Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 16: 'Epitome XIII' concluded at St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT) campus, Beeri on Friday. The programme was presided over by Fr Dr Eugene Lobo, Superior and Director of Fatima Retreat House, Mangalore and Anand James D'Silva, Country HR Mangaer of HP, Bangalore was the chief guest. Mr James spoke to the students about the differences they will

Mangalore, Mar 16: The 'Street Sweeping Machine' service of the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) was inaugurated by N Prakash, Deputy Commissioner, DK, and interim administrator of MCC, on Saturday. The self-propelled vaccum sweeping machine meant for sweeping concrete roads and other flat surface roads has two side brushes and one front brush with central vaccum. It has been procured by MCC at a

New Delhi, Mar 16: Three leading Muslim groups are against the government decision to lower the age for consensual sex, saying it will be a blow to family and social values. Some of the groups are asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw the proposal. The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the Muslim Majlis Mushwarat, an apex body of Muslim social and

Mangalore, Mar 16: Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ajit Singh will be visiting this coastal city on Monday to inaugurate the air cargo complex of Mangalroe International Airport. Airport Director J T Radhakrishna said that Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation K C Venugopal and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily would be present at the function to be held in front

Bangalore, Mar 16: A few days ago, Judge K Sreedhar Rao of the Karnataka high court said Bangalore could become another Afghanistan if police didn't crack down quickly on criminals. On Friday, he said, "The cases of robbery and dacoity have increased so much that nobody is safe in Bangalore. It has become a crime den. I don't think even New York City has so many cases. It's because of

Mangalore, Mar 16: Four students trained by GateForum for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) have secured All India Rank-1 in four streams. Bibaswan Kumar Chatterjee has got All India Rank 1 in Computer Science, Shimul Kumar Dam has got All India Rank 1 in Electrical Engineering, Vinod Datusliya has secured AIR 1 in Mechanical Engineering and Rohit Ronge has got All India Rank 1 in

Mangalore, Mar 16: Amidst the ongoing effort to lower the age of consent for consensual sex to 16 from 18 years, authorities in Dakshina Kannada district have thwarted the arranged marriage of a 17-year old girl. Gracy Gonsalves, district child protection officer, said that the Puttur child development office had received a call that a 'minor' was being given in marriage in Kadaba police station

Mangalore, Mar 16: Over 200 people from both groups have been booked by Kavoor police following the clashes between Congress and BJP workers that broke out on last Thursday at Kunjathabail during the victory celebration of a Congress corporator. Sources from Kavoor Police Station said that case have been registered against more than 200 people including former Corporator Sharath, Rajkiran and

Kasargod, Mar 16: Even as an indefinite hunger strike here demanding a better deal for the endosulfan victims entered the 27th day on Saturday, the agitating activists expressed dismay at what they termed 'a meagre' allocation in the State Budget. The allocation of Rs.15 crore for the relief and rehabilitation of the hundreds of endosulfan victims in the district was quite inadequate when around

Mangalore, Mar 16: Seva Bharathi, a non-profit service organisation in Mangalore, organised a programme to commemorate its bi-decennial year of existence, at Town Hall here on Friday. Speaking after inaugurating the programme, Chancellor of NITTE University Dr N Vinay Hegde said that working for charity should be seen as a duty. “Money is indeed necessary for charitable work, but to aid noble