Karnataka

Mangalore, November 1: The year-long silver jubilee celebrations observed by Father Muller College of Nursing came to a close in a grand finale at the Academy Hall in the college campus on Thursday. Addressing the gathering, Archbishop of Bangalore Dr Bernard Moras said that there has been remarkable growth in the health care sector in India. The rise in trained personnel and health care

Mangalore, November 1: The month-long awareness campaign against the use of plastic in Mangalore was formally launched on Thursday, the Day of Karnataka Rajyotsava, with thousands of students taking out a massive awareness rally in the city. Students from various prestigious institutions including medical, paramedical, nursing and engineering colleges, Scouts and guides, NCC and NSS volunteers

Mangalore, November 1: Members of Students Federation of India (SFI) barged into Nehru Maidan as C T Ravi, District in charge Minister, Dakshina Kannada, began his Rajyotsava speech and protested against the state government for its decision to close down Kannada schools. Just as Mr. Ravi began his Rajyotsava address on the occasion of the Karnataka Rajyotsava in Mangalore, SFI protestors entered

Mangalore, November 1: G T Radhakrishnan, Joint General Manager of Coimbatore Airport has taken over as the new Director of the Mangalore International Airport on November 1. Mr Radhakrishnan, a native of Ananthpura in Andhra Pradesh succeeds M R Vasudev who retired on October 31. A graduate in B.Tech (Civil), Mr Radhakrishnan who joined as Manager in engineering department at Airport Authority of

Mangalore, November 1: The wave of separatism must never raise its head in Karnataka and hence the state government is doing all it can to maintain Karnataka's unity, said C T Ravi, District in charge Minister, Dakshina Kannada. In his address to the people of the district on the occasion of the official Karnataka Rajyotsava celebrations at Nehru Maidan in Mangalore on Thursday, Mr. Ravi said that

Bangalore, November 1: Three persons, including a broadcasting engineer of a Kannada news channel, were arrested in connection with the attack on noted industrialist P Dayanand Pai here, a top police official said today. A 9 mm pistol and 30 rounds were recovered from one of the accused, City Police Commissioner Jyotiprakash Mirji told reporters here today. Pai, noted industrialist and member

Mumbai, November 1: Underworld don Chhota Rajan's aide Rohit Thangappan, who was behind bars for the murder of senior scribe Jyotirmoy Dey, was on Wednesday arrested in connection with a firing case involving a hotelier, two days after a local court sought his production, police said. The court had on Monday issued the production warrant after the crime branch, probing the firing at hotelier BR

Mangalore, November 1: The first Commissioner of Mangalore City Police Seemant Kumar Singh, who was recently transferred after two-and-half-year of service, was felicitated and bid farewell by the Commissionerate, here, on Wednesday. 42-year-old Mr Singh had served as the Commissioner of newly established Mangalore Commissionerate from April 30, 2010 to September 2012. Responding to the

Bangalore, November 1: Dr Usman Ghani, a Bangalore-based doctor, detained in Saudi Arabia, was released on Sunday after being held by Kingdom police for 20 days, family source confirmed. Dr Ghani working in National Guard Hospital in Riyadh was detained by Saudi Arabia police based on the request of Bangalore police seeking his arrest in relation with controversial terror module case. Though the

Mangalore, October 31: Mangalore Airport belongs to the people of Mangalore and now it is up to them and everyone connected to it, to see to it that no more room for misapprehensions regarding it given, M R Vasudeva, Outgoing Director, Mangalore International Airport, said. He was speaking at a farewell programme organized by Airport employees at the old airport premises in Bajpe on Wednesday