Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 16: St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore, has constituted an organising committee for the birth centenary celebrations of Late Prof K A Krishnamurthy, a dedicated teacher and mathematician who had served at the college for four decades. The committee will organise a centenary celebration function in honour of Prof Krishnamurthy on August 23, said president of the committee

Mangalore, Aug 16: The 66th Independence Day was celebrated in a unique way at Besant Women's College. A Self Employment Outreach Programme was organised a part of I-Day by the Outreach Programme Unit of the College in association with Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project(SKDRDP), Mangalore at the College Auditorium .The training programme was focused at the Anganwadi teachers

Mangalore, Aug 16: Three Anti Naxal Force (ANF) personnel have been conferred with the President's Police Medal for Gallantry while one ANF officer has been given the medal for meritorious service. This is the first time that serving ANF personnel have been given the President's Medal. These three personnel are among the 21 policemen from the State to have been awarded President's Medal. Deputy

Mangalore, Aug 16: Rosario Degree College and St. Aloysius PU College and High School teams emerged as the champions of 17th Independence Cup Football tournament on Thursday. The tournament was organised by Dakshina Kannada District Football Association (DKDFA) at Nehru Maidan. Rosario college of Mangalore had to play against Meridian College, Ullal in the finals. However, as both the teams were

Udupi, Aug 16: An auto driver died of cardiac arrest while driving his auto rickshaw at Mulur near Kaup, on Thursday. Deceased is Ibrahim (60) resident of Bhaskar Nagar, Ucchila. He was returning from Kaup after dropping a passenger on Thursday morning. It is learnt that while returning from Kaupu, Ibrahim stopped his auto as he experienced chest pain. However, he died at the spot where he halted

Uppinangady, Aug 16:Three people were arrested by the Uppinangady police for illegal transportation of cattle. Three cattle have been rescued and the vehicle used for the theft has been seized. Suresh from Malavanthige in Belthangady taluk, Vishwanath from Killur in Belthangady and Ramesh from Mudigere are the arrested. The vehicle was plying on Wednesday night from Kalasa in Chikmagalur to Kerala

Karkala, Aug 16: A 67-year-old woman was flung off a over-speeding bus in Neere village in Karkal on Thursday and succumbed to her injuries. Karkala town police said Beebi Asiya was travelling on a bus from Udupi to Karkala. When the bus driver took a sudden turn at Nironi, Asiya was thrown out of the bus and suffered severe head injury.She was first rushed to a nursing home in Bailoor and then

Konaje, Aug 16: Two unidentified men threw stones at a Salafi mosque in Konaje in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. Four panes of a door and a window of the Masjidussalaam at Vishwamangala were damaged in the attack. According to a complaint filed by Mohammad Iqbal K., secretary of the mosque committee, around 12.20 a.m. on Thursday, two men on a bike threw stones at the mosque. By

Moodabidri, Aug 15: Over 20,000 people gathered at K V Subbanna Open theatre of Sundari Ananda Alva campus, belonging to Alva's Education Foundation, on Thursday to celebrate the Independence Day. Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade was the chief guest. Recalling the words of American President John F Kennedy Dr Veerendra Hegade said that every citizen should question

Mangalore/Bantwal, Aug 15: Two youth were injured in a clash that erupted between two groups late at night on Wednesday in Adyanadka near Vittal in Bantwal taluk following a torch-light procession. The clash occurred when one group was obstructed while they returning home shouting slogans after taking part in the procession that was undertaken in Vittal on the eve of Independence Day to mark