Karnataka

Mangalore, June 20: The successful run of Tulu movie 'Oriyardori Asal' now for the fourth week, indicates the love of the people of Tulunadu for the Tulu language which is great danger of diminishing, said Guru Kiran, popular Kannada singer. He was speaking to media persons at press meet on the completion of 25 days of successful screening of the movie in five theaters. While appreciating the hard

Mangalore, June 22: Pressing the demand for a government art gallery in Mangalore, Karavali Chithrakalavidara Chavadi will organise a painting exhibition 'Sanchalana' from June 24 to 29, at Prasad Art Gallery in Mangalore. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Chavadi President Ganesh Somayaji said the artists in Dakshina Kannada were demanding for a government art gallery for the last 25

Mangalore, June 20: A woman passenger died after she was thrown out of a moving passenger bus at Kalladka in Golthamajalu village along National Highway in Bantwal taluk on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Nagamma alias Ramani (29), wife of Gangadhara Poojary, resident of Narahari Nagar in Bolangadi. The incident occurred when Vishwanath, the driver of the KSRTC bus applied brake

Udupi, June 20: In yet another case of reckless evaluation, an SSLC?student from Brahmavar in Udupi district has been denied marks for ''change'' in her handwriting in the 23-page answer scripts. Sandhya G S, a student of Kota Viveka Girls High School was shocked when she got low marks in Kannada. She had secured 96 in Social Science, 93 in Mathematics, 82 in Social Studies, 90 in Hindi and 79 in

Mangalore, June 20: A 21-year-old student of the University College here died after she allegedly attempted to end her life at her house in the city on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Saritha, daughter of Vasantha, resident of Barebail. She was a final year B.Com student. Saritha allegedly poured kerosene on herself in the bathroom of her house in Barebail near Kadri at around

Mangalore, June 20: Aneeshcharith Bhandary, a student of BRMP School, Bantwal and Reesha Shenoy, a student of Carmel English school, Mangalore, have won the titles in Karnataka State Under 16 Boys and Girls Chess Championship respectively. The two day championship was organised by Karnataka State Chess Association (Affiliated to Chess Association of India) in association with Sri Dhavala College

Mangalore, June 20: Minister for Environment Krishna J Palemar said the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has planned to adopt a 'kugrama' (most backward village) in the State and develop it as a model village. Speaking to media persons at Kokkada, Belthangady taluk, on the sidelines of a function on Sunday, Mr Palemar said that the village was yet to be identified. The KSPCB would

Mangalore, June 20: Have you heard of a machine that makes nothing but pancakes (Dosas)? That too 350 dosas per hour! The final year students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Srinivas Institute of Technology, Valachil, have come up with the project so as to revolutionize the method of preparation of a famous food item pancake of South India, traditionally known as dosa. For

Mangalore, June 20: Train services which were affected due to heavy rain and retaining wall collapse between Ratnagiri and Nivsvar railway stations on June 17 was restored on Konkan Railway route from 8.30am on Sunday. Railway authorities however cancelled train 10215 Madgoan-Ernakulam Express scheduled for the day, a press release from Southern Railway here on Sunday stated. Train 12998

Mangalore, June 19: Stating that Prime Minister of the country must come under the purview of Lokpal, Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Sunday lashed out at the union government for its continued double standard in this issue. Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of a private programme, here, Mr Hegde, who is also a member of the Lokpal drafting committee, said that keeping PM out of