Karnataka

Mangalore, February 10: Bhavya Gangadhara Poojary and Vijayalaxmi Shetty of the BJP were elected President and Vice President of Mangalore Taluk Panchayat by one vote, respectively.Prabhulinga Kavalikatti, Assistant Commissioner assisted by Vishwanath Poojary, Executive Officer of Taluk Panchayat conducted the elections which were held at the Taluk Panchayat Auditorium here on Thursday.Both

Mangalore, February 10: Ranga Taranga, Mangalore, has planned to stage a first-of-its-kind seven-and-half hour Tulu drama at Town Hall on Saturday on Sri Babbuswamy.The drama will be played on three stages built at a cost of Rs 2 lakh and more than 35 artistes will take part in the drama, according to K Sharatchandra, the producer of the drama, who addressed the media on Thursday at Press Club.The

Mangalore, February 10: The Karnataka State High School Assistant Masters' Association has urged the state government to increase the salaries of assistant masters from the present Rs. 8,825-16,000 scale to the Rs. 10,800-20,025 scale.The Association also urged the government to set the pay scale anomalies by complying with the recommendations of the Commissioner of Education Department based on

Mangalore, February 10: Krishna J Palemar, DK District in-charge Minister, has written to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa requesting for release of more relief funds for the Endosulfan victims of Belthangady taluk, an official press release has stated. The release states that Palemar in his letter addressed to Yeddyurappa has appealed that some additional relief along with the existing funds be

Mangalore, February 10: Mangalore Productivity Council is celebrating Productivity Week from February 12 to 18 as part of the nation-wide campaign by the National Productivity Council.A total of four lectures have been organised at SDM Law College to mark the campaign with the inaugural talk by Dr Supriya Hegde, assistant professor, KMC, on the topic Stress Management on Sunday at 6pm.The next

Mangalore, February 10: The Academic Excellence Awards function for the students of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasargod districts who have excelled in SSLC, PUC and Under Graduate examinations organized by the Yenepoya Foundation, a unit of Yenepoya Moideen Kunhi Memorial Educational & Charitable Trust was held at the Indoor Auditorium of Yenepoya University, Deralakatte near here on Thursday

Mangalore, February 10: MLA and deputy speaker of Karnataka Assembly N Yogish Bhat on Thursday released the audio CD of Kannada and Konkani devotional songs sung by noted Hindustani singer Vibha Srinivas. The CD, produced by SHUU Creations, has been titled 'Jo Jo Venkatesha' and contains eight devotional songs compiled by Purandaradasa, Raghaendra Nayak, Sadananda Nayak and Ashwin Harish Nayak

Kasaragod, February 10: As many as 11 youth were injured, two of them seriously, following clashes between SKSSF and SSF activists at a madrasa in Chinnamugar on Tuesday night. The Samastha Kerala Sunni Students' Federation, SKSSF, activists Yusef (35) a native of Chinnamugar, Rahim (25), Ibrahim Mohammed (26), and Sunni Students' Federation (SSF) activist Zainudeen Abid (24), were rushed to a

Mangalore February 10: Motorists parking their vehicles in “no-parking” areas will to wait for a long time to get their vehicles moving even after paying the fine in city. The Mangalore City police will shortly start using new locks for vehicles parked in the no-parking zones. Instead of towing away the vehicles, the police will put these locks on a wheel. The motorist has to pay the fine at the

Mangalore, February 9: Vittla Police have seized stolen sandalwood worth Rs 2.5 lakh following a raid at a house in Kamblabettu. Following a credible information, PSI Vittla and his staff conducted the raid at the house Vittalmudnur village of Bantwal Taluk and seized about 101 Kg of sandal wood. The police also arrested the suspect Abdul Lathif (29) and a case has been registered in Vittla Police