Karnataka

Mangalore, October 5: The academic council of St Aloysius college has resolved to introduce choice based credit system in postgraduate programmes under autonomous system from the current academic year. The academic council has also approved the proposal to request Mangalore University to grant three more postgraduate programmes from the next academic year (2012-13) namely MSc in physics; MSc in

Mangalore, October 5: Sudhir Vasudeva has taken charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC and as Chairman, ONGC Group of Companies including Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL). He was earlier the Director (Offshore), ONGC. According to a release, with over 35 years experience, including 19 years of managing the Mumbai High, ONGC's largest oil producing fields, Vasudeva is one

Mangalore, October 5: The inter-district anti corruption rally of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parisad on Tuesday culminated in the city with a considerable number of students holding a demonstration. The rally, which commenced on September 28, was one of the four anti-corruption rallies organised by ABVP in the State, and encompassed Shimoga and Udupi district apart from Dakshina Kannada. The

Mangalore, October 4: The first Hajj flight from Mangalore Airport carrying pilgrims to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, took off on Tuesday. Mangalore Airport Director M R Vasudeva Rao said the international airliner KNE 46 6603, carrying 159 passengers departed the Mangalore Airport at 7: 53 pm. Chairman of the State Haj Committee S Mohammed Ghouse

Udupi, October 4: The Udupi district unit of Popular Front of India on Tuesday held a demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner, here condemning the arrest of IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt by the Narendra Modi government and submitted memorandum, through the DC, to the Prime Minister, demanding the dismissal of Gujarat government. Addressing the protestors noted thinker and

Manipal, October 4: Following the successes of Formula Manipal cars in competitions overseas, another team of Manipal Institute of Technology students brought back laurels from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) AeroDesign 2011 competition held at Lockheed Martin Corporation, Georgia, USA between April 29, 2011 and May 1, 2011. They displayed the unmanned aerial vehicle at the Innovation

Mangalore, October 4: In a gruesome incident, a fish vendor woman was crushed to death by a train at Shirali Chitrapur railway station under the limits of Bhatkal Rural Police Station. The deceased has been identified as Sankamma alias Sanku Durgayya Moger of Shirali Moger Keri. She was selling fish in Chitrapur area. The incident took place on Tuesday at around 11:30 am, when she was crossing the

Mangalore, October 4: The Mangalore branch of Rajasthan Samaj, celebrated 'Dasara Navarathri Festival' in a very colourful way on Monday at Bharath Scout's & Guides Bhavan, Lalbagh, here. The traditional religious ritual ceremony was followed by the cultural carnival. The members of the society joined together to showcase their cultural diversity of the region by presenting a mesmerising and

Mudubidire, October 4: Jnanpith awardee litterateur Chandrashekar Kambar will be given a warm felicitation during the eighth edition of 'Alva's Nudisiri', a Kannada cultural and literary fest to be organised by Alva's Education Foundation said Dr. M Mohan Alva, the chairman of the Foundation. This year's Nudisiri convention will be conducted with central theme of 'Kannada Mannassu-Sangarsha Matthu

Mangalore, October 4: Labourers on Monday took out a procession under the banner of Dakshina Kannada district Committee of Centre of Indian Trade Unions, seeking the fulfillment of various demands including decreasing the working hours. The workers began their procession from Town Hall and assembled in front of Deputy Commissioner's Office raising slogans against the violations of the rights of