Karnataka

Mangalore, March 7: Elated at their debut film 'Byari' getting a National Award for Best Film, director K P Suveeran and producer T H Althaf Hussain said that they were encouraged and inspired by the 'national recognition'. 'Byari' shared the National Award with Umesh Kulkarni's Marathi film Deool at the 59th National awards that were announced in New Delhi. “Though 'Byari' failed at the box

Mangalore, March 7: The Beary language movie 'Byari' has bagged the National Award for the Best Film at the 59th National Film Awards 2011 in New Delhi on Wednesday. 'Beary' has shared the prestigious award with Marathi movie 'Deool', produced by Abhijeet Gholap and directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni. The first ever feature film in Beary dialect 'Byari', produced by Mangalore based T H Althaf

Mangalore, March 7: In a dramatic development, Congress corporator Gulzar Banu has been elected as the new Mayor of BJP dominated Mangalore City Corporation. The unexpected development took place when the nomination papers filed by BJP candidate Roopa D Bangera was rejected by the returning officer. The nomination of Ms Bangera was rejected as she had failed to submit her caste certificate, which

Mangalore, March 7: Nearly two years after Mangalore air crash, which claimed 158 lives, a Mumbai based lawyer has filed a private complaint before the JMFC II here, against Airport Authority of India, Air India and Director General of Civil Aviation. Advocate Yeshwant Shenoy, who is the president of 812 Foundation, in his complaint said that lack of fire-fighting preparedness and emergency access

Mangalore, March 7: Former Union Minister Janardhan Poojary has opined that the presence of JD(S) candidate in Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bypoll would benefit Congress, as it leads to division of anti-Congress votes. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday Mr. Poojary said that the atmosphere that prevails in both poll-bound districts is favorable to Congress. “Congress is determined to win as

Kundapura, March 7: A mild tension prevailed in Gangolli village in Kundapura taluk after some miscreants threw stones at a Masjid and few houses in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code have been imposed on the village following the incident. Superintendent of Police M.B. Boralingaiah has said that some miscreants were

Mangalore, March 6: Attempts to bring in Mangalore Special Economic Zone are in fact unjustifiable concessions being given by the government to loot natural resources which intends to give corporate players vulgar levels of profits, said Medha Patkar, renowned environment activist. She was speaking at an interaction programme organized by Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work, Mangalore, on Tuesday

Mangalore, March 6: World famous physicist-philosopher Dr Hans Peter Durr will be delivering three lectures in Dakshina Kannada from March 11 to 13. Revealing this to media persons at a press meet here on Tuesday Dr B M Hegde, Former Vice Chancellor of Manipal University, said the rare combination of physicist and philosopher makes his lectures of interest not only to students and faculty of

Mangalore, March 6: With the Bharatiya Janata Party poised for a win in Goa and the SAD-BJP alliance leading in Punjab, the party workers in the city on Tuesday celebrated victory. A small group of BJP workers gathered in front of the BJP headquarters near PVS Circle and burst crackers and shouted slogans of victory. They also distributed sweets to each other and enjoyed the moment. "We have won

Mangalore, March 6: The city based Besant Women's College is going to organise a national seminar on 'Emerging images of woman in Indian fiction in English and in translations from regional languages' on March 9 and 10, 2012 at the College auditorium. Announcing this at a press conference Dr Manjula K T, national seminar chairperson, said the programme aims at generating thoughts and discussions