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I was going through a famous website where I was caught by a news write-up on the allocation of funds to mutts by the Government. The reason - they have their hospitals and educational institutions in the rural areas which offer social service to the society. Frankly speaking the funds which the government has allotted for these mutts are the money of common people which they give in form of tax

"Beware the Ides of March" said Shakespeare and "April is the cruelest month" wrote T. S. Eliot. For students preparing for exams, this has much been truer. As March-April dawns, exam phobia spreads its frenzy all over student community in India. Adding to the phobia factor, the power disruption becomes rampant too. Students, parents and teachers undergo a dilemma during this phase. It seems that

Losing or parting from our best friends at any point of time is a matter of inexplicably unbearable pain for young girls and boys, right? Yes, but let me ask an important question: Who is your best friend? If you ask the same question to anybody, of course, they suddenly will remember a long list of their sweet and beloved friends and reveal their names with extra details enthusiastically. Try to

Mangalore can boast itself as one amongst others having the largest area of roads concretized in the state. The main reason for concretizing the roads is the harsh weather conditions. Inspite of having good roads, the driving conditions have deteriorated owing to dismal driving sense. Mangalore being an educational hub has wide spectra of migrants who come for studies, business, tourism and

You spot your special someone for the first time, and the world comes to a standstill, and your favourite romantic track begins to play in the background, next thing - he sees you, and the sky is illuminated by fireworks. This one’s for the ultra quixotic populace. For the rest of us, we keep spotting them; sometimes we take note, sometimes they do. Finally, somebody realizes it’s worth the try

“He who humbles himself will be exalted and he who exalts himself will be crushed”. Truly another year has come and many of us are preparing ourselves to celebrate the festival of Easter. Easter is an important festival for Christians the world over. It symbolizes the triumph of Christ on the cross over death and defeat. He lived a life of humility with true spirit of humanness. Our preparation

Let me tell you a story… There was a very big company called GMR Energy Limited (GMREL), a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Company; a naptha-based barge mounted power project. It came to Mangalore in 2001. The company got the permission to set up the plant in Tannirbavi, Panamboor with an intention to fulfil the electricity needs of Mangaloreans. The fishermen and the environmentalists opposed

Although there is much hue and cry to save tigers at the national level, people of Mangalore are not too concerned about losing tigers as such - the Human tigers. Thanks to the traditional Huli (Pili) Vesha. Pili (Tulu word for tiger) Vesha is performed by different groups here in yenkalna Kudla. One among them is the Jeppu Friends Tiger Camp. They very recently performed at the Mangaladevi Jathre

Hunger has no religion. Be it a Hindu, a Muslim or a Christian – hunger is being experienced by every human being. Hunger or thirst is the occasion inviting immediate attention of all concerned. Society is duty bound to quickly attend to the need of hungry man. It looks very simple to feed the hungry person at a time. But when a society as a whole realizes its importance, no one will be seen

The State Government has decided to introduce more government buses in the twin districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada. With Mangalore-Manipal Volvo and other government buses plying on Mangalorean routes, are Private oprtations in the region feeling the heat already? Safiya Naeem checks the scene. The State Government’s proposal of launching Karnataka State Road Corporation (KSRTC) buses in and