Karnataka

Mangalore, March 9: Ash Wednesday was observed at Infant Jesus Shrine, Bikarnakatte today. Devotees gathered in large number early in the morning at 6 am to participate in the Holy Eucharist. Fr. George Santhumayor in the Homily highlighted the need of renewal in the life of a believer. Later the Ash was blessed and was put on the forehead of the believers as they came in procession in a true

Mangalore, March 9: The funeral of Polycorpus Mar Geeverghese, Bishop of Jacobite Syrian Church, who passed away on Sunday in Kerala was held at St. Antony's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Cathedral, Jeppu, Mangalore, on Wednesday, March 9.Catholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas I led the funeral ceremonies.Bishop Geeverghese was the Director of Honnavar Mission and was largely responsible for the setting

Uppinangady, March 9: A driver of a bullet tanker suffered severe injuries when his speedy vehicle overturned on National Highway 48 at Bedrodi near here. The injured has been identified as Kullan Devi (22), hailing from Tamil Nadu. He was rushed to the Puttur government hospital for emergency treatment. Huge damage was caused to the tanker which was moving towards Bangalore from Mangalore

Mangalore, March 9: Using a cell phone while driving will attract a fine of Rs 300. But in a medical college campus here, it's Rs 10,000, plus confiscation of the cell phone and a week's suspension. It doesn't matter whether the cell phone is used in the classroom or college building or campus. If this is the highest fine imposed on cell phone use, there are other violations which attract hefty

Mangalore, March 9: Ration card woes may finally come to an end with the state government deciding to empower the department of food and civil supplies to handle all future transactions related to preparation and disbursal of ration cards in the state. This process was hitherto outsourced to Comet Technologies and the government a month ago terminated the contract given to the company and decided

Mangalore, March 9: The P. Dayanand Pai and P. Satish Pai Yakshagana Adhyayana Kendra, Mangalore University, has awarded the first Yakshamangala Prashasti to Kadathoka Manjunatha, whose contribution to the art spans 60 years. The award carries a citation, cash prize of Rs. 25,000 and felicitation to be held on March 14. A committee headed by folklorist Amrut Someshwar chose Mr. Manjunatha as the

Mangalore, March 9: The newly elected members to the Mangalore Taluk Panchayat In their maiden general meeting here on Tuesday took officials to task over the delay in selecting beneficiaries for government housing schemes. Taluk panchayats had been directed to identify government land where house sites can be allotted to those in need. Members from several constituencies complained that their

Udupi, March 8: Youth wing of Jama'at-e-Islami Hind, Udupi unit on Tuesday took out a protest march on the streets of Udupi against the coal-based Udupi Power Corporation Ltd for "causing health and environmental hazards". They also submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner. Speaking on the occasion Mohammed Kunhi of Jama'at-e-Islami Hind (youth wing) stressed upon the need for

Manipal, March 8: Medical Laboratory Technology provides critical information enabling physicians to diagnose, treat and monitor a patients' condition. Laboratory methods have developed as hi-tech as any other technology, said Dr K Ramnarayan, Vice Chancellor of Manipal University. He was speaking after inaugurating 'Explore-2011', the Annual Workshop on Insights in to the recent developments in

Manipal, March 8: The Community Medicine Department of KMC, Manipal and Manipal Institute of Technology launched 'Sneha', a personal hygiene product for women and adolescent girls from the economically weaker section of the society on the occasion of 101st International Women's Day at Manipal University on Tuesday. “The personal hygiene support programme was started way back on May 7, 2009 at