Karnataka

Mangalore, April 4: Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday promised to release Rs. 2 crore to Dakshina Kannada to ease drinking water crisis this summer. He was holding a video conference with officials. Deputy Commissioner N.S. Channappa Gowda said that the district needed Rs. 2 crore to tackle water shortage. “That will not be a problem,” said Chief Minister from Bangalore. The Deputy

Mangalore April 4: The second additional district and sessions court here has sentenced Dinesh, accused of murdering Sarojini, 28 to life imprisonment. The court, which had reserved its judgement on Saturday pronounced it on Monday. The accused had waylaid Sarojini at Thenka Yedapadavu under Bajpe police station limits on October 3, 2010, when she was returning home. Dinesh attempted to molest

Mangalore, April 3: It was a memorable event for the nine graduation students of University College. An anthology of different stories from different books liked and translated by them from English into Kannada, was released under the title “Nammaanuvaada” (Our Translation) on Tuesday evening. The programme was held at Ravindra Kalabhavana in the college premises. The story translators Mohammed

Udupi, April, 3: Members of Udupi District Jewellery Association on Tuesday observed Jewelry bundh and staged a dharna at Chittharanjan Circle, protesting against the hike in the tax on Jewellery. Responding to the state-wide bundh call to protest the doubling of duty on gold and imposing excise duty on unbranded jewellery in Union budget, all the shops in coastal district remained closed

Mangalore, April 3: New Mangalore Port has registered a growth of 4.42 per cent in cargo handled in current fiscal year (2011-12) at 32.94 million tonnes as against 31.55 million tonnes in 2010-11. The number of vessels handled by the port also increased to 1136 from 1097. Revealing this at a press meet here on Tuesday, The Chairman of NMPT Tamilvanan said the The bright spot in cargo handling

Mangalore, April 3: A very rare case of four babies of same sex in a single birth (quadruplets) succeeded nearly a month of life by the team effort of highly qualified doctors and medical personals led by Dr Ali kumble in tertiary centre, lndiana Hospital, Mangalore. However, one among the four babies died on Monday, April 2. Dr Yusuf kumble Managing Director of the Hospital told media persons

Mangalore, April 3: The 73-paisa hike in power tariff proposed by the Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) met with strong opposition from consumer groups at the public hearing here on Tuesday. The decision on the tariff will be announced by the month-end. Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) Chairman Srinivasa Murthy speaks at the KREC public hearing held at Deputy

Bhatkal, April 3: A delegation of Bhatkal Muslims with representatives from Majlise Islah-o-tanzeem, Galf Council, Bhatkal Muslim Jamath, Dubai, under the leadership of S.M. Syed Khaleelurrahman, chairman of Anjuman Hami-ye Muslimeen called on the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi on Monday. The meeting assumes significance in the wake of a Times of India report which claimed that

Mangalore, April 3: Dakshina Kannada District and Mangalore City Police jointly observed the Police Flag and Welfare Day here on Monday to commemorate the service and sacrifice of police officers. BG Achar, retired police inspector was the chief guest on the occassion. Speaking on the occasion Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Pratap Reddy said service of police in protecting law and

Mangalore, April 3: The Bijapur based Karnataka State Women's University has planned to establish four regional centres in prominent cities of the State including the coastal city of Mangalore. The new vice-chancellor of the University Meena Chandavarkar has stated that the regional centres will be established in Bangalore, Mangalore, Shimoga and Hubli. She informed media that the decision to