Karnataka

Shiroor, Feb 18: Convocation of PUC and Grade 10 Classes were held at Green Valley at Green Valley National School and Junior College on Sunday. Principal Mr. John Mathew in his convocation address congratulated the students on their success and exhorted the students to have the foresight that enables them to face any difficulties in life. “Challenge the naysayer who discourage you and, find your

Mangalore, Feb 18: City's Car Street turned colorful as members of the GSB community along with others celebrated Okuli (Holi) in their traditional style on the final day of the annual Car Festival of Venkataramana Temple. The Car Festival or 'Kodial Teru' came to an end with colorful Okuli celebrations at the temple premises on Monday as children, men and women with a variety of colours smeared

Udupi, Feb 18: Processed cashew nuts estimated to cost about Rs 17.5 lakh, were stolen from Sunanda Cashew Industries located at Chakra maidan in Hallihole in Kundapur taluk. According to a complaint registered at Shankar Narayana police station by the industry owner Narahari, Sudheer Rao and Prabhakar Nayak from Hallihole and Manjunath Devadiga from Basroor are behind the theft. Sudheer and

Mangalore, Feb 18: President of India Pranab Mukherjee has given nod to the execution of two after he became the first citizen of the nation. However, amidst four of Veerappan's close aides counting days for their execution, one more person named Praveen from Vamanjoor in Mangalore too has been given death sentence but it is now a thing to wait and watch if he will escape the punishment or not

Kaup, Feb 18: Nonagenarian practitioner of traditional medicine Khateejamma passed away in the early hours of Sunday, following a brief period of illness in Mulur. 'Ajjimma' as this 90-year old was popularly known, had been practicing traditional medicine in Mulur from the past 75 years, catering to health related issues of women. People came from as far as Middle East and other places such as

Jeddah, Feb 18: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has paid blood money on behalf of an Indian driver convicted of killing nine people in a road accident in 2006. The driver, Saleem Basha, 45, has already been released from prison and is waiting to return to Bangalore, Karnataka. Basha, who arrived in Saudi Arabia to work as a lorry driver for a brick-manufacturing unit in Wadi Al

Hangal (Haveri dist), Feb 18: Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday promised that he would provide funds to the tune of Rs 500 crore to the mutts and the education institutions run by them if his KJP is voted to power during the ensuing Assembly elections. He was speaking at the State-level convention of Kunchitigas and 24th Vijayaraya Sangameshwara Jayanthi programme in Hangal on Sunday

Mangalore, Feb 18: Senior BJP leader in Mangalore and former MCC mayor Shankar Bhat is evidently drifting away from the saffron party. If sources are to be believed then, Mr Bhat is believed to have told his dear ones that he would not be contesting the elections for MCC this time. Mr Bhat who had been a loyalist of the BJP, slowly started remaining away from the limelight after his tenure as the

Mangalore, Feb 18: It is the opinion of many that former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda has been ignored and neglected in the state BJP circles. Now, it is believed that Gowda's closeness to JD(S) Supremo H D Deve Gowda is the reason behind the BJP's attitude towards the prior. However, former chief minister BSY's loyalists feel that BSY left BJP because of Gowda and this episode took place

Srinagar, Feb 17: About an hour before going to the gallows at Delhi's Tihar Jail, the Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru had written to his family to be bold and proud on the stature he had attained in the death sentence. A loose translation of the letter written in Urdu by Guru at Tihar Jail at 6.25 a.m. on February 9 reads as under: “Respected family members and the devout Muslims Assalamu