Karnataka

Mangalore, July 15: Senior Konkani writer Stan Ageira has been chosen for Konkani Kuttam award being conferred by Konkani Kuttam, a Bahrain based voluntary forum for promoting Konkani language, literature and culture. Addressing a press meet here on Friday, Konkani Kuttam convener Richard Moras said that the award ceremony would be held on July 23 at St Sebastian Platinum jubilee hall in Bendore

Mangalore, July 15: Talent Research Foundation, a city based philanthropic organization on Friday organized a workshop on 'Initiative in Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS)' at its Conference Hall, here. N. Shivaprakash, Deputy Project Coordinator, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan inaugurated the workshop. Speaking on the occasion he said the present teaching method is taking the students away from the

Mangalore, July 15: A senior IPS officer and his wife got injured in what could be a fatal road mishap at Kanyady village of Belthangady taluk near here on Friday. The Director General of Police of Home Guards, Fire & Emergency Services Dr. D V Guruprasad (59) and his wife were travelling towards Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala, when a speeding private bus plying from Dharmasthala to Mangalore, hit

Mangalore, July 15: The perennial dilemma faced by a film director while transforming a classical work into visual form dominated the discussions that followed the screening of P. Sheshadri's award-winning movie “Bettada Jeeva” at Roshni Nilaya here on Friday. Reacting to an observation made by journalist Praveen Padigar that the movie did not have the same climax as in the Shivarama Karanth's

Mangalore, July 21: The 15th Independence Cup Football Tournament will be held under the aegis of Dakshina Kannada District Football Association from July 18 at District Football Stadium adjacent to Nehru Maidan in the city. Addressing a press meet here on Friday DKDFA president D M Aslam said as many as 150 teams including 10 girls' teams have registered their names for the tournament and the

Mangalore, July 15: As part of their week-long movement against corruption, the district units of left parties including the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), CPI, All India Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party staged a demonstration in front of Deputy Commissioner's Office here on Friday seeking the fulfillment of various demands. B Madhava, District Secretary of CPI (M)

Bangalore/Bhatkal, July 15: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into the murder of Mangalore-based human rights advocate Naushad Kashimji. Naushad Kashimji Justice Mohan Shantangowder ordered the probe after hearing a petition seeking a CBI probe into the murder and the alleged involvement of four police officers in the two-year old case. Naushad, who was shot dead outside his

Mangalore, July 15: Strongly opposing the Government's decision of having religious text imparted as a subject in the primary and higher primary schools, DK district unit of AHINDA said that teaching of all religious texts to students of primary and high schools across Karnataka should be immediately banned. Addressing a press meet here on Thursday, AHINDA DK district unit Working President

Mangalore, July 15: Residents of an apartment and surrounding villas near Nandigudda in Jeppu had to spend the whole night in anxiety and fear as a giant banyan tree leaned onto the building in a potentially dangerous manner following heavy rains on Thursday. The 150-year-old banyan tree, which had partially got uprooted just a couple of weeks back, could not withstand the accompanied with gusty

Udupi, July 14: Demanding the immediate withdrawal of Bhagavad Gita Abhiyan in schools, the district unit of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike on Thursday staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner, here. Addressing the gathering Dalith leader Jayan Malpe accused the government of trying to disturb the communal harmony in the state. He accused the BJP led state