Karnataka

Mangalore, September 3: Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) felicitated three achievers who passed Institute of Chartered Ship-brokers (ICS) training programme for the year 2010-11 at KCCI Conference Room on Friday. Huebert D'Souza, Prashanth and Kumar are the three Mangaloreans who have cleared all the papers and passed training programme among 14 members who joined the course during

Uppinagady, September 3: A first year PU student was killed and five others sustained serious injuries when a jeep and a motor bike collided at Ennethodi near Alankaru on Uppinangady-Kadaka State Highway on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Lakshmi (17), daughter of Rajan from Kombaru Tamil Colony. She was studying at Durgamba PU College, Kadaba. The injured are Pavithra (16), Deeksha

Mangalore, September 3: Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah organised a programme on Friday at Asha Nilaya Special Children's school, Udupi to share the joy of Eid-ul-Fitr and Ganesha Chathurti festivals with special children. Rev Goldin Bangera, Area Chairman and Presbyter Incharge, CSI Jubilee Church inaugurated the celebration by feeding sweets and dates to the students, and praised the organizers for

Mangalore, September 3: The AICTE, Delhi, on September 1, uploaded the approval letters for the MBA and MCA programmes conducted by St Aloysius College (Autonomous) at AIMIT, Beeri, the new campus of St Aloysius College. The College has been approved an intake of 240 seats for the MBA progamme and 120 seats for the MCA programme sunder the autonomous scheme. AICTE has changed the mode of approval

Udupi, September 2: Government should provide three per cent reservation in jobs to the members of the Vishwakarma Community, who are the second highest population among the Backward Classes, said Akhila Bharatha Vishwakarma Mahasabha President KP Nanjudi. Speaking to press persons after the preparatory meeting of the state level Vishwakarma Jayanthyothsava Celebrations, to be held at Mysore on

Mangalore, September 3: “People who cannot repay the home loan within the time frame may have their repayment time extended,” said Bank Chairman and Managing Director H S Upendra Kamath. Owing to the inflationary trends, the banks have been forced to increase the interest rates. This has resulted in the increased Every Month Installment (EMI) amount. Those who fail to pay the increased amount will

Mangalore, September 2: Flights from Mumbai to Mangalore and vice versa have been delayed after a Turkish plane skidded off the runway at Mumbai Airport early Friday. Mangalore Airport Director MR Vasudeva said that none of the three flights that had come from Mumbai, landed till 2:30 pm. However he said that the flights were expected to receive green signal for landing soon. A Jet Airways plane

Mangalore, September 2: Valuable wooden logs worth Rs 2 lakh during a raid by Belthangady Police on Friday. Based on credible information, the personnel of Belthangady Police Station intercepted a lorry, bearing registration number KA 19 C 6266 at Kinnigoli Kuvettu village in Belthangady taluk and seized wooden logs that were being transported illegally. The lorry driver however managed to escape

Belthangady, September 2: Funds have been released, but work hasn't yet started. This is the scenario in Belthangady Taluk. Statistics reveal a grim reality of lethargic officials, especially from the engineering department of the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat. Out of the 85 projects for the year 2008-09, under the development fund of Belthangady MLA K Vasantha Bangera, nearly 20 are still

Mangalore, September 2: Dr. Rajgopal Shenoy Kallya, president of Udupi District Chess Association, has been selected anonymously as Vice President of United Karnataka Chess Association in the recently held executive committee meeting of UKCA, Bangalore. Dr. Shenoy is a senior, good chess player, served as founder/Vice President of Udupi District Chess Association and he was elected as president of