Karnataka

Udupi, February 28: Lambasting Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said that both the national parties had been using the minorities as vote bank at the cost of division on the communal lines. He was speaking at the Udupi-Chikmagalur JD(S) workers' convention organised here as part of poll preparation. Workers from DK, Shimoga, Chikmagalore and

Mangalore, February 28: The Karnataka Theological College and Diocesan Chair in Christianity of Mangalore Universty jointly conducted a seminar on 'Suffering Children' at the Bishop Jathana Hall in the city on Tuesday. Prof Dr Reinhold Mokrosch from Germany, who was the guest speaker on the occasion, delivered a talk focused on his observations with children, especially those who suffered and what

Mangalore, February 28: The Department of Personnel and Trainings (DoPT), Government of India has awarded a Fellowship on Right to Information Act (RTI) to Harsha Raj Gatty, a city based RTI activist and freelance writer. The program awarded by the DoPT, invites journalists, activists, government officials from all over the country to apply for this prestigious fellowship award, but selects only

Mangalore, February 28: The Mangalore University on Tuesday celebrated National Science Day to mark the discovery of the Raman Effect by Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. In a Science Day celebration gift to the student community, the university's revamped website was launched by vice-chancellor Prof TC Shivashankara Murthy. Laying emphasis on the importance of Science Day, Mr

Manipal / Mangalore, February 28: Janata Dal (Secular) candidate for impending Udupi-Chikmagalur bypoll S L Bhojegowda on Monday filed his nomination to the election officer at Deputy Commissioner's Office in Manipal. Accompanied by former chief minister and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy, Mr Gowda handed over the nomination papers exactly at 1: 45 pm. Speaking to media persons on the

Mangalore, February 29: A large number of workers took part in the public meeting to mark general strike called by various trade unions on Tuesday. Addressing them near Town Hall, Dakshina Kannada district unit secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and president of All-India Beedi Workers' Federation B. Madhava said the Centre had increased the price of petrol 17 times in one year

Mangalore, February 28: Normal life was disrupted in city on Tuesday due to the country-wide strike called by central trade unions to protest the 'anti-labour' policies of the UPA government at the Centre. All the city and service buses kept off the roads following reports of stone pelting on a few buses in different parts of the city in the early morning. Miscreants pelted stones at private

Mangalore, February 28: A scuffle broke out between a security guard and staff of a building in city in the wee hours of Tuesday resulted in the death of the guard. The victim has been identified as Hubli based Ganesh, who was posted on night duty at Essel Towers at Bunts Hostel. Sources said that six people, who had an office at the sixth floor of the same Essel Tower, approached the main

Mangalore, February 28: Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel found the progress of several schemes wanting at the meeting of the District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee chaired by him here on Monday. While construction of thousands of houses for the poor planned for the district in 2010-11 have not yet started, a Government Order affected the progress of water supply schemes. Several people had not

Udupi, February 27: Union minister for corporate affairs M Veerappa Moily has termed the impending by-election for Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency as a 'Dharm Yuddh' between good and evil forces. Addressing the Congress Workers Convention held at Kalsanka, here on Monday the litterateur-cum-politician said, both Congress party and voters should take it as a challenge to defeat the corrupt