Karnataka

Udupi, October 1: Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Nallur Prasad said that the Parishat has newly constituted an award to felicitate the upcoming litterateurs. The Kannada Sahitya Parishat Award will be given away in the month of November which carries a cash of Rs 1,11,111 as the prize amount, he added. Speaking to mediapersons here after the concluding ceremony of two-day conference of taluk

Mangalore, October 1: The concept of beautification of Mangalore with the help of the builders was opposed by the MCC Council opposition members at a meeting here on Friday. Corporator Lancelot Pinto asked why should the MCC give all the materials for the construction of road? “If the builders come forward to develop a road in their money, then we do not have any problem. Why have we asked only

Mangalore, October 1: Learning a language is a skill, which can be cultivated only through constant practice and not by formulas, said renowned Islamic scholar Dr V Abdul Rahim. He was delivering a talk on 'Teaching the Language of Glorious Qur'an' organised by Unity Ilm Centre for the Arabic teachers recently at IMA Hall here. Dr Abdul Rahim, who is the Director of Qur'an Translation Centre at

Kochi, September 30: A petition requesting the Kerala High Court to review its earlier order giving Air India (AI) a free hand in settling the compensation for Mangalore air crash was dismissed on Thursday. On August 25, a division bench headed by Justice CN Ramachandran and Justice PS Gopinathan had quashed the earlier single bench order asking AI to pay Rs 75 lakh as compensation for each of the

Mangalore, September 30: SpiceJet Limited, on Friday started commercial flights between Mangalore and Hyderabad with its newly acquired state-of-the-art Q-400 aircraft. SpiceJet is the first airline to start a flight on this route. The first Hyderabad-Mangalore flight landed at the Mangalore Airport at 2:40 pm and the inaugural Mangalore-Hyderabad flight took off at 3:00 pm. Samyukth Sridharan

Udupi, September 30: Regional culture has been attacked with lies and wrong propagations, while seeds of infighting have been sown between ignored and down trodden communities, lamented Kotiganahalli Ramaiaha, a Dalit thinker from Kolar. He was delivering a lecture on 'Ambedkar and Regional Culture' at a programme organised under the joint auspices of Dr BR Ambedkar Study Centre of Mangalore

Mangalore, September 30: B Janardhan Devadiga Barabail, age 65, hailing from Maroly, near Sooryanaarayana Temple, passed away on Thursday, at around 11.30 pm due to a massive heart attack. He was serving as a house driver at Qatar since last 25 years. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. Rithesh Devadiga, his son who is also working in Qatar will accompany his father's body to

Mangalore, September 30: Workers of Dakshina Kannada district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party celebrated their party's win in the Koppal Assembly by-polls. As soon as the election results were announce on Thursday dozens of party works gathered outside the party office at Kodiyalbail in the city, burst crackers and distributed sweets. The party continued to keep a clean slate in by-polls held

Udupi, September 30, 2011: A motorbike rider died after being hit by a speeding Maruti car in front of MGM College at Kanjibettu near here. The victim has been identified as Shameem Gafur (48), a resident of Paniyadi. The incidence took place around 7: 30 pm on Thursday, when the driver of Maruti car bearing registration number KA-19 MA-8789, failed to notice the oncoming motorbike. A critically

Mangalore, September 30: Infosys Ltd. organised and delivered a workshop on Leadership and Personal Effectiveness titled 'Going Beyond' for Mangalore city police officers at the Infosys Mudipu campus near here on September 27 and 28. The workshop was attended by 20 senior officers from the Mangalore Commisionerate. The training programme was jointly designed and developed by Infosys and