Karnataka

Mangalore, November 14: The city of Mangalore paid tribute to the first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 123rd birth anniversary on Wednesday. A number of programmes were organised to mark the occasion. A host of dignitaries paid floral tributes to the statue of Pandit Nehru in front of the Corporate Office, here. Ajai Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director of the Corporation

Mangalore, November 14: Oscar award winning Sound-designer, sound-editor and mixer Resul Pookutty will be in the city on December 13, 2012. He will be here to inaugurate a two-day national level seminar on 'Media-Ethics and Practices' organized by the Department of Journalism of Besant Women's College, Mangalore in association with the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Mangalore

Mangalore, November 14: India Post in association with Reliance Gold, is selling gold coins bearing India Post logo. In a press release issued by Senior Superintendent of Post Office here informed in view of the festival season, the department is offering a 7 per cent discount on purchase of gold coins from October 8 to December 31. The discount will be available at Mangalore Head Post Office

Mangalore, November 14: It is the responsibility of each and everyone in the society to help children grow as responsible and educated citizens, said Dr. N S Chennappa Gowda, Deputy Commissioner, DK. He was speaking at a children's day programme organized at the Chinnara Shelter Home in Bejai Kapikad, Mangalore, on Wednesday. Slums are the other face of urbanization. The district administration

Mangalore, November 14: Mangalore Tahsildar Ravichandra Nayak and Additional Deputy Commissioner Dayanad have been imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively for delaying in providing information to the petitioner by over two months. The orders of fine imposition were issued by Karnataka Information Commission. In the first case, the Tahasildar provided the information on May 4, 2012

Mangalore, November 14: The first batch of two priests from the Diocese of Mangalore left Mangalore on Wednesday for African missions of Same Diocese in Tanzania. Fr Alwyn D'Souza former national Catholic youth director of India and Fr Ronald Pinto who was serving as the assistant pastor of Madanthyar parish till now are in the pioneer batch of two. The Diocese of Mangalore had decided to take up

Bettampady, November 14: Traces of skeleton of Venkataramana Bhatta, the prime suspect who had gone absconding after four persons were found murdered in his own house five months ago , have been found under a tree in a Kakkoor forest. Besides human skeleton found under the tree, spectacles and an umbrella also found at the spot has also been identified as those of Bhatta. Bhatta's relative

Bhatkal, November 14: A 45-year-old woman who has been missing since November 4 from Jaali village in Bhatkal taluk, was found murdered in the Konara forest area. The police suspect that Kalpana Mahale had been raped and murdered. Her body was recovered in a highly decomposed state. Police sources said that the accused had sexually assaulted and killed Kalpana by crushing her head with stones. A

Kasargod, November 14: Worms were reportedly found in a local brand chocolate bought from a bakery at Melparamba here on Tuesday. The worms were noticed after Fasal Rahman's two-year-old son vomited after consuming the chocolate. The wrapper did not bear the details of the manufacturer or the dates of manufacture and expiry. The chocolate, branded Flashbag, was distributed by someone in Tirur

Mangalore, November 14: The order on bail application filed by arrested television journalist Naveen Soorinje was differed by the III JMFC to Friday. Advocate Sathish Bantwal had filed bail application before III JMFC on behalf of Naveen on November 8. Investigating officer assistant commissioner of police TR Jagannath submitted investigation report before the court on November 9. Advocate Sathish