Karnataka

Mangalore, November 24: The historic Kadri Kambala will be held in Mangalore on December 2, B Nagaraj Shetty, President, Kadri Kambala Committee, said. Addressing media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Saturday, Mr. Shetty said that the event will feature several rural games and competitions such as the 'Kesaru gadde ota' (slush race), tug of war, and other such sports besides the hallmark

Mangalore, November 24: The transgender community in Mangalore is willing to work and earn a living with dignity rather than beg on the streets and other public places, said Ramya, a member of the transgender community at an open discussion programme organized jointly by the DK Zilla Mahila Vedike, Mangalore, and Bethany Service Centre, Bendoor, on Saturday. Pouring out the troubles and pain faced

Mangalore, November 24: 'Eco Be Green', Mangalore, has launched a campaign against usage of plastic bags, in association with Jayashreekrishna Parisara Premi Samiti, an NGO, in order to acquaint the citizens with eco-friendly cotton bags. The campaign was inaugurated and the free cotton carry bags distribution drive was launched at a programme jointly organised by the two organisations here on

Mangalore, November 24: The modern day concept of human rights has its roots in religious theology and it was only later that it was 'secularised', said Prof. SN Balagangadhara (Balu), Director, India Platform, Ghent University, Belgium. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the fourth international conference 'Rethinking Religion in India: Religion, Secularism and Law' at SDM Law College

Mangalore, November 24: Pandeshwar police have arrested one person for cheating a man over a land purchase matter.The arrested has been identified as M Sampath Raj (31), a resident of Bajal Sasihitlu. The arrest was made after Dr. Prakash Shetty complained to the police of being cheated by him. Police are now questioning Raj over the matter. One of the accused in the case, Srinivas Nayak

Mangalore, November 24: Cases have been registered against local Bajarang Dal chief Sharan Pumpwell and Kuntaru Ravish Tantri, Vice President, Kerala Hindu Aikya Vedike, for delivering communally provocative speeches on November 15, by Moodshedde resident Mohammed Saifullah at Pandeshwar Police Station. Mr. Pumpwell had said in his speech during the protest rally demanding ban on cow slaughter

Chikmagalur, November 24: Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Mutalik has demanded the State government to shift tomb (dargah) from the Datta Peeta premises and to appoint Hindu priests to perform pooja prior to impending Datta Jayanti. Addressing media persons on Friday, he said that Datta Peeta should be a place exclusively worshipped by the Hindus. The State government should stop its double standard

Mangalore, November 24: Protesting against the Zionist regime's blatant aggression against humanity, Dakshina Kannada district unit of Jama'ath-e-Islami Hind- Youth Wing on Friday staged a demonstration in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner in the city. The main demand of the agitators was that the government of India should snap all ties with the occupying regime of Israel, whose military

Mangalore, November 23: In a bid to create legal awareness among the people, particularly those from rural areas, the District Legal Service Authority has launched `Kanoonu Saksharata Ratha' (legal literacy chariot) and mobile Janata court. The chariot was flagged off by Chief Executive Officer of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Dr K N Vijayaprakash on Friday at the premises of District court

Mangalore, November 23: A delegation led by national IMA leader Dr K Mohandas Bhandary of Mangalore and comprising Deputy Speaker of Karnataka N. Yogish Bhat, Mangalore MLA U T Khadar, Malleshwaram (Bangalore) MLA Dr Ashwath Narayan, Director of Cancer Prevention Project, Institute of Public Health, DrVishal Rao, Additional DG Karnataka A M Prasad participated in a high level international