Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 20: Dakshina Kannada District-in-Charge Minister C T Ravi expressed his unhappiness about the poor implementation of housing schemes in the district. He directed the Tahshildars of every taluk to identify land to distribute sites to the poor. Ravi was addressing the tri-monthly KDP meeting at Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, here on Monday. Earlier, the officials informed that 25

Mangalore, Mar 20: Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankara Murthy said that the Kannada Adhyayana Peeta of the University will be named after writer late S.V. Parameshwara Bhatta, who was the first director of the then Mangalore Postgraduate Centre (between 1968 and 1973) of the University of Mysore. The centre was carved out of the University of Mysore for establishing Mangalore

Chitradurga, Mar 20: Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday said he will not return to BJP and accused its leaders of trying to create confusion among the people ahead of assembly polls. "I will not go back to BJP. Statements by BJP leaders that I will return to the party are a conspiracy against me," Yeddyurappa, who now heads Karnataka Janata Party, told reporters in this town

Mangalore, Mar 19: An 18-year-old girl from Puttur was found hanging by a passer-by in an old forested area near Kadri Park on Tuesday. It is presumed that the deceased Pramila committed suicide by hanging herself on Tuesday morning. Resident of Dolpadi in Puttur, it is said that she had been employed at a Café Coffee Day outlet in Mangalore. When alerted, Kadri police arrived at the place and

Mangalore, Mar 19: A free health check-up camp will be conducted by Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Temple, Mijar in association with A J Institute of Medical Sciences (AJIMS) on March 24. Announcing this at a press conference here on Tuesday, chief co-ordinator of Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Temple Vijaynath Shetty said that the camp would address general health needs of the people, gynaecology and paediatric

Mangalore, Mar 19: Who does not dream of a better life for themselves and their family? It is this dream that takes people places. While some make it some don't. Unfortunately, for Mohommad Siraj, pursuit of this dream cost his life. Siraj, a simpleton from Kuppepadau in Mangalore was shot dead at Qatif in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday night. With a bundle of dream of knitting a perfect

Mangalore: The container traffic at NMPT got a boost when M/s Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd, opted New Mangalore Port for exporting their containerized cargo of Liquid glucose in hdpe barrels. The cargo, which is manufactured in their plant situated at Shiggaon Taluk of Haveri District, Karnataka has been transported to NMPT in 25 Containers for shipment to Sudan in Africa in the vessel M.V. Tiger

New Delhi, Mar 19: Demands for dismissal of Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily were made in the Lok Sabha today by BJP members following reports alleging that a corporate giant provided funds to his family-controlled trust when he headed the Corporate Affairs Ministry. "Dismiss Moily" chanted BJP members during the Zero Hour.Their shouts were drowned in the din created by DMK and AIADMK members

Mangalore, Mar 19: Apparently bowing to the pressure of Sangh Parivar leaders Mangalore City Police Commissionerate has transferred a Sub Inspector, who had taken immediate measures to bring situation under control during a Congress-BJP clash at Kunjathbail here last week. Activists belonging to the BJP and Hindutva organizations, last Friday had staged a protest in front of Kavoor police station

Mangalore, Mar 19: “Our society tends to repress boys from an early age, and this repression tends to make them very aggressive and prone to violence,” said professor and social activist Dr Rita Noronha. She was speaking at the one-day workshop on 'Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Technique (sex determination) Act', jointly organised by the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, District Health