Karnataka

Mangalore, April 5: Urging the fulfillment of their demands, workers employed on contract basis by Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) will stage a protest, in front of Mescom head office on April 17. The workers resolved to stage day and night protest, at a state-level convention of the Mescom workers here on Tuesday. Speaking after inaugurating the convention, Centre of Indian Trade

Mangalore, April 4: The Rural development programme promoted by Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development project (SKDRDP) will be extended to five more districts of the state, according to its president D Veerendra Heggade. In a press release, Mr Heggade informed that the project will be extended to Koppala, Chitradurga, Davangere, Mysore and Chamrajnagar districts from next year. “With the

Mangalore, April 4: The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) under its corporate social responsibility donated a 10 KVA generator set, solar water-heater, drinking water facility and medical equipment worth Rs 3.71 Lakh to Government Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Hospital at Vamanjoor. KIOCL Chairman and managing director K Ranganath dedicated the facilities in the presence of hospital

Mangalore, April 4: A 16-year-old boy unable to cope with the pressure of on-going SSLC examination, committed suicide on Wednesday morning in the city. The deceased has been identified as Ranjith, a class X student of St Joseph High School. He ended his life by hanging himself at his residence at Jayanagara near Jalligudde , here. He was the second son among the three children of Raghava Poojary

Mangalore, April 4: Dr H Prabhakar, a chief interventional cardiologist, Fr. Muller Hospital, Mangalore has saved the life of a 78-year-old woman by performing a very unique and rare endovascular procedure, which was successful and reported to be first of its kind in the medical history of coastal Karnataka. The patient Ms Sherline (name is changed), hailing from Kundapur, ailing from chronic

Mangalore, April 4: Two persons were killed in a horrific road accident at Kolya, under the limits of Ullal Police Station on Wednesday. The accident occurred when a speeding private bus rammed into an auto rickshaw around 12:00 pm. The driver and passenger of auto rickshaw died on spot, sources said. The deceased have been identified as Razzak (35) a bakery owner and Hameed (35), the auto

Mangalore, April 4: Tension gripped a private management college in the city after three seniors along with their friends allegedly ragged and badly battered their juniors near Nanthur junction on Tuesday night. The incident occurred around 9:00 pm when Robin, Saby Verghese, Majo John, who are studying first year MBA at AJ Institute of Management were returning to their room after having lunch at

Mangalore, April 4: Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee will be undertaking a massive campaign in seven Legislative Assembly Constituencies of its jurisdiction to encourage the new generation to join the party in large numbers. Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, DKDCC President B Ramanath Rai said that most of the prominent state level leaders of the party would take part

Mangalore, April 4: The graduates of YES!+ (Youth empowerment and skills workshop) have found an innovative way to make Yoga cool. About sixty of them performed a flash mob in the city center mall to some very amazing tracks. The energy was really high all over the place. The mall got totally packed with visitors who hooted and cheered to the group of youth who gave such a blast of a performance

Karwar, April 4: A 11-year-old schoolboy from Harwada village in Ankola taluk suffered serious injuries on Monday when a panther attacked him while he was asleep. Sachin Premanand Gowda, however, has escaped the jaws of death narrowly and is undergoing treatment at the government hospital in Ankola. According to parents Premanand and Hema, the couple along with Sachin were sleeping on the verandah