Karnataka

Mangalore, October 29: Father Muller College of Nursing, as part of its Silver Jubilee celebrations, will be organising an International Conference (INCON - 2011) on 'Translational Research: Nurses Making a Difference' at the FMMC Decennial Memorial Hall on November 2 and 3. Announcing this at a press meet here on Saturday, Fr Denis D'Sa, Administrator, FMMC, said that objectives of the conference

Mangalore, October 30: Former chief of Karnataka Sahitya Paridhat, Harikrishna Punaroor will be presented with the seventh 'Pingara Rajyotsava Award 2011', Pingara tabloid editor Raymond D'Kunha said on Saturday. He informed reporters that Punaroor beat 20 other candidates with his gesture of donating 101 houses to the poor at Thalipady village in Kinnigoli. Mangalore Bishop Fr Aloysius Paul D

Mangalore, October, 29: In a post-Deepavali tragedy, a teenager lost his life after he was accidentally drowned off the coast of Kaup on Friday evening. The victim has been identified as Sudhakar (18), son of Gopalacharya, a resident of Uchila. Sudhakar disappeared after strong wave dragged him at around 5:00pm. The efforts of local fishermen and coast guards to find him proved futile. It is

Mangalore, October 29: A man, who allegedly attempted to sneak into an aircraft with fake passport, was on Friday detained by immigration officers in Mangalore. The accused was identified as Umar Farooq (31) from Bhagamandala in Kodagu district. It is said that officers foiled his attempt to board the Dubai bound Air India Express with a fake passport under the name 'Dhampal Palanivelu' and took

Uppinangady, October 29: The Zilla Panchayat CEO has issued a notice stating that the State government in its gazette notification has directed to dissolve Hirebandady Gram Panchayat. The Gram Panchayat will be dissolved from the date of gazette notfication. Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner's office has also sent a letter to the Gram Panachayat on October 10, urging to dissolve the Gram

Mangalore, October 29: In connection with the construction of new Railway line from Kanhangad in Kasaragod district to Kaniyoor in Dakshina Kannada, a high level delegation headed by Kodi Ponnappa, former Karike Panchayath President and BJP leader submitted a memorandum to Cheif Minister D V Sadananda Gowda recently. The delegation requested Cheif Minister to render whatever the help required to

Mangalore, October 29: The Janachethana Yathra of former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani will reach Mangalore on October 31 and the public meeting will be held at Central Maidan at 11 am. Addressing a press meet here on Friday, Dakshina Kannada district BJP unit President Padmanabha Kottari said the yathra aims at cleansing the political system with clean and transparent administration. The BJP

Mangalore, October, 28: Dakshina Kannada district committees of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal will be jointly organising a blood donation camp in remembrance of those who “died for the cause of Ram Mandir construction in Ayodhya”.Announcing this at a press meet Manohar Tulujaram, DK district president of VHP, said the camp would commence would be held between 9:00 am and 4:00pm on next

Udupi, October 28: Yashoda Mujhekhana, who was arrested injured, at the police encounter with the naxalite, at Idu, in Karkala taluk, in 2003, on the charges of her association with banned Maoist movement was acquitted in the Udupi District and Session Court here on Friday. District and Session Judge Narendra Kumar Gunaki passed the acquittal order. Police, in the charge sheet filed in the court

Bhatkal, October 28: A youth was killed on spot and four others sustained injuries when a car in which they were travelling rammed into a roadside tree on the outskirts of the town. The deceased has been identified as Venkatesh Naika (26), a native of Hadilu near Bhatkal. Nagaraja Gonda (29), Chandra Manju Gonda (22), Krishna Narayana Gonda (40) and Sudha (30), have been hospitalised with severe