Karnataka

Mangalore, December 8: The Department of Zoology, St. Aloysius College Mangalore will be organizing a national level seminar on 'Waste Management and Alternative Energy sources' on of December 10 and 11, 2012 under the Star College Scheme sponsored by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. The seminar will be inaugurated by the chief guest, V.V

Mangalore, December 8: The discovery of several truckloads of waste from crude oil refinery processes being dumped close to a stream outside Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Limited (MRPL) on Thursday triggered fear and panic among people of Modapadavu on the outskirts of Mangalore. Irate people of the village blocked two trucks, each of which dumped 9.83 tonnes of ball-shaped and rod-shaped

Mangalore, December 8: Breaking a six-year-long monopoly of Air India Express in the Middle East sector, Jet Airways will be starting its inaugural Mangalore-Dubai flight on January 3, 2013. It would be the first private airliner to operate from Mangalore to any international destination after the Union government declared Mangalore as an international airport recently. The inaugural flight

Mangalore, December 7: Import of crude oil can be reduced to 50% by 2016-17, said M Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas. Speaking at a programme organized at the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in Mangalore on Friday, Mr. Moily said that there are ways in which dependency on oil can be brought down. “At the moment 80% of oil is imported. A roadmap is being

Mangalore, December 7: Well-known music director Gurukiran hummed tunes and enthralled the students and audience with his melodic voice at the inaugural ceremony of 'Agno Fest 2012', a two-day inter-collegiate fest organised by St Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangalore, on Friday. Incorporated with the theme 'Bonne Volonte – Cirque' (goodwill and readiness mixed with humour), the inauguration of

Mangalore, December 7: The Udupi division of All India Insurance Employees' Association (AIIEA) has expressed its opposition to the FDI in retail policy of the UPA government. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Friday, U Gurudutt, Chief Secretary of the Association, said that from the perspective of Insurance workers, the FDI policy is not in the best interest of the country

Mangalore, December 7: “It is a perfect blend of comedy, love, sentiments and action”, said director P H Vishwanath during the releasing ceremony of new Tulu film 'Telikeda Bolli' at Central Cinema in the city. Producers Sudhir Kamath and Sharmila Devdas Kapikad, actor Devdas Kapikad, writer Na Da Shetty, Prakash Pandeshwar and others were present on the occasion. The Tulu film industry's 45th

Mangalore, December 7: A new-born was found abandoned between two railway tracks at Central Railway Station in the city early on Friday morning. The male child has been sent to the Lady Gocshen Hospital for treatment. The wailing of the child drew attention of Abdul Razzak, an employee at Railway parcel unit, when he was carrying out his duty at a train in the morning. He found the abandoned child

Udupi, December 7: The demolition of the Babri mosque by the “karsevaks” of Sangh Parivar in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, is a blot on the secular ethos of the country, opined G. Rajashekhar, writer and President of district unit of Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike (KKSV). He was speaking at protest meeting organised by the district unit of the Popular Front of India at the Clock Tower here on

Mangalore, December 7: Mangalore University has suspended Anitha Ravishankar, associate professor, department of sociology, who was caught red handed by the Lokayukta sleuths while accepting bribe from a research scholar. The disciplinary action against Anitha follows a report submitted by the Lokayukta sleuths to the university authorities, who earlier on Wednesday had stated action would be