Karnataka

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

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