Karnataka

Mangalore, August 22: In order to carry out a combined fight against the Sangh Parivar in the backdrop of Morning Mist Homestay attacks, leaders cutting across party lines have come together under the banner of 'Karavali Souharda Sangharsha Samithi'. Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Wednesday, B Ramanath Rai, President, District Congress, who has been chosen as the

Mumbai, August 22: Media Foundation of India (MFI) in association with YES BANK, India's fourth largest private sector bank, has announced the winners of the MFI-YES BANK National Press Photo Contest - 2012. Mumbai-based photojournalist Mandar Deodhar of India Today news magazine was adjudged the winner of the “Picture of the Year” award for his photograph of a lone shopkeeper battling a massive

Mangalore, August 22: Father Muller Center for Hospital Administration, a wing of Father Muller Medical College (FMMC) Mangalore, will organise 'Horizon 2012' – a two-day national conference on marketing on August 24 and 25 at the Decennial Memorial Hall, FMMC. Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, Fr. Reginald Pinto, Head of Department of Hospital Administration, said that the

Mangalore, August 22: The Mangalore city unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist) will be holding a massive dharna in front of Mangalore City Corporation on August 27 against the alleged anti-people policies of Mangalore City Corporation. Sunil Kumar Bajal, Mangalore City Committee Secretary of CPI (M) told media persons here on Wednesday that his party workers would raise voice against the

Mangalore, August 22: Employees of public sector banks across the coastal Karnataka have joined the two-day nationwide strike on Wednesday and Thursday opposing banking sector reforms and outsourcing of non-core activities. The strike has affected banking services across Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts. However, a few private sector banks, foreign banks and ATMs, however

Mangalore, August 22: Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund, established by World Konkani Centre, Mangalore will award Scholarships worth Rs 2 crore to over 1300 students from economically backward families of Konkani Communities studying in a wide range of academic disciplines. The award ceremony will be held on Saturday, the August 25 at 11.00 a.m. at T.V. Raman Pai Convention Hall, Kodialbail

Mangalore, August 22: The riots and violence in Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD) and Gadi region of Assam are a pre-planned conspiracy by illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, said Ramesh K., State Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Speaking at a press meet here on Wednesday, he said that there were several examples of immigrants from Bangladesh being involved in

Mangalore, August 22: 'Mullerpulse-2012', the annual magazine of Fr Muller Medical College was released on Tuesday on the premises of College at Kankanady here. Speaking after releasing the magazine, Dr Shafik Dharamsi, Associate Prof, University of British Columbia, Canada, said that such magazines were like 'time machines' that helps refresh memories of students life even after many years. He

Bhatkal/Mangalore, August 22: A 16-year-old boy drowned in the Arabian Sea at Murudeshwar in Bhatkal taluk on Tuesday. He was identified as Mohammad Suhail (16) of Sagar in Shimoga district. He had come to Murudeshwar with his 12 friends and went to the sea for a swim. The body is yet to be recovered. In a separate inciden, lifeguards of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project (PBTDP) rescued a

Mangalore, August 22: A young Ayurveda doctor succumbed to leptospirosis (rat fever) at a private hospital in the city. The deceased is Chikmagalur based Sajid Athar, 30, who was practicing in a clinic in the city. He was a successful Ayurvedic consultant at AL SPARSH, Shalimar Complex, Kankanady. He had obtained his B.A.M.S. degree from Karnataka Ayurveda Medical College, Mangalore. According to