Karnataka

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

Thiruvananthapuram, March 6: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Tuesday informed the state assembly that he would take steps to speed up the disbursal of compensation to families of the victims of the 2010 Mangalore air crash. The chief minister said this in response to a submission by CPI-M legislator K. Kunhiraman, who pointed out that the counsel for Air India was trying to reach an out-of

Mangalore, March 6: Junior chamber International, Mangalore, in association with Mangalore Paint Dealers Association conducted a free medical camp on Sunday at SDM Mangaljyothi Integrated School, Vamanjoor, near here. MSW Dept. of St. Aloysius College, Child Fund Project, Mangaljyothi Integrated School and KMC Hospital Mangalore also extended their support for the camp. Corporator of the area

Mangalore, March 6: Applications are invited from poor youths from across Karnataka belonging to Muslim community for a free training programme sponsored by the government of Karnataka. A press release issued here stated that both male and female candidates aged between 21 and 35 years are eligible for this training programme. Food and accommodation will be provided free of cost during the

Mangalore, March 6: More than 3,500 fish boxes were found gutted at port grounds in Bunder area of the city on Tuesday, March 6. An estimated loss of Rs. 20,00,000 has been caused following the burning of about 90 percent of the boxes belonging to 20 different fisheries companies. The gutting reportedly took place last night. It is being speculated that the act has been carried out by someone with