Karnataka

Mangalore, October 1: Mangalore city unit of Jamiyyatul Falah distributed scholarship for poor students at a programme held at the Community Development Centre of the organisation. Unit president Saduddin M Salih presided over the programme, which was commenced with the recitation of Quran by S A Siraj. Ex-president of Jamiyyatul Falah PBA Razzak and treasurer Zameer Ambar were the chief guests

Mangalore, October 14: BJP National Medical Wing will be organising a workshop on 'National Medical Policy' on Sunday, October 16, at Dr AV Rao Conference Hall in the city. Announcing this to media persons at a press conference here on Friday, Dr. K Mohandas Bhandary, working committee Member, BJP Doctor Cell Karnataka, BJP National Medical Wing, said that the workshop will be inaugurated at 9:00

Udupi, October 14: The Karnataka State Junior and Senior Athletic Championship-2011, to be held from Oct 13-16, was inaugurated at Mahathma Gandhi Stadium, Ajjarkad, Udupi on Thursday evening. Former athlete Ashwini Nachappa inaugurated the championship by handing over the lit torch to the athlete. In her inaugural address Nachappa said that at the athletic championship held at Mysore last year

Mangalore, October 14: In all, 90 passengers bound for Mumbai from Mangalore could not travel on Thursday as the Kingfisher Airlines in which they had been scheduled to fly did not take off in the afternoon because of an issue related to re-fuelling, sources in the airport said. Sources said that Hindustan Petroleum refused to re-fuel the aircraft as the airlines had not cleared its dues. The

Mangalore, October 14: The 85th anniversary of Hazrath Sheikuna Muhammed Jalal Masthan Al Bhukhari will be held at Masjid Zeenath Baksh central juma masjid, Bunder here from October 16 to 20. Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar, Mangalore Qazi, will inaugurate the conference. Sayyed Basheer Ali Shihab Thangal will offer dua. Religious speeches by Muslim scholars have been arranged from October 16 to 19 and will

Sullia, October 14: Chief minister Sadananda Gowda is all set to adopt the transparency mantra of Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy, who installed closed circuit cameras in his offices at the Secretariat and residence in Thiruvananthaparum providing 24x7 access to people through internet to know what is happening in the CM's office. Like Kerala chief minister, he will also install cameras in his

Kanhangad, October 13: In protest against the arrest of some youths including students following the Kanhangad disturbances about 200 women blocked the police vehicles in Kolayaval on Thursday morning. The women protestors threatened the police that they would not allow anyone to pass unless they took action against the cops who chased a 14 year boy who later jumped in to a river to save himself

Mangalore, October 12: Former Mangalore Mayor K Ashraf, who had played the resignation card for the first time in January, protesting B Janardhan Poojary's “dictatorship”, has now taken a firm decision to bid adieu to the Congress party. With this, the in-fighting in Dakshina Kannada District Congress committee has spilled out in the open once again, despite repeated patch-up bids. In a bulk SMS

Uppinangady, October 13: In a major burglary, which came to light last night, thieves broke into a house near here and made away with cash and jewelleries worth Rs 9 lakh in the absence of family members. The thieves gained entry into the house of Kunnhi Monu, son of H Abbas Haji, located at Athur in Ramkunja village by breaking open the door at the second floor and decamped with the valuables

Mangalore, October 13: Lectures, training sessions and anecdotes of Right to Information activists marked the sixth anniversary of the Act jointly celebrated here by a number of citizens' groups under the aegis of Citizens' Action for Transparency at the Town Hall in Mangalore on Thursday. The formal inaugural session attended by District Sessions Judge H R. Deshpande, Mangalore Bar Association