Karnataka

Mangalore, November 4: Allahabad Bank opened its Karkala branch in Udupi district on Thursday. J P Dua, chairman and managing director of the Bank inaugurated the branch in the presence of M R Nayak, executive director. With opening of this Karkala branch, total number of branches of the bank surged to 2450 and total number of branches in Karnataka to 34. The Karkala branch will be on CBS platform

Udupi, November 4: A man was killed and a sustained injuries when lightning struck them in tow separate incidents in Udupi district on Thursday. Pavitran, a 45 year old farm worker, was cutting grass in a filed at Sural in Siddapur village of Kundapur taluk, when lightning struck him. According to jurisdictional Shankaranarayana police, he died on spot during the incident. In a separate incident

Mangalore, November 4: The recurring communal violence in the country was a result of a conspiracy of the upper caste people to continue their hold on the power, said V.T. Rajshekhar, the editor of Dalit Voice and a renowned thinker. Presenting his views on "the problems faced by the Christians and the way to tackle them," at the Fatima Retreat House here on Thursday, Mr. Rajshekhar urged the

Mangalore, November 4: A trouble monger stormed into St Alphonsa Catholic Church at Kankanady, here desecrating the statues of Jesus Christ and vandalizing the property, before being arrested by the police on Thursday night. The miscreant has been identified as Shibu, from Jalligudde. It is said that Shivu gained entry into the Church at around 9:00 pm, when there was no one inside the prayer hall

Mangalore, November 3: This is a tragic story of a 'Jaycee Queen', who is imprisoned in the dark room of her own house and kept in captivity for the last 20years. This is also a story of a stepmother and her step children with a difference. This step mother is not married to her children's father KP Suresh Raj, who is known to be an architect in Mangalore, but, lives in his house as a mistress

Mangalore, November 3: The recently founded Hidaya-MESCO Arabic Academy has invited applications from young graduates who want to undergo free training course on teaching of Arabic language. The six month training programme will be based on a concise and comprehensive syllabus designed by Hyderabad based MESCO Arabic Language and English Education Foundation (MESCO ALEEF). More than 350 schools of

Bantwal, November 3: Two people were killed in a head on collision between a motorbike and a goods tempo on National Highway-75 at Bolangady near Kalladka on Thursday afternoon. The deceased have been identified as Uday Kumar, a cable operator and Harish, a pick-up driver, both residents of Kalladka. Eyewitnesses said that the accident occurred due to rash driving by goods tempo driver, who rammed

Mangalore, November 3: “There is a need for transparency, accountability and good corporate governance in the corporate sector so as to reduce the incidence of corruption in the society” - this was the common view of many students of MBA who participated in an elocution competition here on Wednesday November 2. The topic for the competition was, 'As CEO how will I combat corruption in my company?'

Mangalore, November 3: Students of Swaroopa Adhyayana Kendra sing popular Hindi and English songs to learn theorems and their teacher used a secret sign language to teach them how to memorise. On November 7, some of them will attempt to set a memory record with the Limca Book of Records. Addressing the media in the school along with his students, Director of the Kendra Gopadkar said the attempt to

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