Karnataka

Mangalore, September 15: The lack of will power among shady politicians of the region is the main reason for non-inclusion of Tulu language in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution, according to well-known Tulu theatre personality Vijay Kumar Kodiyalbail. Participating in a Meet-the-Press programme at press club here on Thursday, in the wake of 100 days of successful run of his movie

Mangalore, September 16: The inaugural of the Infovision-2011, the IT and Bioinformatics Exhibition organised by the IT and Bioinfo faculty of AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri, Kotekar, near hear was held on Thursday morning. Max Rasquinha, Founder, IIPP and Internal Orientation Centre, Mangalore, hailing from Houston, TX was the Chief Guest and Rev Fr Joseph Rodrigues SJ, Rector

Mangalore, September 15: The New Mangalore Port Trust celebrated 151st Birth Anniversary of Sir M Visvesvaraya as Engineers' Day on Thursday, at Port Auditorium near here. Prof. Babu Narayan of Civil Engineering Department, NITK was the chief guest of the programme. In his key note address, he explained the qualities of Sir M V and gave presentation on taller, longer and stronger structures

Mangalore, September 15: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy will be organising a two day state level 'Beary Convention' on December 10 and 11 at Town Hall here. Announcing this at a press conference here on Thursday, M B Abdul Rahman, the Chairman of the Academy, said as many as 10 thousand people including 1500 representatives of various Beary organisations from across the country and abroad are

Mangalore, September 15: The modern technology has geared up to play a crucial role in the security system of Mangalore , with the Police Commissionerate poised to bring the crucial points of this coastal city under surveillance with the help of close circuit television (CCTV) cameras round the clock. The monitoring of traffic with the help of CCTV Cameras, according to police, will reduce a lot

Mangalore, September 15: Six local fishermen went missing after a trawl boat sank off the coast of Tannirbavi near here in the wee hours of Thursday. The personnel of coast guard and police are conducting emergency search and rescue operations in the rough waters with the help of local fishermen. The trawl boat owned by one Nazeer from Farangipet had left Old Port, here, for deep see fishing, nine

Mangalore, September 15: The boat tragedy at Old Port Estuary mouth on Tuesday, where five persons were injured, is not the first of its kind this year. It's the third such incident where boats got stuck in the sand bar, but none were injured in the previous cases. "The problem is mainly due to crumbling Kotepura-Ullal South Breakwater structure erected 18 years ago," says fisheries department

Mangalore, September 15: While a 12 year old allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Bangalore for being reprimanded by her father for poor academic performance, a fatherless student chose the same mode of suicide for a different reason altogether - blaming her fate for not having a doting and reprimanding father. Rachana Jain, the first year BCom student of SDM College, Ujire took the extreme

Udupi, September 14: Division among the Dalit groups in Udupi districts came to fore when two rival groups took two opposite stands on the presence of media persons at the district level Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes grievances redressal meeting, convened by the Deputy Commissioner here on Wednesday. This is the first time in last four years a DC in Udupi convened the SC/ST redressal

Mangalore, September 14: Students by involving themselves in co-curricular activities instill confidence in themselves and become disciplined, said Peter A Lewis, renowned painter and former Chairman of Karnataka Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore Inaugurating the fine arts fest Crossroads 2011 at Crossland College, Brahmavar, near here, he said: “Art should be a part of the curriculum and more