Karnataka

Manipal, Feb 10: “Education field is a very valuable asset of the country. By imparting quality education in the institutions of learning not only illiteracy can be eradicated but even ill-health and poverty can be vanquished” opined Prof. Dr. V. Surendra Shetty, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Manipal University. He was addressing the fresh graduates on the graduation day ceremony of Shree Devi Group of

Bangalore, Feb 10: KJP leader B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday hit out at the ruling BJP for having released Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and decided to call off his Mysore-Bangalore padayatra on the issue. Addressing reporters, he said he will now mount pressure on the Centre not to issue final notification on the Cauvery River Water Tribunal final award. He said he will soon meet both Prime Minister

Mangalore/Udupi, Feb 9: The of Sunni Students Federation (SSF) on Saturday organized two spate rallies and conventions in Mangalore and Udupi to mark the valedictory of 'Pravadi Sandesha Jatha'. In Mangalore, hundreds of youth took part in rally which commenced at Jyothi Circle. The rally passed through Hampankatta and culminated at Nehru Maidan, where Sunni scholars addressed the gathering

Mangalore, Feb 9: In a bizarre incident a lorry owner took to a rather gruesome method to punish his driver and cleaner for not obeying his orders. The owner locked up the driver in a tempo for two days and fatally tortured him, while fatally assaulted the cleaner, simply because the duo had taken the lorry to some place without seeking the owner's permission. The driver is said to be in an

Hubli, Feb 9: Karnataka has started releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu as directed by the Supreme Court, Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar said Saturday. "We have to respect the Supreme Court directive. We will petition the court Monday for relief as we ourselves are facing severe shortage," he said in this north Karnataka town, 400 km from Bangalore. The Supreme Court Thursday directed

Mangalore, Feb 9: Members of Vishwa Hindu Parishat and Bajrang Dal celebrated the death of Afzal Guru, who was hanged and buried in Tihar jail on Saturday morning. The secret execution of Afzal Guru, convicted in the attack on Parliament in 2001, triggered joy among the saffron activists, who gathered near PVS circle in the city to 'celebrate victory'. They burst crackers and distributed sweets

Mangalore, Feb 9: With an attempt to create awareness among the student community about the ill-effects of falling prey to drug addiction, Campus Front of India took out a rally from Beasant College to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Lal Baugh, on Saturday. The event was organized on the backdrop of the tragic end of Sneha Upadhyaya, a teenager who resorted to suicide after her bid to procure

Bangalore, Feb 9: As per tentative dates examined by the Election Commission, Karnataka is likely to face Assembly elections on May 20 and 23 with counting of votes taking place on May 27. The EC was understood to have held a preliminary meeting to discuss the Assembly elections in the southern state recently and decided on the two-phase elections. The chief electoral officer of Karnataka gave a

Bangalore, Feb 9: The Karnataka Milk Federation announced a steep increase in Nandini milk price by Rs four to Rs 28 per litre for toned milk and increased the Samruddhi full cream milk by Rs two to Rs 36 with effect from Saturday morning. The KMF said that the hike has been effected to help milk producing farmers in the aftermath of steep hike in diesel price. The price of DTM (double toned milk)

Mangalore, Feb 8: NRIs from west coast of India working in Kingdom Saudi Arabia have expressed their gratitude to Udupi-Chikmagalur MP K Jayaprakash Hegde for his role in materializing the long pending dream of establishing direct aviation link between Mangalore and Saudi Arabia. As soon as Coastaldigest.com published the report on Air India Express' announcement of starting direct flight