Karnataka

Mangalore, November 5: As part of Swaroopa Education Awareness Campaign-2011, as many as 100 programmes in 54 centers will be conducted by a team of 30 students and 8 teachers, said Gopadkar, Director of Swaroopa. Addressing a media conference here on Saturday, Mr Gopadkar said that the inauguration of first show would be held on November 7 at 5:00pm in Town Hall, Mangalore, in the presence of

Puttur, November 5: An octogenarian Hajj pilgrim from Dikshina Kannada breathed his last on Thursday in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during pilgrimage, sources said. The deceased has been identified as Abdullah (85) from Kokkada in Puttur taluk. Sources said that the octogenarian pilgrim suddenly complained of chest pain on Thursday evening. He was taken to a nearby medical clinic. However

Sullia, November 5: One person was killed and nine others sustained injuries when a pipe laden borewell lorry fell into a ditch at Anegundi on Sullia-Puttur stretch on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Devaraj, a native of Chattisgarh. The lorry belongs to one Rajendra Kumar Menala. The lorry was bound to Puttur from Sullia when the incident occurred. The lorry driver is said to lost

Mangalore, November 5: Students of Pompei Government School, Urwa, were a happy lot. The 'Student Internet world' organized by department of Information Technology/Bio-Technology, SDM Law College, on Thursday sought to teach Class VIII students how to operate the internet. Muthappa S, a student of Pompei High School, said, "The teachers here are very helpful. They taught us how to use the internet

Mangalore, November 4: Expressing grief over the act of vandalism at St Alphonsa Catholic Church in Mangalore, Rev Lawrence Mukkuzhy, the Bishop of Belthangady Diocese, on Friday said that such things should not happen to any religious center and any community in this country. He was speaking to media persons at a press meet called in the Church premises to clarify the doubts regarding Thursday's

Udupi, November 4: 'Shishyopanayana Samskara' marking the start of new batch of BAMS students at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Ayurveda, held at the Bhavaprakasha Auditorium here on Friday. Speaking on the occasion Kaniyoor Mutt pontiff Sri Vidyavallabha Theertha Swamiji called upon the doctors' fraternity to treat their patients with knowledge and patience. Vidyavallabha Theertha

Mangalore, November 4: Justice Santosh N Hegde, the former Lokayukta, has brushed aside rumours of any differences with Anna Hazare and his core team, and insisted he was not able to attend the meetings due to time factor. Reacting to a question, Justice Hegde, clarified that he was very much part of the Anna team. Mr. Hegde had failed to attend the meeting of the core committee of the India

Mangalore, November 4: Mangalore City Police on Friday stepped up the security arrangements in the city police limits, especially for religious institutions of minority communities, in the wake of attack on St Alphonsa Catholic Church. According to Fr Shibi, the assistant parish priest, the man identified as Shibu barged into the the Church, when the priests had just finished their supper. He went

Mangalore, November 4: Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Muthalik urged the Chikmagalur district administration to make arrangement for the paduka darshana of Datta at Datta peeta during Datta Mala Abhiyana, which will be held from Novermber 8 to 13. Addressing a press meet here on Friday, he said that the preparations are on for the Datta Mala Abhiyana throughout the state. “I have written to the

Mangalore, November 4: As many as 32 families residing in Kariangala Gram Panchayat limits (in Kariangala and Ammunje Village) unanimously proclaimed non co-operation to the proposed Kochi-Kootanad-Bangalore-Mangalore Natural Gas Pipeline Project of Gas Authority of India (GAIL), which will be passing through these villages. During a public hearing organised by GAIL in presence of its Competent