Karnataka

Mangalore, March 29: Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda has betrayed areca growers of Dakshina Kannada district by not granting them the promised compensation package alleged U T Khader, MLA. He was addressing mediapersons at the DK District Congress office in Mangalore on Thursday. Stating that areca growers had incurred huge losses in 2011-12 season, due to fruit rot disease (kole roga), Mr. Khader

Mangalore, March 29: Epitome-2K12, the IT fest organized by the IT section of AIMIT, St Aloysius College(Autonomous), Mangalore, was inaugurated by Dr Ravichandran, CEO, Glotouch Technologies, Mangalore on 29th March at 9.30 a.m. Rev. Fr Walter Andrade SJ, Finance Officer, St Aloysius College presided over the function.In his inaugural speech Dr Ravichandran recounted his own days as an alumnus of

Uppinangady , March 29: The police have concluded that the Pushpa (20), whose body was found in the Kumaradhara River in Uppingangady on March 19, was murdered by her alleged boyfriend. The Kadaba police have booked a case of murder against Ramesh, her alleged lover. Ramesh is a resident of Kookada village. Pushpa , a PUC student at Subramanya Government First grade college had gone missing the

Mangalore, March 29: The Father Muller Charitable Institutions, Kankanady, in association with Rotary Club of Mangalore launched on Thursday a Biogas Plant, which is capable of generating gas from wet garbage on their premises. The plant has been set up at a cost of Rs 5 lakhs and can produce 14 Kgs of biogas from 300 Kgs of garbage will produce about 14 Kgs of biogas. The aim is to convert the

Udupi, March 29: It was a classic case of too little too late. Whatever be the reason, the beginning of inquiry into the alleged obscenities during the Spring Zouk music festival organized on the St Mary's Island has failed to evoke any confidence in the people of the Udupi district. A series of protests were held since the Festival, which was held from February 3 to 5, by a host of organizations

Mangalore, March 29: The Karnataka High Court has reserved its judgement on the Mayoral election procedure at MCC for April 3. The BJP had approached the High Court challenging the procedure followed by MV Jayanti, the returning officer during the Mangalore Mayoral elections, who had rejected the nomination of BJP's Roopa D Bangera resulting in Congress candidate Gulzar Banu winning the Mayor's

Mangalore, March 29: Around Rs. 3.5 lakhs were stolen from a parked car in Valencia area of the city on Wednesday. The cash belonged to Kamaruddin of Medicity Medicals. He had parked his car near the SBI Bank in Valencia, where he dropped in for some work. By the time he returned, he found the cash he had kept in a cover on the seat of the car missing. “It happened around 12 noon. I had gone out

Mangalore, March 29: Corporation Bank, in association with Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Co-operative Fish Marketing Federation Ltd., launched a subsidised loan scheme for fisherwomen through joint liability groups (JLGs) in the city on Wednesday. The bank has identified 72 groups consisting of 700 fisherwomen in Mangalore through the federation and about Rs. 3.50 crore credit will be extended to

Mangalore, March 28: Renowned Tulu actor Devdas Kapikad will come up with a film based on his popular play 'Gantethand?' with the title 'Telikeda Bolli'. The shooting for the film got under way on Wednesday. Interestingly Telikeda Bolli is a title that has been given to him by his fans. Speaking to reporters in the city on Wednesday, Mr. Kapikad said said his two-hour long movie will be different

Mangalore, March 28: The Horticulture Fepartment , DK, Zilla Panchayath, and Mangalore City Corporation are jointly organizing a fruit and vegetable exhibition as part of the 'Horticulture Year' 2011-12. The exhibition will be held at Kadri Park from March 30 till April 1 for three days. The inauguration will take place on Friday at 4.30 pm. With contributions from the department, government