Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 22: The Mangaluru Nephro - Urology Charitable Trust has decided to conduct a kidney health campaign' throughout Dakshina Kannada district. The three month long campaign will be held between December 12, 2014 and March 12, 2015, according to a press release issued by the MNUCT. In this regard a preliminary meeting of NGOs of the coastal district was held on Friday in the city. Dr

Mangaluru, Nov 22: A teenage student was killed on spot and four others sustained severe injuries when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a speeding at Mukka near Surathkal on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Hasil, a student of St Aloysius Pre University College, and a resident of Kudroli, Mangaluru. The condition of one of the

Mangaluru, Nov 22: Kannada journalist Jagannath Shetty Bala has been unanimously elected the new president of Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists' Union (DKWJU). Jagannath Shetty Bala and Srinivas Nayak All the office bearers were elected unopposed for the term 2014-2017. Srinivas Nayak was elected as the general secretary. Sukesh Kumar, Sudhakar Yermal and K Wilfred D'Souza were elected vice

Mangaluru, Nov 22: Expressing severe dissatisfaction over tardy progress in implementing various approved works under the special area development grants of elected representatives, S R Patil, the Minister for Information Technology and Biotechnology set a 90-day deadline for the officials in Dakshina Kannada to accomplish all pending works. Presiding over a special review meeting of the progress

Prambanan, Nov 22: A Tunisian woman called for a free Palestine as she won a pageant exclusively for Muslims in Indonesia on Friday, seen as a riposte to Western beauty contests. Eighteen finalists, who include a doctor and a computer scientist, paraded in glittering dresses against the backdrop of world-renowned ancient temples for the contest in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country

Dharmasthala, Nov 22: All religions in this world propagate humanity, truth and justice, besides encouraging their followers to rise above their selves and work for society said Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala. He was speaking during the inauguration ceremony of the Sarvadharma Sammelana (All Religions Conference) at Dharmasthala. The conference is being held as a part of the 82nd Laksha

Udupi, Nov 22: Popular dancer and television actor Faisal Khan has received a letter from Eshika Shetty, a Class VIII student of Sharada Residential School, who went missing on November 15 and remained untraced so far. P. Rajendra Prasad, Superintendent of Police of Udupi, told media persons on Friday that a letter written by 13-year-old girl, to 15-year-old Faisal Khan has been received by him in

Kasargod, Nov 22: As many as 6,600 sachets of pan masala were seized from a mini-truck here and two persons were arrested in connection with the smuggling of the banned product. The arrested have been identified as Purushothaman, 38, a resident of Mogral near here, and Naveen Kumar, 27, hailing from nearby Adukkathbayal locality. On a tip-off, police waylaid the vegetable- and fruit-laden truck as

Bengaluru, Nov 22: The Central Bureau of Investigation has appointed Rupal Kumar Dutta, additional director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to head the 2G spectrum scam probe. The decision came after Supreme Court's order asking the CBI chief Ranjit Sinha to recuse from 2G scam investigation and prosecution. Sinha attended the office on Friday, even though the demand for his resignation and

Bengaluru, Nov 22: The II pre-university examination for the academic year 2014–15 will be held from March 12 to 27. The examination timetables were finalized after considering objections to the provisional timetable announced earlier, said the Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) in a statement. According to a circular issued by the Department DPUE, all morning examinations will be held