Karnataka

Bangalore, November 5: Three eminent Beay personalities- Hamza Malar, Ahmed Bava Bajal and Ismail Moodushedde- were presented with honorary awards of the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy for 2011. State Higher Education Minister C T Ravi conferred the awards at a function at the Raveendra Kalashetra here on Sunday. The award comprises a purse of Rs. 10,000 and citation each. The awardees have been

Mangalore, November 5: A mother went into labour and delivered a baby girl in a 108 ambulance near Bellare in Sullia on Saturday. The mother identified as Thayira (28) who was expecting her third child, was admitted to the Kadaba community hospital by her husband Mohammed Latif of Kalara in Kabada. Doctors on duty, suspecting that the delivery would be complex, advised him to shift his wife to the

Mangalore, November 5: Airports Authority of India has decided to upgrade the facilities at Mangalore and few other airports which acquired international status recently, a senior AAI official said. Recently, AAI sanctioned eight airports which will be made into international airports. Among these are airports like Mangalore, Agra, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore, Lucknow and even Varanasi. The reason

Mangalore, November 5: A least 10 people sustained injuries after a clash broke out between two groups of miscreants near Ullal Dargah on the outskirts of the city on Sunday evening. Police sources said that enmity between the devotees of two separate Dargahs led to the clash. They said that at around 4 p.m. two groups of men were embroiled in a heated argument after one group, supposedly from a

Mangalore, November 5: Seventeen students were handed student scholarships by the city unit of Jamiyyatul Falah at a programme held at Jamiyyatul Falah Hall here on Saturday. Already 23 students pursuing SSLC, PUC, degree and professional courses had been given student emolument. In the second round, 17 students were offered the same, totaling the amount to 40. Speaking on the occasion, NRI

Chikmagalur, November 4: The internal conflicts, dissidence and chaos in BJP is a result of the curse of Dattatreya, Pramod Muthalik, Chief of Sri Rama Sene, has said. Four years ago, 'Datta' sandals were taken off and kept in the district treasury in the pretext of repair of cave in Dattapeetha. Ever since, no pooja of 'Datta' sandals has taken place which and hence the BJP government is

Mangalore, November 4: One of the oldest citizens of Mangalore Dr Abdul Samad breathed his last at his residence in the city on Sunday. 101-year-old Dr Samad was the father of Mangalore renowned physician late Dr Iqbal. Family sources said that he breathed his last at 3:00 p.m. at his residence 'Little Flower' near Balmatta Rad. More Details to follow

Mangalore, November 4: A 'Private Special Economic Zone' is on its way to come up in Mangalore, meant exclusively for Information Technology. Having got the green signal from the government, process for the setting up of the Zone has begun. The government has provided 25 acres of land in Ganjimatt on the outskirts of Mangalore to a private company. Leveling of land and construction of compound

Mangalore, November 4: Giving priority to beauty while choosing life-partner is the root cause of the family chaos in modern times, said Udupi Qazi Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal. He was speaking after inaugurating the mass marriage organised by Abu Dhabi based Bearys Welfare Forum at Milagres Hall in the city on Sunday. Recalling Prophet Muhammad's marriage tips that “A woman is married for four reasons

Mangalore, November 4: The issue of ban on the practice of 'Made Snana' was raised again at the monthly SC/ST grievance meeting held at SP's office in Mangalore on Sunday. Shekhar from Belthangady, an SC/ST leader and a CPI activist, raised the issue of ban on 'Made Snana' practice in temples and urged the police department to communicate with the government in this regard. “There is just one