Karnataka

Udupi, March 21: Karnataka Government recently has passed a bill to enable the recruitment of lecturers of Job Orient Courses (JOC), to different government departments, said MLC Ganesh Karnik. Government had withdrawn the JOC from the academic year 2010-11 and closed all the 590 JOC centers in the state. Over 3,700 lecturers had lost their jobs earning them a monthly salary of around Rs 4000

Mangalore, March 21: Dr. Shivarama Karantha Biological Park at Pilikula on the outskirts of the city is thinking of creating facilities for sparrow breeding, according to its director H.J. Bhandary. Speaking to a national daily on “The World Sparrow Day” on Sunday with the theme “chirp for the sparrow! tweet for the sparrow!”, Mr. Bhandary said that change in the housing pattern was one of the

Mangalore, March 20: The colourful festival of Holi was celebrated across Mangalore on Sunday. People enjoyed the day spilling out onto the streets hurling coloured powder and coloured water at each other. In a rare instance, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada Subodh Yadav hosted a colourful holy bash at his residence here inviting his colleagues and senior police officers. City police chief

Mangalore, March 20: Tulukoota Kuwait in association with Aadarsha hospital Udupi is holding the "Tulukoota Kuwait Kidney Dialysis Project". A recent survey has indicated that less than 10% of the total patients requiring dialysis in India are able to avail the facility. Hemodialysis treatment is very expensive. The medicines are equally costly and a majority of the patients are not able to afford

Uppinangady, March 20: There should not be any room for conflict in the matters of religion. The 'Samastha' which always strive for harmony, has never paved way for clashes, said Athur Mudarris Hadi Ibrahim Thangal. He was speaking after inaugurating a two day Sunni Conference “Samastha-85” and study camp here with the promulgation “Preserving the tradition is the goal of Samastha” organized under

Mangalore, March 20: A man was found brutally murdered on Saturday night on Arbi Road neary Achary Bail junction at Moodshedde village of Mangalore Taluk. The deceased has been identified as Venkatesh (32), a resident of Jeppinamogaru area of the city. A deep knife-stab injury was clearly visible on his body. Kavoor police, who have registered a case of murder said, the incident took place

Mangalore, March 20: Working towards strengthening the relationship between people of different faiths and establishing communal harmony is the need of the hour, said Mangalore MLA UT Khader. He was speaking at the Talent Milad Awards ceremony organised under the auspices of Talent Research Foundation, a city based philanthropic organisation at Town Hall here on Sunday. As many as 92 achievers

Bantwal, March 20: Four persons have been arrested and remanded to judicial custody in connection with the murder of Badruddin in Ramalkatte on March 15. The accused are Ganesh Poojary (49), his son Kishan (19), relatives Pravin (23) and Jeevan (21), residents of Bondel, Mangalore. Police, who are investigating the case, said the accused killed Badruddin because of his affair with the daughter of

Mangalore, March 20: Dr. Vedavyas Srinivas Acharya, State Minister for Higher Education, has urged the media to be positive, factual and a catalyst for development. He was addressing media persons at Press Club here on Sunday after presenting 'Pa Go Memorial Award 2010' to Laxmi Machina, a journalist with Udayavani daily, Belthangady. The award, instituted by the Dakshina Kannada Working

Mangalore, March 20: Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte emerged overall champions at 'Verve 2011', the B-School meet organised by the MBA dept of AIMIT, St Aloysius College, Mangalore. The MBA team from St Joseph's Engineering College, Vamanjoor were the Runners up. The valedictory ceremony was held at the College Auditorium. Allen Ben Pinto, Student Co-ordinator Verve 2011 welcomed