Karnataka

Mangalore, Jan 22: Flex hoardings and advertisements in a couple of areas in the city of Mangalore were blackened on Monday by officials of Mangalore City Corporation. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Praveen from MCC Revenue Department said that a couple of hoardings were removed and flex banners were blackened in Hampankatta, Pandeshwar, Kadri and Mangaladevi by MCC workers. The Department

New Delhi, Jan 21: Terror accused Rajendra Choudhary, who allegedly had bombed Samjhauta Express train, has admitted that Hindu right-wing extremists planned to target former Delhi high court chief justice Rajinder Sachar in October 2006. The committee headed by Justice Sachar was to submit its report on the socio-economic conditions of Muslims before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in November 2006

Mangalore, Jan 21: Home team 'Badaga Yedapadav' bagged the overall 'Best Village' trophy with a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh at the Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Kreedotsava-III villages games tournament which was held over three days, from January 18 to 20, in the fields adjacent to Shasthavu Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Temple, Badaga Yedapadav, Mijar, on the outskirts of the city. The trophy winners were

Mangalore, Jan 21: The district unit of the BJP has welcomed the decision of the state cabinet to give kumki lands belonging to the Revenue Department to farmers in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Addressing media persons at the district BJP office in Mangalore on Monday, Monappa Bhandary, MLC and Spokesperson, BJP, DK, said that around 4 lakh families in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts

Mangalore, Jan 21: The year 2013 marks glorious 100 years of Indian Cinema, beginning from the time Dadasaheb Phalke made the first feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' in 1913. To commemorate the milestone, the Department of Mass Communication (MCMS) at St Aloysius College, Mangalore, chose the theme 'Celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema' as their theme for Media Manthan '13, the two-day national

Mangalore, Jan 21: Exponents of Vachana literature who were part of a revolution against caste system must not be looked at through the prism of casteism, said renowned scholar Amrutha Someshwara. He was speaking at a programme organized jointly by the District Administration, DK Zilla Panchayat, Department of Kannada and Culture, DK, and Mogaveera Vyavasthapaka Mandali, Mangalore, as part of

Sullia, Jan 21: Akram (20), a student of Kurunji Venkataramana Gowda College of Engineering, Suilla, and his friend Roshan (20) were killed after their motorbike met with an accident at Koinadu near here. Rider Akram, was a resident of Bhuvaneshwari Nagar in Madikeri, while pillion rider Roshan was a resident of Madikeri. The accident occurred on Sunday when Akram, lost control over his motorbike

Mangalore, Jan 21: By the nature of his work it is evident that he might be finding it difficult to make his both ends meet. However, when Basavaraj (44), an auto rickshaw driver in the city found a gold bracelet worth Rs 50,000 in his auto, he took on himself the onus of returning it to its owner, thereby showing an example of righteousness and honesty. Jacintha D'Silva had hired Basavaraju's

Mangalore, jan 21: A worker slipped to death accidently at the MRPL III Phase work site. Alagu Kumar, who was working at the site, fell from the 10 mts tall boiler of the heat recovery steam generator-2, at about 5.45 pm. Kumar who was seriously injured was rushed to the hospital but treatment went in vain. According to a complaint filed by one Mohd Asheeq Khan, an innocent lost his life due to

New Delhi, Jan 21: Thirty months after India's deadliest plane crash in a decade left 158 people dead in Mangalore, the aviation ministry has formed a group to fast-track implementation of the recommendations made by a panel that investigated the disaster. The panel has been constituted ahead of a petition coming up for hearing in a Mangalore court seeking to press criminal charges for negligence