Karnataka

Moodbidri, Jan 14: Listeners experienced a musical high when the famous duo M D Pallavi Arun and Vijay Prakash joined to enthral audience at Shobhavana in Mijar, near Moodbidri on the final day of Alva's Virasat on Sunday. A wonderful stage with the designs of dull sunlight in the dusk was beautified by the enthralling voices of the duo. At first, the task of catching the hearts of audience was

Udupi, Jan 14: RTI activist Vandaru Vasudeva Adiga from Shankaranarayana in Udupi district, whose body was found in a tank at Kadurtaluk on Saturday, was consigned to flames at Shiroor-Moorkai on Sunday. A large number of people, including Muzrai minister and Udupi district in charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary, Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Jayaprakash Hegde, Congress leaders Pramod Madhwaraj, K Pratap

Mangalore, Jan 14: There is a need for the generation of Kannada scholars of today to learn as many languages as possible so that the research horizon is widened, said Prof. B Vivek Rai, scholar and senior writer. He was speaking after accepting the 'Pandit Muliya Thimmappayya Award' conferred to him jointly by Muliya Thimmappayya Shatamanothsava Samithi, Mangalore, Muliya Thimmappayya Smaaraka

Bangalore, Jan 14: Balagangadharanatha Swamiji, the pontiff of the Adichunchanagiri Mutt in Nagamangala of Mandya district, died on Sunday evening at BGS Global Hospital, Kengeri. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and Dr K N Venkataramana, vice-chairman of the hospital, announced his sad demise on the hospital premises on behalf of the mutt on Sunday night. The body of the seer was later brought to

Kundapur, Jan 13: Five persons from Kundapur taluk lost their lives in two separate tragic incidents occurred on Sunday in Kundapur and Murdeshwar. Car rams into tree In the first incident, a middle aged couple and their car driver were died on spot when the vehicle in which they were travelling in rammed into a tree in the wee hours of Sunday at Bengare under the limits of Murdeshwar Police

London, Jan 13: The family of Mangalore-origin nurse, who died after being duped by a prank call to a UK hospital treating a pregnant Kate Middleton, are yet to receive answers for the 60 questions sent by them to her employers and the Australian radio station responsible for the hoax. Jacintha Saldanha's family have been told by King Edward VII Hospital, where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge

Udupi, Jan 13: Udupi Block Congress President Pramodh Madhwaraj has sought CBI probe into kidnap and killing of RTI activist Vandaru Vasudeva Adiga. Addressing the Congress party workers in Udupi, on Sunday, he said that from an outset it so seems that ruling party BJP has had a role to play in the mysterious killing of the activist, who was hellbent on unearthing several misdeeds of BJP in the

Mangalore, January 13: Union Minister M Veerappa Moily paid a visit to the Lady Goschen Hospital in the city on Saturday and held an inspection of the site where the new Hospital building is slated to come up. Speaking to media persons on the occasion, Mr. Moily said that currently the hospital possesses a capacity of 250 beds and as per the plan, it will be upgraded to 500 beds. The approximated

Mysore, Jan 13: A round table conference discusses 'made snana and pankti beda' and comes out with a revelation that 11 more temples practice 'made made snana'. Experts who participated in the programme vociferously condemned the activities and alleged Pejawar mutt seer Sri Vishweshatheertha Swamiji of being responsible for the existence of the same. They urged the people to take steps to

Mumbai, Jan 13: The Mumbai Press Club has written to Press Council of India chairperson Markandey Katju requesting him to intervene for securing the release of Mangalore-based TV reporter Naveen Soorinje who was arrested by the police after he exposed how the Hindu fundamentalists targeted young men and women in the city. “The Mumbai Press Club demands the immediate release of Mr. Soorinje