Karnataka

Mangalore, April 2: “Sakala”, the state government's ambitious programme to provide various services to citizens within stipulated time, was launched at Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat in Mangalore on Monday. With slogans such as “Indu nale innila, helida samaya tappolla” and “Sevege Siddha, Kaalakke Baddha”, the programme has been designed to make bureaucrats and government officials deliver a

Mangalore, April 2: The lawyers in Mangalore, in association with State Lawyers Parishat will conduct a two-day 'Advocate's Conference' at Loyola Hall in St Aloysius College on April 22 and 23. Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda , Law Minister Suresh Kumar, Chief Justice of Odisha High Court Gopal Gowda, Judges of Karnataka High Court Nagamohan Das , Abdul Nazeer , Indrakala and A S Boppanna will

Mangalore,April 2: The New Age India Forum (NAIF) will hold the valedictory of the month-long “Prophet Mohammad's Life and Message” on Friday at 4.30 pm in Town Hall. The theme of the closing ceremony will be “Social Justice and Prophet Mohammad”. Every year the NAIF conducts the campaign across the district. This year the campaign began on on February 10. A seminar on the topic “Peace and Harmony

Mangalore, April 2: SSLC examinations started across the state on Monday. Tensed students around the examination centres were seen making last minute preparation prior to entering their respective examination halls in the morning. As per the rules, candidates entered the examination examination centres half an hour before the commencement of the examinations. In Dakshina Kannada district, as many

Mangalore, April 2: Nearly two years after the Mangalore air crash and months after the fire mishap at Carlton Towers in Bangalore, the Department of Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Services does not have separate standard operating procedures (SOPs) to deal with different emergencies, a CAG report has revealed. Except for Bangalore and Hubli, other cities in the state did not have special

Mangalore, April 2: Vittala, a boy from the Malekudiya community, who was not willing to be driven away from his home in the forests, had been labelled a “naxalite” and jailed, the former chairperson of the Backward Classes Commission C.S. Dwarakanath said here on Saturday. Delivering the valedictory address of a seminar on the impact of development on indigenous people organised by Mangalore

Mangalore, April 2: The Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M. Veerappa Moily has said that he had written to the Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ajit Singh on March 30 requesting him to declare Mangalore airport as an international airport. In a press release, Mr. Moily said that the Director-General of Civil Aviation had visited the airport and personally assessed the ground situation. He had

Mangalore, April 2: Arrest of Vittal Malekudiya, first year PG student of mass communication and journalism of Mangalore University with his father Lingappa by Anti Naxal Force on charges of being naxal sympathisers sparked verbal duel among his sympathisers and police officials at the monthly SC/ST meeting organised by DK district police here on Sunday. When the meeting commenced Dalit members

Manipal, April 1: General Manager of Syndicate Bank S K Abrol flagged off the 21 KM Synd Bank Half marathon, organized by Udupi District Athletic Association, in front of the Syndicate Bank Head Office, Manipal on Sunday morning. Chancellor of Manipal University Dr Ramdas M Pai, SP Boralingaiah, ZP CEO Prabhakar Sharma, Udupi MLA K Raghupathi Bhat and others were present at the flagging off

Brahmavar, April 1: The UGC-funded women's hostel of Crossland College, Brahmavar was inaugurated by Prof. T.C. Shivashankara Murthy, Vice Chancellor, Mangalore University on Friday. In his inaugural address he stressed the need for an evergreen revolution, through quality education and good infrastructure. “Today's youth are all innovative and have constructive ideas which can be further enriched