Karnataka

Mangalore, October 21: Mangalore City Police and Dakshina Kannada district police jointly observed the police commemoration day at the police memorial site of District Armed Reserve premises here on Friday in memory of the 636 police and paramilitary personnel from throughout the country who laid down their lives in the line of duty during the previous year. The names of all of them including 10

Mangalore, October 21: As many as 40 students of an Ayurveda college in the city were taken to hospitals for allegedly suffering from food poisoning at after attending a farewell party. Most of the victims suffered from stomach and chest pains, diarrhoea and vomiting, sources said. According to the police, over 100 students attended a farewell function near Urwa Stores for an outgoing batch of

Manipal, October 20: The Department of Community Medicine at Kasturba Medical College will host the 23rd annual conference of Karnataka Association of Community Health on October 21 and 22, at Fortune Inn Valley View. Speaking to media persons, Department of Community Medicine Head Dr Veena Kamath informed that the theme of the conference is “Infectious diseases: current scenario, future

Mangalore, October 21: Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat will soon have a vigilance squad to check illegal sale of fertilizers in the open market. Considering the seriousness of the issue of sale of fertilisers in open market illegally and the impact it has on farmers, the Zilla Panchayat has resolved to constitute squads to keep a vigil on the same. The decision was taken during the general body

Mangalore, October 20: Diya Systems Private Limited, Mangalore has been conferred with the “Highest Exporter – ITES – Mangalore Region” by STPI, Govt. Of India and Department of IT, BT & S T, Govt. of Karnataka. The award was conferred in recognition of the Company's major contribution to exports during the year 2010 – 11. The award was received by Dr. V Ravichandran, C E O of Diya Systems

Mangalore, October 20: Solely blaming the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government for the growing power crisis in Karnataka, members of Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee on Thursday staged a demonstration in front of the Office of Deputy Commissioner here. Addressing the protesters Mulky-Moodbidri MLA K Abhayachandra Jain said, the BJP government, which came to power in the state

Moodbidri, October 20: In yet another hostel suicide case, a 16-year-old student on Wednesday ended her life by hanging herself at her room, in the hostel managed by Alva's group of institutions in Moodbidri. The deceased is M R Prithvi, a native from Makanahalli village in Hoskote taluk, and a student of PUC at Alva's College. According to Moodbidri police the girl was depressed after scoring

Udupi, October 20: Protesting against the torture and high handedness of representatives of the people, over 55 PDOs under the banner of Pachayath Development Officers' Welfare Association, Udupi district, staged a demonstration infront of the Zilla Panchayath Office, here on Wednesday. Agitators submitted a memorandum, addressed to the Chief Minister, to the Zilla Panchayath CEO Prabhakar Sharma

Mangalore, October 20: CC TV cameras and biometric attendance system will be installed in all offices under MCC in a view to bring transparency in working. All offices will be computerised in phases, announced MCC Mayor Praveen at a press meet organised at MCC on Wednesday. Speaking on the development of roads, he said that under the Chief Minister's special grant of Rs 100 crore and SFC grant of

Mangalore, October 20: The cremation of Munna Kumar, the worker who died in the fire mishap at the work site of the crude storage tank of III Phase of MRPL was held at a crematorium in Surathkal on Wednesday in presence of his father and relatives. Munna's family has been assured Rs 12 lakh (Rs six lakh from Offshore Company and Rs six lakh from Disaster Relief Fund). Apart from this, permanent