Karnataka

Mangalore, February 3 : Passenger traffic at Mangalore Airport has touched 8 lakhs in 2010 and has been steadily growing since last seven years. According to Director of the Airport M R Vasudeva, the airport had handled 2.65 lakh passengers in 2005, 4.35 lakh passengers in 2006, 6.70 lakh passengers in 2007, 7.07 lakh passengers in 2008, 7.57 lakh passengers in 2009 and 8.04 lakh passengers last

Mangalore, February 3: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Oscar Fernandes has urged the Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Minister of State K H Muniyappa to set up a separate railway division at Mangalore with Mangalore as the headquarter. Acting on a memorandum given to him by the Mangalore Railway Development Action Committee, he urged both the ministers to consider the

Mangalore, February 3: Talent Research Foundation has decided to celebrate Eid-Milad by honouring the common people who work for the benefit of the society without recognition over the years. Revealing this to media persons at Press Club here on Thursday, Muhammad Rafeeq, Advisor of the Foundation said that dedication, honesty, hard work, service, time-consciousness etc will be considered at the

Mangalore, February 3: Family members of the boy, who committed suicide in the city two days ago under mysterious circumstances demanding a though probe into the circumstances that forced him to take extreme step. Soorya Shetty (13), son of Nagesh Shetty, residing near Ballal Bagh ended his life by hanging himself at his residence on Tuesday. He was a class VIII student in a city based private

Mangalore, February 3: MR Vasudeva, Airport director of Mangalore and Prof. MB Puranik, President of Sharada group of Institutions, Mangalore, were unanimously elected in the recently held Executive Committee of UKCA as Hon. Presidents of United Karnataka Chess association, an official and affiliated body of All India chess Federation. Prof Puranik, is the president of Sharada group of

Mangalore, February 3: The Judicial Magistrate First Class (Court II) has ordered an inquiry into a complaint against those who have warned that no advocate should represent the accused in the death of three-year-old Priyanka Jha. Judicial Magistrate First Class (Court II) Guruprasad Kulakarni passed an order on January 21 stating that an officer of the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police “is

Mangalore, February 3: Cute performances by little children on stage enthralled the audience at the anniversary function of Bright Model School (BMS). The ceremony was recently held at Town Hall Mangalore. Is'haq Puttur, Vice President of DK unit of JIH presided over the programme. Kudroli Corporator Abdul Azeez , Dr KS Arif and Vijayalaxmi, Principal of Women's Islamic College, Thokkottu were the

Thokkottu, February 2: The top leaders of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Wednesday pledged to bring a change in Indian politics through opening the doors of politics for the youth, who dare to eradicate corruption from this country and there by restore the dignity of politics. Large number of Congress workers from across the district converged at “Youth Awareness Convention” held at Thokkottu

Mangalore, February 2: Vaishnavi Sathish, a student of Central Lourd's School here has qualified for the national level competition “Kaho What's Your India?” a skill fest launched by Idea Cellular. According to press release issued by Shiva Ganapthi of Idea Cellular as many as 240 students from 24 schools in the city have participated in the competition at city level. Idea has launched 'Kaho What

Kasaragod, February 2: As many as seven students of the LBS engineering college sustained injuries in a clash between activists of the MSF and SFI in the college and outside here. SFI activists Irshad, 19, of Koyilandy, Abdul Rahman,19 and Rahul Das,18, of Vatakara were admitted to the E K Nayanar hospital in Chengala while MSF activists Junaid, 20, of Chattamchal, Riyas , 20, were rushed to a