Karnataka

Puttur, February 7: In an aggressive reaction to the statement of a group of progressive ulema, who had publicly criticised Ullal Deputy Qazi Koora Thangal for his fake miracle, a group of miscreants tortured one of the ulema after kidnapping him on Monday. The victim is Usthad Hussain Darimi (42), a resident of Renjalady in Puttur taluk. He is currently undergoing treatment at Mahaveer Hospital

Mangalore, February 7: Bahrain based Kanchan Foundation will release “Kalasha Kanchana” a CD of devotional of songs of Urwa Mariamma Temple. The CD will be released on the occasion of offering of golden pinnacle to the temple on February 18 at its premises. The CD consists of nine songs in Kannada and Tulu languages. Yashawanth Boloor and Leeladhar Baikampady have written the lyrics. Music

Mangalore, February 7: Stunned by the revelation that 'Makara Jyothi' was a man lit-fire, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of Sri Rama Sena, on Monday staged a protest against the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDP), which manages the Sabarimala shrine, burning the effigy of its President M Rajagoplan Nair in front of the Office of Deputy Commissioner here. Rajagopalan has recently made it clear

Mangalore, February 7: A large number of people attended the holy mass at the Rosario Cathedral at Pandeshwar on Sunday to commemorate the silver jubilee of the Pope's visit to Bajpe and the completion of 125 years of the Mangalore diocese.The Bishop of Mangalore, Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, unveiled the logo of the jubilee at the same event. Before the evening event began, hundreds of people

Mangalore, February 7: A charismatic retreat was held at Fatima Retreat House, Jeppu, on Sunday, February 6. Rev Fr Michael Payyapilly VC and team from Devine Retreat Centre Potta preached at the retreat in English. Dolphy Lobo carried out the translation in Konkani. A large number of people participated in the healing session after the confessions.

Mangalore, February 7: The installation ceremony of office bearers for the year 2011 of JCI Mangalore was held at Hotel Maya International recently. Jc Heerachand took oath as the President of the chapter along with Jc Madhava -Secretary, Jc Sunil Vas -Treasurer, Jc Dinesha – Joint Secretary, Jc Ramnath – Joint Treasurer. Jc Aldrin Vaz, Jc Mahesh Kamth, Jc Shashidhar, Jc Santhosh D'Mello, Jc Binoy

Mangalore, February 7: A variety of delicious traditional dishes that are hardly available in restaurants, competed with each other at the Beary cultural eve organised by the Karnataka Beary Sahithya Academy at Kadri Park on Sunday. With as many as 60 women taking part in the cookery contest and 53 participants in Mehendi contest as part of the special eve, Kadri Park was literally converted into

Mangalore, February 7: Gurudeep Madyastha of Alva's College, Moodbidri, scored an unbeaten century to help his team thrash NMAMIT, Nitte, and secure a 154 run victory in the first match of the ongoing Benjamin D'souza Memorial Inter College Cricket Tournament - 2011 played at NITK - A Ground. Winning the toss and electing to bat, Alva's College put on 275 for the loss of 4 wickets in 50 overs

Udupi, February 6: Chief Minister BS Yedyurappa announced to hold a Global Agricultural Investors' Meet on the lines of GIM, by May-June. He was delivering the valedictory address at the three days Krishi Mela-2011, organized by Sri Kshethra Dharmasthala Gramabhivruddhi Yojana, at Bajagoli in Karkala taluk, on Sunday evening. Yedyurappa reiterated that along with the state budget, he would also

Mangalore, February 6: The District Crime Intelligence Bureau (DCIB) along with Vittal Police on Sunday arrested four local accomplices of Underworld don Ravi Poojary at Mani near near Uppinangady. The arrested have been identified as Munna, Riyaz, Viswanatha and Raghunatha. Police said that the accused along with Poojari had plotted to eliminate a businessman in Paivalike in Kasargod. According