Karnataka

Mangalore, August 3: New Mangalore Port has achieved a record in handling two lakh tonnes of LPG in a month during July 2011 which is the highest qty of LPG handled in a month so for by surpassing the earlier record of 1.86 tonnes handled during March 2011. NMPT being the topper in handling LPG in the country has so far handled 7.13 lakh tonnes of LPG during the current year 2011-12 (upto July

Vittla, August 03: Frustrated by the mental and physical torture meted out by her husband and in-laws a pregnant woman committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence at Golikatte in Kanyana village near here. The deceased has been identified as 26 year old Reshma daughter of Dayananda Shetty and Jayanthi residing at Kolnadu hamlet in Kodange village. Rajesh alias Raj Kumar had married

Mangalore, August 3: Sri Sharada Seva Trust, Surathkal and Sri Sharada Mahotsava Samiti, Surathkal in association with Department of Kannada and Culture, Dakshina Kannada, Kalkoora Institution, Kodialbail and Sri Krishna Geetha Jnana Samiti will organise an eight-day long discourse on Bagavad Githa by Vidvaan Paavgada Prakash Rai of “Satya-Darshana” fame, at Town Hall, Mangalore from August 6 to

Mangalore, August 3: A one-day workshop on Palliative Care was organised by the Department of Oncology and Nursing Service at Father Muller Medical College (FMMC) here on Wednesday. Inaugurating the program Dr. N S Channappa Gowda, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshin Kannada District, lamented the commercialisation of medical education. He expressed fear that the persistence of such a trend might reduce

Mangalore, August 3: Bahrain is all set to host the two-day 8th World Kannada Cultural Convention 2011 for the second time from September 29. Organized by Kannada Sangha Bahrain and city-based Hrudayavahini monthly, the convention aims to bring children of Non-Resident Indian Kannadigas outside India closer to their language, literature and culture and provide platform for local artists to mingle

Udupi, August 3: The failure of district administration in reaching out to the naxal prone areas and people in remote areas was evident in the 'Janasamparka Sabhe' (public contact programme) jointly organised by District Police Department, District Administration and Forest Department here at Sri Kodamanitthaya Temple Auditorium on Andaru-Ajekaru road on Tuesday. The programme threw light on

Bangalore, August 3: The explosive report by the Lokayukta on illegal mining in the State has gradually started tightening noose around the high and mighty in Karnataka even as the involvement of Dakshina Kannada-based encounter specialist Daya Nayak has come to light. Nayak, an officer with the Mumbai police, has been accused of exerting pressure on a senior officer of the Karnataka government at

Mangalore, Aug 3: Make a Difference (MAD), a youth volunteer network that works with underprivileged children will undertake 'Tour de difference' where five volunteers will cycle to 12 Indian cities, and cover 4240 kilometers in the months of August and September. The cycling expedition which will kick off at City Centre on August 7 will visit Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Chennai, Vellore

Mangalore, August 2: TeamLease Services, India's largest staffing Company and Indian Institute of Job Training (IIJT), India's fastest growing vocational education company is organizing an awareness seminar on Career in Financial Planning on August 6, 2011 at Hotel Deepa Comforts, opposite Canara College, MG Road, Mangalore at 10.45 am. The seminar jointly organized by IIJT and Financial Planning

Mangalore, August 2: The eighth 'All India Kannada Cultural Convention-2011' will be held on August 6 and 7 in Mumbai under the presidentship of well-known Kannada film director Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar. The two day convention will be held under the joint auspices of Mumbai based 'Mumbai Kannada Sangha' and 'Hridayavahini' Kannada newspaper in association with Government of Karnataka