Karnataka

Mangalore, July 18: The biggest event on the district's football calendar kicked off on Monday, with the inauguration of 15th Independence Cup Football Tournament at the Football Ground adjacent to Nehru Maidan here. Mangalore Mayor Praveen Anchan formally inaugurated the tournament by kicking off the ball. Over 150 teams and 2,000 young players are participating in this month long day long

Mangalore, July 19: Dalit Hakkugala Horata Samiti and Communist Party of India (Marxist) staged a protest outside Mangalore City Corporation on Monday condemning the move of the Corporation to level houses of Dalits residing in Mullakadu area to make way for road widening. “The Dalits being made to give up their land to facilitate road widening at Mullakadu Akash Bhavan is unacceptable. They have

Mangalore, July 18: The state government has sanctioned Rs 15 crore for extending the concrete runway at the airport and a land of 154 acres has been acquired for the purposes, said Krishna J Palemar, District in charge Minister of Dakshina Kannada. He was speaking after inaugurating five-day “Sanskrithika Kalothsava” a cultural festival for the school and college students and for the general

Mangalore, July 18: The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, popularly known as the Feast of the Scapular (Benthin) was celebrated at the Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte on Sunday, July 17th along with the faithful. Despite the rain devotees gathered in a large number. For Carmelites, this feast is of prime importance and has always been celebrated with great fervor and devotion. There were 3

Bhatka, July 18 : Even as Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) personnel fanned out across the country to gather clues in the Mumbai blasts case, none of them grilled Riyaz Bhatkal's relatives here till Sunday evening. They won't do so until they find evidence that somebody trained by Indian Mujahideen founder Riyaz and his brother Iqbal from Bhatkal was involved," said a central intelligence

Mangalore, July 18: Engine of Train No 16517 Yeshwanthpur – Kannur Express derailed between Kadakaravalli and Donigal, as it hit a huge boulder which had fallen on the track on Sunday morning. As a result, the train was delayed and did not run from Mangalore Central to Kannur. The train service was restored at 2 pm. Due to continuous unprecedented torrential rains in Konkan region, particularly

Udupi, July 17: Deputy Commissioner of Udupi MT Reju, as a precautionary measure against incessant rains, has declared holiday to all the schools and colleges of the district on July 18, Monday. According to the information from the DC Office, meteorological department has warned of heavy rains to continue for the next 24 hours. It has also cautioned the people living beside the rivers to take

Ullal, July 17: The newly built office of Sunni Vidyarthi Sangha at Alekal near here was recently inaugurated by Mansoor Madani, the Khatheeb of Manchila Jum'a Masjid. The ribbon cutting ceremony was followed by the Maulid recitation. Speaking on the occasion, Sa'adi Alekal called upon the gathering to lead a life, fully committed to principals and ideals of the religion of Islam. N D Aboobakar

Mangalore, July 17: Eighty Seven players are leading with two points at the end of second round in the Indian Overseas Bank 5th Mangalore FIDE Rated Open chess tournament being held at Radhakrishna Temple, Mangalore. On the first board Top seeded GM RR Laxman of ICF had to split the point with low ELO rated Pramanik Projjwal of Karnataka in 39 moves. Facing the Larsen opening, Laxman set to score

Mangalore, July 17: Once again, heavy downpour rocked several parts of three coastal districts of Karnataka. Normal life in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada has been paralysed due to the heavy downpour for the past 48 hours. At least three persons have lost their lives in rain related tragedies occurred in the past 24 hours of in the three districts. 45 year old Chinappa died when he