Karnataka

Mangalore, February 25: The first ever state level conference of Campus Front of India (CFI) will be held on Sunday, February 27 under the theme “Students for Social Change” at Nehru Maidan here. Announcing this to media persons at Press Club here on Friday, Abdul Rahman, Organising Chairman of the Conference said that the main objective of the conference is to empower the students in particular

Mangalore, February 25: In a horrendous revenge, a group of miscreants, allegedly belonging to a saffron group, murdered a man with a criminal back ground on Friday afternoon at Charavu near Gurupura. The deceased has been identified as Kabeer, who was one of the accused in two murder cases including that of Sukhananda Shetty. The incident occurred at around 12:40 pm, just a furlong away from the

Mangalore, February 25: Union Minister of Civil Aviation Vayalar Ravi has promised that the memorial plaque of the Mangalore air crash victims at Kenjar will be restored. MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar stated in a press release that the Minister had given the promise answering to a question made by him in the Parliament on the steps taken by the government to restore the plaque and identifying the

Mangalore, February 25: Ananth Pai (81), popularly known as Uncle Pai, the creator of 'Indian comics,' in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967, which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories and biographies of historical characters, passed away in Mumbai on Thursday. Born in KarkalaBorn in Karkala to Venkataraya and Susheela Pai, he lost his parents at the age of two

Udupi, February 24: Ill effects of the coal based Udupi Power Plant (earstwhile Nagarjuna) will include down pour of acid rain, caused by Carbon dioxide, resulting in destruction of forests, agricultural crops and horticultural grows, said noted environmentalist Dr NA Madhyastha. He was speaking after inaugurating the two day “paadayathra” against the coal based power plant headed by former MLA UR

Mangalore, February 24: A group of alleged saffron activists brutally attacked a youth belonging to another community by sword, iron rod and cricket stumps on Thursday evening. The victim, Nelson D'Souza (27), a resident of RN Villa, Kottarachowki, Mangalore, has been admitted to AJ Hospital for emergency treatment. A severely injured D'Souza has said that a group of 15 people including Bajrang

Mangalore, February 24: The Supreme Court's ban order on sale of tobacco products in plastic sachets March 1 onwards, has severely hit the areca growers in the region said Konkodi Padmanabha Bhat, President of the Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative (CAMPCO) He was addressing the media persons at Campco office here on Thursday. The Supreme Court's decision came on

Mangalore, February 24: Terming the attacks on churches in Mangalore and other parts of Karnataka in September 2008 and its aftermath as and “state- tyranny” and “state sponsored terrorism”, Justice Michael F. Saldanha, retired judge of Karnataka High Court said that it is obvious that the attacks were “pre planned” by the Bharatiya Janata Party led Government. Addressing media persons after

Mangalore, February 24: We should strive to retain the culture and greenery of the city during the course of its speedy development, said B Nagaraja Shetty, Chairman of Coastal Development Authority. He was delivering the presidential address at the inaugural session of the three day seminar jointly organised by St Aloysius College (Autonomous) and Mangalore Sociology Association under the central

Mangalore, February 24: To pay tribute to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th birth anniversary, St Aloysius College will celebrate 'Tagore's Day' on February 26 under the auspices of Department of English and Durga Puja and Dussera Celebration Committee at St Aloysius College here. Melisa Goveas, Orgainising Secretary, told mediapersons at Press Club here on Thursday that the