Karnataka

Mangalore, March 16: Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda lost his brother-in-law on Friday. 72-year-old Padmanabha Gowda Chilparu, a resident of Sullia, was the husband of CM's eldest sister Rathnavathi. The end came around 11:30 am. He was suffering from a lung problem and had returned home after being treated at a hospital in the city a week back. Two days back, the problem recurred and he was

Mangalore, March 16: Mangalore City Police have failed to make any headway in the sensational murder attempt on Karnataka Beary Sahithya Academy Chief Rahim Uchil even a day after the heart rending incident. It is learnt that police, during last 24-hours, have questioned several people including his relatives, friends and members of some organisations. A couple of hours after Thursday's brutal

Mangalore, March 16: The Union budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee earlier today has attracted more criticism than praise from people of the coastal districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada. Following are some responses of people who spoke to Coastaldigest.com: Latha Kini, President, Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Increase of service tax and central excise tax will hurt

Mangalore, March 16: Senior advocate and former chairperson of Karnataka Women's Commission Pramila Nesargi on Friday demanded enforcement of a Common Civic Code in India to end discrimination of women on the basis of customs and rituals. Delivering key-note address at the two-day national seminar on “Women and Social Reforms” at Besant Evening College here, she said women in India were denied

Mangalore, March 16: Women's Grievance Redressal Committee should not lie down. Instead it should be active throughout, said Zilla Panchayath Chief Executive Officer Dr K N Vijayaprakash. He was speaking after inaugurating a workshop of harassement on women at work place, organized at Netravathi Hall in Zilla Panchayath on Thursday. “If no complaints have been registered in four years, we should

Mangalore, March 16: Youth should take initiative to spread information about consumer rights among the public. It should reach the common man. Consumer should become the king in true sense and not in slogans, said Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Dr K N Vijayaprakash. He was addressing the gathering at World Consumer Day celebration and Consumer Education Certificate

Udupi, March 16: The expert committee, consisting of environment scientists, appointed to study the ill effects of the coal based Udupi power plant, already submitted its report and made some suggestions to overcome the damage on life and environment caused by the plant, said Power Minister Shobha Karandlaje. Speaking at a press conference she said that unless the promoters of the plant set right

Udupi, March 16: If the former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa does not turn up for the election campaign by Friday evening, the last day for public campaign, count down for Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda's exit will begin, said former KPCC President Janardana Poojary. Speaking to press persons Mr Poojary said that Yeddyurappa has decided not to sleep until he makes DVS step down to enable his

Mangalore, March 16: It was a much awaited day for the AIMITians as the inauguration ceremony of 'Insignia-2012 -The Blue Oceanic Quest', organized by the MBA faculty, took place on Thursday morning at the Beeri campus of St Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT). Vishal Hegde, Executive Chairman, NITTE group of Institutions and Trustee, NITTE Educational trust was the

Manipal, March 16: Nearly 4,000 students of the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), a constituent of Manipal University, went on a protest on the institute's premises and later in front of the university building against the death of a fellow student Ishaan Nilani here on Thursday. The students, who gathered in front of the university building for nearly four hours, shouted slogans against the