Karnataka

Mangalore, October 9: While land above the ground for a shelter for a common man is becoming dearer, so is the 'ground under' in prime parish localities in the city. A permanent grave in most of the parishes in the Mangalore diocese ranges from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000. If the cost of building the grave, putting up marble fixtures is included, the cost runs up to nearly a lakh. The parishes have

Mangalore, October 8: A Kundapur based cartoonist has claimed that he was forced to remove a cartoon satirising Nationalist Congress Party Chief Sharad Pawar from his blog by the Cyber Cell of Mumbai police. Satish Acharya's controversial cartoon had first appeared in Mid Day tabloid on September 5, in the wake of asset declaration of Union ministers. In his typical way, Mr Acharya had satirised

Mangalore, October 8: City based PWD contractor Mohammad Naushad, son of Husain, breathed his last after losing his battle with bone marrow cancer. He was 32. Residing Dhoomappa Compound at Pandeshwar, the young contractor was known for his kind nature since his student days at Badria Collge in the city. He was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Chennai. The end came at around 10 am. He is

Mangalore, October 8: A man on Saturday ended his life by jumping into the Gurpur River near South Wharf in the city. Police identified the deceased as Vishwanath Rai (45), a resident of Puttur. Rai took this extreme around 12 pm, when people were helplessly looking at him. Although a few fishermen tried to rescue him, their effort proved futile. However, they recovered his dead body, which was

Brahmavar, October, 8: A man lost his life after he drowned in Seetha River near Mabukala Bridge at Brahmavar. The deceased has been identified as Hameed (45) a resident of Belapu in Kaup. The incident occurred when he had been to his in-law's place. The body was recovered Friday morning. A case has been registered at Brahmavar police station.

Mangalore, October 8: The centenary celebrations of 'Akhila Bharata Billava Union' will be commenced in the month of December, said Naveenchandra D Suvarna, the President of the Union. Speaking at the half yearly meet of Union at Dhamodar R Suvarna auditorium in Narayanguru College, Kudroli, he briefly explained the philanthropic activities of the union. He said hostel construction project has

Mangalore, October 8: King's Academy, Mangalore on behalf of Karnataka State Chess Association, under the aegis of Chess Association of India will organise Rs.2 lakh prize money CAI Rated South Zone Chess Tournament from October 10 to 14 at Srinivasa Kalyan Mantap, here. The tournament winner will be awarded Rs.25,000 cash prize along with 'Panama trophy'. Top 50 players will be awarded cash

Udupi, October 8: Udupi Superintendent of Police Dr Ravi Kumar has brushed aside the allegations of conspiracy made by a few Billava community leaders over the missing pages of the diary of athlete Prithvi. Billava leaders had cast doubt over the missing pages of the diary of the girl, who committed suicide at her hostel in Brahmavar under mysterious circumstance. They had alleged that the pages

Udupi, October, 8: Two men were killed and a child sustained severe injuries, when their motorbike was hit by a speeding tempo in front of government school near Nitturu Hanumanthanagar NH-66 around 5:30 pm. The victims have been identified as Nagaraj (26), son of Babu Poojari and Yathish (27), both residents of Kodi, Kundapur. Nagaraj's bought niece Srujan (4) is recovering in a private hospital

Savanur, October 8: The age old culture and professions of 'Taulava' land seemed revived right atop the hill at the premises of Vidyarashmi Education Trust, where the All India Tulu Convention was held on Friday. The venue designed to perfection, seemed like a time machine which took the participants to an era when farming, knitting baskets, making coir artifacts, pottery was the main occupation