Karnataka

Kasargod, November 17: After his recent critical remarks of ruling Congress-led UDF, Defence Minister A K Antony Saturday said there is a favourable atmosphere for industrialisation in Kerala and emphasised the need to work unitedly, forgetting party affiliations for development. "The present political atmosphere is very favourable for industrial development. We should forget party affiliations on

Mangalore, November 17: Former Union Minister B Janardhan Poojary on Saturday inaugurated a newly-built air-conditioned hall and dining hall in the premises of Shree Gokarnanatha Kshetra at Kudroli here. The multi-purpose hall 'Jaya Suvarna' with a seating capacity of a thousand people and dining hall 'Raghavendra Sadana' were inaugurated by unveiling a plague. Delivering the inaugural speech, Mr

Mangalore, November 17: It was a kids' world at the prize distribution ceremony of the 10th edition of 'Vijaya Karnataka-Ideal Muddu Kanda-2012', a competition for the best photograph of a child, held at CBOO Hall in Kodialbail on Friday. Three winning entries in the competition were given cash prizes along with certificates and dolls. Six children received congratulatory prizes, while 30 others

Mangalore, November 17: The Association of Consulting Civil Engineers Mangalore branch organized a function to celebrate 'Deepavali' festival on Friday at Lions Seva Mandir, Mangalore. Inaugurating the programme, city police crime branch inspector Venkatesh Prasanna explained the aim, objective and significance of the very Deepavali celebrations. He urged that the engineer fraternity to promote

Bhatkal, November 17: A middle age man died on spot after the motorbike he was riding was collided with a speeding Maruti Omni at Murudeshwar Naka near here. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Ashfaq Koteshwar, a resident of Ghousiya Street, here. His friend Eshwar Somayya Bakada, a resident of Murudeshwar National Colony, who was riding pillion has been hospitalized with severe injuries

Moodbidri, November 17: Suspected cattle thieves pelted stones at Ayyappa Mandir at Ontikatte, near here and menacingly threatened few devotees present there in the wee hour of Friday, sources said. The miscreants who arrived at the spot in a Tata Sumo at 3 a.m. attempted to catch hold of cattle tethered in the temple premises. Awakened by the noise, one Guruswamy Prashant Anchan came out to have

Mangalore, November 17: 'Ksheeranjali', an Infotainer conceived and directed by Sithesh C Govind was released at Kulashekha, Mangalore. Devdas Kapikad, well-known Theatre artist released the film on Friday November 16, 2012. 'Ksheeranjali' is a unique Infotainer film for children about the success story of milk under the banner of Karnataka Milk Federation. Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) has

Mangalore, November 17: The final contingent of Hajj pilgrims that had left from Mangalore, returned on Friday. The fifth and final contingent came back from the Hajj journey at landed at Mangalore International Airport at 9:40 am on Friday. MM Ahmed, President, State Hajj Committee, Yenepoya Mohammed Kunhi, President, Mangalore Hajj Camp Managing Committee, Vice President Aziz Baikampady, Usman

Udupi, November 17: An incident of a Dalit youth being assaulted over a trivial issue by a group, said to be Bajrang Dal activists, has been reported. Nagaraj (22), a resident of Uppoor, along with eight others by name Nagaraj Nayak, Mithun, Nithesh, Santhosh, Prashanth, Bharath, Suresh and car driver Afzal, were assaulted by a group at Kukkehalli in Hiriyadka Police Station limits. Nagaraj, who

Mangalore, November 17: Dakshina Kannada Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd launched a new product Mango lassi to mark the continuation of a tradition where the union has launched a new product as part of National Cooperation Week since the past 12-years. Lassi, the popular and traditional yoghurt-based drink will get a dash of mango to it will be sold in sachets, the 200-ml mango lassi is