Karnataka

Mangalore, Sep 6: The first Rashtrakavi Govind Pai Award was conferred on well-known epigraphist and scholar Srinivas H Ritti in a function held at Nutana Ravindra Mantap of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi on Friday. The award was instituted by Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Samshodhana Kendra, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi, Academy of General Education, Manipal. These three organizations

Bangalore, Sep 6: A Bangalore court today sentenced six men to life term on charges of raping a 21-year-old college student last year. According to the girl, a student of National Law School of India, eight men allegedly raped her in a forest, adjacent to the campus of the Bangalore University in October. Seven of the eight men were arrested by the police within a week of the incident. The eighth

Mangalore, Sep 6: Young scientists from Udupi, Puttur and Mangalore exhibited their models at regional science fair INSEF 2013 organised by The Yenepoya School with the collaboration of Science Society of India at The Yenopoya School here on Friday. As many as 67 science models on environment, mechanical, biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and computer science made by the

Mangalore, Sep 6: Demanding CBI investigation in the Panjimogaru mother-daughter murder case two years ago, the Panjimogaru unit Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has organised a 24-hour long sit-in demonstration from Friday morning in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office. Addressing the demonstrators, DYFI district president Muneer Katipalla said that there were stronger forces at

Bangalore, Sep 6: Notorious criminal and serial rapist Jaishankar, who made a sensational escape from the high-security central prison here on September 1, was arrested here today. "Jaishankar was arrested from Kudligate in Bangalore", City Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar told PTI here. Police had announced a reward of Rs five lakh for information leading to his arrest, and issued a look

Kasargod, Sep 6: The town police registered a case on Thursday against a man from here and two of his accomplices for allegedly robbing an accountant of 60,000 dinars (about Rs. 1 crore) in Bahrain and escaping to Kerala. Abdul Gafoor of Malappuram district had filed a complaint against Fasal Rahman and the other accused, saying that they had robbed Sagir, 28, of his vegetable export firm in

Mangalore, Sep 6: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has accorded approval to Airports Authority of India (AAI) to commission the state-of-the-art technology-based automated air traffic management system Aircon 2100 at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar here. Aircon 2100 installed around a year back at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore has undergone extensive field trials

Mangalore, Sep 6: First school of Dakshina Kannada, Basel Evangelical Mission Educational Institutions popularly known as B.E.M. Educational Institutes located on Mission High School road, Mangalore is getting ready for 175th year's anniversary celebrations. BEM educational institute was started by German Christian missionaries in the year 1838, located at Mission High school road, Mangalore is

Bangalore, Sep 6: The Karnataka Police will soon be modernised for quick response to any eventuality and enhanced vigilance against terror threats, Home Minister K.J. George said Thursday. "A mega city policing plan will soon be implemented under the modernisation of state police force scheme of the union home ministry to secure people from any untoward incident and maintain heightened vigil

Mangalore, Sep 6: Over 50 retired teachers were felicitated at a teachers' day celebration programme organised by Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, Department of Public Instruction, Mangalore North Block Education Office, Teachers' Day committee and Teachers' Welfare Fund, Bangalore at Town Hall here on Thursday. Delivering the inaugural address on the occasion of 126th birth anniversary of