Karnataka

Mangalore, April 4: In a unique gesture Arya Samaj Mangalore on Monday organised a Gayatri Yagna involving Dalits for the first time to mark its foundation day coupled with Yugadi festival. Priests hailing from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes performed the yagna under the supervision of upper caste people at Sri Kordabbu Barageshwara temple here. Addressing the gathering, prior to the

Mangalore, April 4: Doctors should always maintain a bond with patients as constant touch between them is very necessary in some cases, said well known Cardiologist Dr K Mukund. He was speaking after inaugurating the free heart problems detection and diabetic check up camp for general public organised under the joint auspices of Dakshina Kannada district unit of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV)

Mangalore, April 4: The security personnel of Mangalore Airport arrested a Doha bound student on Sunday for carrying a bullet in his wallet. The arrested is Muhammad Sadiq (26), a resident of Thalangere in Kasaragod. Sadiq, student of MBA in Qatar had arrived Mangalore Airport on Sunday morning to travel Doha by Air India Express. During the frisking, security personnel headed by CSF Inspector

Mangalore, April 4: A six-member PUCL delegation led by its state president PB D'Sa, met the Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Alok Mohan and the Mangalore Commissioner of Police Seemanth Kumar Singh and held discussions on a number of important topics such as human rights, communalism etc. On the occasion, copies of several PUCL reports and publications such as 'Report of the People's

Mangalore, April 4: In a gruesome road mishap, an aged couple was killed and six persons including three children injured when they were knocked out of an auto rickshaw in which they were travelling by a speeding private bus at Mani circle on Sunday evening. The deceased have been identified as Yusuf Mukrika (75) and his wife Beefathumma (65). The injured are their daughter Kubra (24), daughter-in

Mangalore, April 4: Besant Women's College, Mangalore has been awarded 'A' grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). A NAAC team had visited the college on 21, 22 and 23 February earlier this year for re-accreditation. The team members who visited the college included Dr.Kanta Ahuja, Former VC, Rajasthan University, (Chairperson), Dr.Kuldeep Kumar Raina, Deputy Director

Mangalore, April 4: The Dakshina Kannada district has made a 'significant record' by implementing works worth nearly Rs 8 crore in just 11 days, under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Even in 2009, the district had implemented works worth Rs 12 crore in just one month, which was later termed as a 'bogus progress.' According to the official website, as on April 2

Kukke subrahmanya, April 4: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa here on Sunday refrained from making it clear if the Government was intended to divert the Netravathi. When presspersons asked him to specify why the Government had allocated Rs. 200 crore in the agriculture budget for 2011-12 for “making water available” from the Yettinahole canal, a tributary of the Netravathi, in the Western Ghats, the

Mangalore, April 4: Twenty-eight boys and a girl were rescued by the district Child Welfare Committee from a “congested” hall in Pakshikere area. Chairperson of the CWC Asha Nayak said that the children were aged between six and 15, and that the girl was 11 years old. Most of the boys are from different places of the State, including Tumkur, Halebid, Hassan and Chikmagalur. Seven of them were from

Udupi, April 3: Udupi District-in-charge Minister Dr VS Acharya on Sunday distributed keys of auto rickshaws to 34 beneficiaries of Koraga community chosen under the Integrated Tribal Development Programme, at a function held at Ambedkar Bhavan. Under the programme, government finances Rs 80,000 for the purchase of auto rickshaws costing Rs 1.30 lakhs each, towards their economical empowerment