Karnataka

Mangalore, March 5: Jenifa FC, Ullal has emerged as the new champion of Late Ahmed Master Memorial football league tournament, which concluded on Monday evening at district football grounds adjacent to Nehru Maidan in the city. Needing either a draw or a win in the final super league tie against Kasba Brothers, Bengre, Jenifa settled for a goalless draw to take home the Trophy awarded to winners

Karkala, March 5: The excitement, the fun, the frolic is all back in NMAM Institute of Technology, NITTE, where the College is all set to host one of its kind state level inter-collegiate Cultural and Literary mega event 'Anandotsava - 2012' on 8th to 10th March 2012. This festival, being an annual event of the Institute, is ready to showcase the hidden talents of engineering students from all

New Delhi, March 5: Dr. Saud ibn Ibrahim al Shuraim, Imam and Khateeb of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, paid a visit to headquarters of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind at Jamia Nagar, New Delhi. Dr. Saud met also participated in an interactive session with the leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and praised Jamaat's works across the country. He also lauded the contributions of Syed Abul Ala Maudoodi towards the

Mangalore, March 5: Legal services across Karnataka including in the coastal city of Mangalore were affected on Monday as lawyers responded positively to the boycott call given by the Advocates Association of Bangalore. The call for boycott of courts across state was given to protest alleged “police excesses” against some of its members at the civil court complex in Bangalore last week. An

Mangalore, March 5: Veera Yodha Yadav Friends Trust will celebrate the decennial celebrations on March 11 at Ammunje here, by laying the foundation for “Amarashree”, a building in tribute to the brave soldier who laid down his life in the service of the nation, informed Praveen Chowta, secretary, and Ashok Kumar Kolambekodi, president, here on Monday. The Trust was formed in 2002 in memory of

Mangalore, March 5: Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers under the banner Dalitha Hakkugala Samiti staged a one-day dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office on Monday. They demanded allocation of funds in the budget for Dalits in proportion to their population. Speaking on the occasion CPI (M) Dakshina Kannada district secretary B. Madhava blasted at the government for failing to

Mangalore, March 5: Members of the Jana Hitharakshana Samithi, Malemar, staged a protest in front of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) on Monday, March 5 demanding immediate repair of the road from Chowki highway to Konchadi. The protestors, who belong to the 17th and 23rd Wards of the Corporation, alleged that in spite of repeated requests and appeals, the concerned authorities were turning a deaf

Mangalore, March 5: A felicitation function for the retired police officer G.A. Bava has been organised on Wednesday at Town Hall, informed activist U H Umar at a press meet here on Monday. He said a short film based on the life of G A Bava, who retired as Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), titled “Bava and Baduku” would also be released on the occasion by Mangalore City Police Commissioner

Mangalore, March 5: Physically-challenged persons from across the district on Monday staged a protest in front of deputy commissioner's office here demanding the state government rectify the irregularities in the distribution of pension to physically-challenged persons. The protest was led by Dakshina Kannada District Handicapped Association and Dakshina Kannada District Handicapped Federation

Mangalore, March 5: In a first-of-its-kind operation in the Dakshina Kannada district, a tumour was removed from the heart of a youth through surgery by doctors from the Omega Hospital. A team of doctors performed this rare heart surgery by removing the tumour measuring six centimetres and restored the normal functioning of the heart. A 32-year-old male patient (name not revealed), came to Dr K