Karnataka

Mangalore, March 27: Newly elected Member of Parliament from Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency, K. Jayaprakash Hegde on Tuesday took oath of office and secrecy in Lok Sabha. Mr. Hegde won the Udupi-Chikmagalur byelection held on March 18 by a margin of over 45,000 votes against BJP's Sunil Kumar. Mr. Hegde was administered oath by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. The new MP took oath in Kannada and in

Mangalore, March 27: Muslims in Karnataka have been included in the growth process relatively better than their counterparts in Goa, said Dr. G V Joshi, Member, Planning Board, Government of Karnataka, and Professor of Economics at the Nitte-based Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management. He was speaking after inaugurating a national workshop on 'Inclusive Growth: Concept and Reality' organized

Mangalore, March 27: The city now has an “Aaykar Seva Kendra” (ASK), a one-stop-shop computerised facility providing all taxpayers services as described in the Department's “Citizen Charter”, B.S.N. Prasad, Commissioner of Income Tax, Mangalore, has said. He was speaking after K. Satyanarayana, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Bangalore, and Cadre Controlling Authority, Karnataka and Goa

Mangalore, March 26: About 150-200 people held a protest march under the banner of DYFI from Panjinamogaru to the Mangalore Police Commissionerate on Monday, demanding arrest of the culprits behind the murder of Razia and Fatima Zohra who were murdered on June 28, 2011.Expressing lack of confidence in the local police who have failed to nab the ones behind the murder of the mother-child duo

Mangalore, March 26: Representatives of the Coastal Traditional Fishermen's Union submitted an appeal to Deputy Commissioner Chennappa Gowda on Monday, opposing the move by Mangalore Special Economic Zone authorities to lay an effluent discharge pipeline near Mukka. Around 100 angry traditional fishermen had laid siege to a dredger and a tug used to tow it on Thursday, asking them to vacate the

Mangalore, March 26: Gulzar Banu, Mayor, Mangalore City Corporation, visited Thumbay dam for an inspection of water level on Monday. Speaking to media persons after taking stock of the situation at the dam, Ms. Banu said that there has been a considerable dip in water level at the dam and that the Corporation will take steps to manage the dam's water resources for the days to come after

Mangalore, March 26: The Padyana Gopalkrishna award for meritorious rural journalism was conferred on Vijaya Karnataka reporter from Belthangady Steven Rego for his article titled 'Nandini Mayavaguva Munna' here on Monday. His article was about the disappearing Nandini river and its impact on the environment. The award is instituted by the Dakshina Kannada Working Journalist' Union and has been

Mangalore, March 26 : The Dakshina Kannada Body Builders Association will be organizing a District Level “ Mr Dakshina Kannada” body building championship, 2011-12 at Town Hall on Thursday at 4.30 p.m. The winner of the title will receive Rs 5,000 as cash prize. This was announced at a press meet by K Ashok Shetty, president of the Body Builders Association, Dilip Kumar, secretary, and Arthur D

Mangalore, March 26: The Times of India which had carried a sensational report titled 'Bhatkal sits on an RDX dump, warn policemen' has indirectly apologized to the people of Bhatkal insisting, the paper has 'no intention hurt anybody's feelings'. The climb down in the stand of the prestigious English daily comes after the Uttara Kannada district superintendent of police K.T. Balakrishna denied

Mangalore, March 26: Scores of shops in Bendorwell in Mangalore were inundated with water on Monday morning after the underground pipeline in front of the KRC complex burst and the about 10 square feet road caved in. The shops and business establishment at KRC Complex, Heera complex and Shah Complex had to bear the brunt of the sudden deluge with a bookshop being the worst affected. The books and