Karnataka

Mangalore, February 1: 'Art Beat – Rangon Ka Mela 2011' and 'Spinout' inter collegiate fests were inaugurated at St Aloysius College, Mangalore on Tuesday, February 1. M Raghuram, Senior Assistant Editor, DNA, inaugurated 'Art Beat', the fest organized by the Arts Faculty of the College, at the Eric Mathias Hall. Fr Joseph Rodrigues, Rector, St Aloysius Institutions, presided over the function

Manjeshwar, February 1: An actor has been arrested by Kumble police on charges of kidnapping and sexually harassing a teen-age girl. The accused Abdul Sattar, popularly known as 'Album Sattar', secured many fans through his acting in Malayalam Mapille Album “Kalbil Neeyaann Fauziya”. According to Kumble Circle Inspector Damodaran, whose team played a major role to nab the accused, Album Sattar is

Mangalore, February 1: Women, who are good at making traditional Beary dishes such as 'Erchiro pinde, Neyappa ',' Muttero-appa, or at decorating palms with mehendi, could head to Kadri Park on February 6 and win prizes. The Karnataka Beary Academy has organised a cultural evening with competitions in making Beary dishes, and to test your mehendi skills. According to a release from Academy's

Mangalore, February 1: Mangalore assistant commissioner Prabhuling Kavalikatti on Monday suspended the Kavoor village accountant Shivanand Natekal for misbehaving with a Dalit woman. Natekal was arrested last week under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on the charge of seeking sexual favours from Nethravathi, an SC woman. Nethravathi had applied for a caste

Mangalore, January 31: Although Justice Somasekhara Commission report on attacks on places of worships in the state is apparently biased and prepared in the interest of the ruling government, no one should forget that it clearly mentioned that Bajarang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishath have directly involved in attack against around ten Christian centres, pointed out Advocate MP Noronha. He unearthed

Mangalore, January 31: The state government should fulfill its promise of giving greater freedom and power to Lokayukta to accomplish various tasks, said Lok Ayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde. He was speaking after laying foundation stone for the proposed new office building for the Dakshina Kannada division of Karnataka Lokayukta near Zilla Panchayat here on Monday. He said it is impossible for the

Mangalore, January 31: A customs officer ended his life at his residence near Kadri Road here on Sunday evening. The deceased has been identified as Shivaprasad (45), a native of Puttur, who was working as Customs Superintendent in the city since past five years. Police sources said that Shivaprasad took this extreme step after entering his bedroom in the pretext of taking rest. “At around 4 pm

Udupi, January 30: Central government has approved the proposal of reserving 20 per cent of seats in Engineering Colleges to the diploma holders trained in polytechnics, said Higher Education Minister Dr VS Acharya. He was speaking as the chief guest at the formal inauguration of Sri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology at Bantakal, near here on Saturday evening. He said that as many as 8,087

Mangalore, January 30: A person has lodged a private case against eight persons including Kudroli ward Corporator M Abdul Azeez, at second additional CJM court here, official sources said. The other accused are Venkatesh N Rao (48), Abdul Khadir Beary (57), Sahool (35), Navaz (27), Chelli (20), Kaliya (19) and M K Haneef. The complainant MV Riyaz accused them of land grabbing, producing fake

Kasaragod, January 29: Indian Union Muslim League Kerala state general secretary and former minister P K Kunhalikutty told media persons in his residence in Malappuram on Saturday that he was facing death threat from quotation gangs ( hired killers) from Mangalore. Media persons called on him in his residence on Saturday following reports that his personal security gunman had reported that