Karnataka

Mangalore, June 11: The body of an Ullal Dargah pilgrim, who drowned off Ullal coast near here more than a week ago, was found at Alvekodi beach at Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district on Sunday. Raunak Jahan, a 17-year-old college girl, hailing from Mudigere town in Chikmagalur district, had drowned in the beach on June 3 during her family pilgrimage to Ullal Dargah. Raunak and her friend Husna

Mangalore, June 10: The launching ceremony of Swaroopa Childhood Centre cum Basic Family School was held at Abhayashraya, Kodialbail, Mangalore, on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Chakravarti Sulibele, Convenor, Jago Bharat, said that students who score less marks are generally considered useless while in fact, they are the most talented ones. Many dropouts had made it big with their innovative

Mangalore, June 10: Polling for Legislative Council elections of South West Teachers' and Graduates' constituency has concluded. As per the statistics of the Information Department, the South West Teachers' constituency witnessed a voter turnout of 57.475 while the Graduates' constituency recorded a turnout of 53.31%. Out of the total 11, 859 voters in the Graduates' constituency, a total of 6,322

Mangalore, June 10: The vehicle in which Jayaprakash Hegde, Udupi-Chikmagalur MP, was traveling met with an accident near Hariharapura of Chikmagalur on Sunday. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, N Shashi Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Chikmagalur District, said that the accident took place at about 11 am when Mr. Hedge was on his way to attend a Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting at

Ankola, June 10: Ankola police on Saturday night arrested 14 persons who were part of an alleged rave party at Honey beach resort, located at Honnebail village of the taluk. Uttara Kannada police said that Ankola police raided the resort at 11.30 pm and found four semi-nude women dancing to the tunes of the English music. Eight others who were present there had been throwing currency notes at the

Mangalore, June 10: The Supreme Court's ban order on the black sun film on car glasses has raised quite a few eyebrows in the country. Citizens of Mangalore, who have had their share of inconveniences ever since the order was passed, are planning to press for a review with the Apex Court. “The Court should have given more time and considered public opinion. There are lakhs of cars in the country

Mangalore, June 10: Members of the Jai Hind Club, Mangalore, have bagged medals in the state level swimming competition organized by the Karnataka Swimming Association in Davanagere recently. Representing the Club, Surin M U won 2 silver and bronze medals while Manish Shenoy and Elvin Sujith won a bronze medal each. Among them, Surin M U has been selected to represent Karnataka at the national

Mangalore, June 10: Poll results will be in favour of the BJP and the outcome would be better than previous elections said Capt. Ganesh Karnik, BJP's MLC candidate for the South-West Graduates Constituency. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com after casting his vote at the city's Government College polling booth, Mr. Karnik said that the voter turnout has been encouraging. Expressing confidence that both

Mangalore, June 10: With an intention to elicit views of educationists and stake holders on education policy of state government vis-a-vis Kannada, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of Kannada Sahitya Parishat has planned to undertake a postcard campaign. In a press release issued here, Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, president of district unit of the Parishat, stated that Kannada, as a language, today is

Mangalore, June 10: In order to clear the extra rush of passengers the South Western Railways will run special trains between Bangalore and Tirunelveli via Salem, Erode and Karur. From June 10 to 24, train number 06515 Bangalore - Tirunelveli special will leave Bangalore at 6.45 am on Sunday and arrive Tirunelveli at 7.30 pm on the same day. On the same dates, in the return direction, train number