Karnataka

Mangalore, July 12: The Jagadish Shettar cabinet has brought disappointment to coastal districts of Udupi and Daskhina Kannada with only one MLA from the region being given the ministerial berth. Kota Srinivas Poojary, MLC, is the lone representative from the undivided Dakshina Kannada district to have made it to the Shettar cabinet. The BJP fraternity in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts has

Mangalore, July 12: A tanker lorry carrying highly flammable methanol skidded off the National Highway 66 at Adam Kudru near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city after the driver lost control of the vehicle in the wee hours of Thursday. The accident triggered panic in the region for several hours. However, post-midnight rain helped contain the impact of the methanol spill from the lorry, sources

Mangalore, July 12: With the ongoing tussle and drama in Karnataka politics with D V Sadananda Gowda camp also laying down a few conditions, the word is doing rounds that Nalin Kumar Kateel could well be given the post of BJP State President. With Eshwarappa slated to resign as the BJP State President, senior leaders of the party are thinking of giving the post to Mr. Kateel, who belongs to Bunt

Mangalore, July 12: A case of a physically handicapped fish trader from Ullal being duped of Rs. 3.45 lakhs by a Bangalore based person has been reported. Nazeer, a fish trader from Ullal who was carrying out his trading activities in Bunder area of Mangalore from the past three years, had maintained business contact with Purushottam, a fish trader from Bangalore's Alsoor Market for some time. Mr

Mangalore, July 12: Dakishina Kannada unit of Karnataka State Government Employees Association organized a felicitation ceremony to the former president of the association H. Sanjeeva, at New Auditorium of the association here on Wednesday. MLA U T Khader felicitated Sanjeeva for his service for the society. Speaking on the occasion, Khader appreciated the selfless service of the government

Mangalore, July 12: K Sudha, Associate Professor, Besant Women's College, Mangalore will present a paper at the 16th World Congress of IAFEP 2012 which will be held during July 13-15 at Rutgers University, New Jersey in USA. Her paper is titled 'Financial and Decision-making Participation of Small Farmers through Pragathi Bandhu Model in India' The international conference will be held on the

Karwar, July 12: The police on Wednesday arrested six persons on the charge of stealing optical fibre cables (OFC) from the office of General Manager of BSNL, Karwar. Ullas Vernekar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, told presspersons that the police arrested the accused soon after getting a complaint from the BSNL authorities. An employee of BSNL was involved in the crime, he said. He said BSNL

Mangalore, July 12: P Jayaram Bhat has been re-appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Karnataka Bank for another three years. The RBI has conveyed its approval for re-appointment of P Jayarama Bhat as the Managing Director and CEO of the Bank for further period of three years with effect from July 14, 2012, as proposed by Bank's Board of Directors. Under his dynamic leadership, over the

Mangalore, July 11: Learn Islam Foundation (LIF), Mangalore based religious organisation will be observing a month long education campaign from August 1 to 31 this year throughout Dakshina Kannada district. As part of the campaign an essay competition in Kannada language will also be held for the Muslim students of Class X and PUC residing in Dakshina Kannada district, stated a press release. For

Mangalore, July 11: City based Learn Islam Foundation (LIF) has invited applications for 'Moulana Abul Kalam Azad' and 'Dr. Sir Allama Iqbal' awards for the year 2012. In a press release issued here Saifuddin Kudroli, Convener, LIF, stated that economically backward Muslim students of Dakshina Kannada district who have scored highest marks in S.S.L.C. and P.U.C. exams could apply for the awards