Karnataka

Mangalore, October 19: The Mangalore City Corporation on Wednesday awarded Rs 50,000 each to four special achievers from the undivided Dakshina Kannada district, who bagged six medals, including four gold medals, at the Special Olympics World Summer Games 2011 held in Athens from June 25 to July 4. In an official felicitation ceremony, organised by the civic body more than three months after the

Mangalore, October 19: The MBA Dept of AIMIT, St Aloysius College, Mangalore, organized a two day Management Development Programme on Behavioural Processes in Management. The programme was inaugurated by Dr A M Narahari, Registrar (Evaluation), St Aloysius College (Autonomous), in the presence of Rev Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, Director, AIMIT. The Programme was attended by Managers from MRPL, MCF and

Mangalore, October 19: Sudhakar Yermal, the senior staff photographer of Vijaya Karnataka Kannada daily newspaper has bagged first place in 'wildlife' photography competition organised by Dr. Shivarama Karantha Biological Park, Pilikula. Being one of the ace photographers of Mangalore, Mr Yermal has bagged several awards in his camera career. He is known for his adventurous photography. His

Kasaragod, October 19: Four persons were arrested by Police in connection the alleged attack on the Kasaragod district office of the DYFI in Vidyanagar around 9 pm on Tuesday night. According to the DYFI activists the attack took place during the power outage, said the police. The arrested are T A Abdul Rahman,26, of B C Road, T A Zafarulla,23, of Eruthinkadavu, Mohammed Rafi,21, and K Ismail,26

Mangalore, October 19: The Excise Enforcement and Lottery Prohibition Squad have seized a large quantity of Goan liquor in an early morning raid at Kankanady Railway Station in the city on Wednesday. The sleuths also arrested a 24-year-old man, who was allegedly transporting the liquor from Goa to Kerala via Mangalore. The accused has been identified as Premjith, resident of Kasaragod. According

Mangalore, October 19: Prestigious private hospitals should extend their services towards rural areas and contribute to the rural health care, said District in-charge minister Krishna J Palemar. Addressing at the decennial celebration of A J Hospital and Research Centre on Tuesday, Mr Palemar said that private hospitals could play an important role in this aspect as they are in a better position

Mangalore, October 18: Police have detained three persons in connection with the tragedy at the Phase III construction site of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, which claimed the life of a worker and injured four others on Tuesday. Chief engineer of Engineering India Ltd, which oversees the on-going works at the site, RCM officer of the infrastructure company, which has taken the contract

Mangalore, October 19: Ullal police on Tuesday arrested a person in connection with the abduction bid on a medical student on the outskirts of the city last week. The accused has been identified Parvez Ahmed from Harekala village. Police said that Parvez along with four others on October 12, had kidnapped Nabeel Ahamed, an MBBS student, who was doing his internship in Yenepoya Medical College

Udupi, October 19: Demanding an in-depth inquiry into the suicide of athlete Prithvi Amparu who had hung herself in the SMS sports hostel last month, members of Billava community staged a protest in front of DC's Office in Udupi Speaking on the occasion Block Congress President Pramodh Madhwaraj strongly expressed his dissatisfaction over the police inquiry that is being conducted and said that

Mangalore, October 18: Economic growth and development still remain something of a mystery as there is no universally applicable model or theory of development, said Dr. GV Joshi, Professor of Economics, JKSHIM, Nitte. He was presenting a paper on 'Economic Development: Enduring or Inclining?' in the first session of 'Samprathi-2011' a two-day national seminar on 'sustainable development: towards