Karnataka

Mangalore, November 10: A national level B-Plan presentation 'Manasa Manthana' organised at AIMIT, the new campus of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri, Kotekar on November 9. The programme began with video presentation on “Catalytic Innovation”, the theme of the event. Dr. Vinaya Hegde, the Chancellor of Nitte University was the chief guest. Dr. Vinay Hegde in his address described how a

Mangalore, November 10: An entertaining evening awaits music lovers in the city as Rotary Club of Mangalore Sunrise gets set to organize 'Gaata Rahe Mera Dil' on November 26 at Town Hall at 6 pm. The musical show will feature well-known multi-lingual singing talents of the coastal Karnataka region Anitha D'Souza, Srikant Kamath, Hanif and Ranjan Das. The proceeds of the show will be utilized in

Mangalore, November 10: The bail application filed by Naveen Soorinje, a private Kannada TV channel reporter, who was arrested in connection with homestay attack case, has been deferred for argument on Tuesday. Advocate Sathish Bantwal filed the bail application before III JMFC on behalf of Naveen on Thursday. Investigating officer and assistant commissioner of police TR Jagannath also submitted

Mulky, November 10: A 24-year-old call centre employee allegedly committed suicide at the Shambavi River on Friday November 9. The deceased is Vinod Kumar, a native of Kadavina Bhagilu. Vinod had left for work on Wednesday and did not return home since then. Upon search, the body has found near a river in Athikaari village. His bike was found abandoned. He has been skipping work from the couple of

Mangalore, November 10: The Mangalore University has announced the list of rank holders of post graduation degrees. They are as follows. Analytical chemistry— Seema Nowshin (I), Reena Lolita D'Souza (II) and Sruthi V M (III), all from Alva's College. Applied Botany—Shobhana Y (I), Aswathi K (II) and Gayatru U Karkera (III), all from Mangalore university (MU). Applied Chemistry— Megha N (I), Pavana

Udupi, November 9: In yet another barbaric incident against the feminine gender, a 25-year-old-woman died allegedly due to complications arising from forced consumption of abortion pills here. The deceased is Lalitha, daughter of Nonaiah Gowda, resident of Mala village in Karkala taluk. She was married to Sundara, resident of Borkatte-Hankady in Miyaru village in Karkala taluk four years ago. The

Mangalore, November 9: The banking sector in Dakshina Kannada witnessed a business growth of 27 per cent achieving a level of Rs 34,645 crore on June 30 this year. Announcing this at a review committee meeting on performance of banking sector during the first quarter of 2012-13, Deputy General Manager of Syndicate Bank stated that growth in deposit of rural branches was nearly 41 per cent

Mangalore, November 9: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada may now be better prepared than before to handle disasters thanks to the training programme conducted in the city by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), New Delhi, under aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs. The five-day training programme on Incident Response System (IRS) for officials of various departments in and around

Mangalore, November 9: City based senior orthodontist Prof U S Krishna Nayak, has been appointed to chair the eighth Asia- Pacific Orthodontic Congress to be held at New Delhi from November 29 to December 2, 2012. Prof Nayak is the Dean Academics of A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences and Consultant Orthodontist in Mangalore. He had also served as the president of Indian Orthodontic

Bangalore, November 9: Seeking to give momentum to his stated objective to float a regional party, former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today installed his loyalist Venur Dhananjaya Kumar as President of Karnataka Janatha Paksha (KJP) as he prepared to officially quit the BJP next month. Kumar, who served as Minister of State for Finance and Textiles in the NDA government headed by Atal Bihari