1.30 am. The fire was noticed by a relative who reached the neighboring house to park his tourist taxi. Personnel of the fire and rescue force doused the fire. Police suspect that the miscreants who

Udupi, November 2: Yakshagana Kalakshethra, Gundibail, Udupi, which has been serving the art of Yakshagana for over sixty years has been selected for the Vishwesha Theertha Award, instituted by Yakshagana Kalaranga, Udupi. The award also includes a cash prize of Rs 20,000. President of Yakshagana Kalaranga Tallur Shivarama Shetty released the list of 13 more personalities chosen for its other

Mangalore, November 2: Indian politicians and business tycoons have stashed countless money in various foreign banks other than those in Switzerland, said B Madhava, Dakshina Kannada district secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist). Addressing a protest demonstration in front of the office of deputy commissioner here on Wednesday, Mr Madhava said that most of the people of this country are

Manipal, November 2: The State of the art Jishnu Kinesiotherapy Lab, the first and best of its kind in India and Asia was inaugurated by Dr H S Ballal, Pro Chancellor of Manipal University on Tuesday. The members of the Jishnu Foundation, Mr. Sasikumar, Mrs. Vatsala Sasikumar and Mr. Manmohan and Dr.Rajashekhar and Dr.Arun Mayya, Dean and Assoc. Dean of the college respectively, were present on

Mangalore, October 29: Fr Muller College of Nursing, as part of its silver jubilee celebrations, has organised an International Conference (INCON - 2011) on 'Translational Research: Nurses Making a Difference' at the FMMC Decennial Memorial Hall, here. Inaugurating the two-day event on Wednesday, Dr BM Hegde, former vice- chancellor, Manipal University, lamented the commercialisation of health