Karnataka

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

Manipal, September 30: Rabindranath Tagore is relevant even today to all writers as the writers do struggle with the ideas of ''satta'' (reality) and ''eccha'' (desire) in the process of writing,'' opined renowned litterateur and Jnanapeetha awardee Dr U R Ananthmurthy. Delivering the keynote address on the occasion of Rabindra Utsav organised by Manipal Institute of Communication in association

Mangalore, September 30: The Mangalore University Academic Council meet agreed to introduce Tulu certificate, diploma and post graduate diploma courses in the colleges that come under Mangalore University, from the next academic year. In the Academic Council meeting held at the Senate Hall on Thursday, the Council passed the draft regulation prepared in relation to the introduction of Tulu courses

Honnavar, September 29: A senior Forest officer was brutally assaulted on Thursday by one Manjunath Devaru Bhat, at Karki village near here. The victim is Ashok Bhat, Deputy Conservator of Forest of Honnavar. A seriously injured Bhat was rushed to the hospital in Honnavar and then shifted to Mangalore for further treatment. The incident occurred a couple of hours after Mr Bhat along with his

Mangalore, September 29: Though hospitals and police are two separate entities they play a similar role in the society, said Dr C P Habeeb Rahman, Chairman of Unity Health Complex. Delivering the presidential address at the World Heart Day 2011 awareness programme-cum-free cardiac check-up camp for senior citizens, policemen, army, and ex-servicemen, organised at his hospital on Thursday, Mr