Karnataka

Mangalore, January 31: The Supreme Court on Tuesday indefinitely postponed hearing a petition filed by The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd (CAMPCO) and other Arecanut marketing cooperative societies against a ban imposed by court on Gutka. Campco and other marketing cooperative societies had impleaded themselves in this case urging the court to reconsider its

Mangalore, January 31: The concerns of the Beary community fuelled by the uneasy political situation in West Asia were articulated at a discussion held here recently. It highlighted that the Arab spring has left the expat population in these countries worried about their jobs and safety although the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council countries, barring Bahrain, have remained relatively unaffected

Mangalore, January 31: Men with their faces, head and clothes covered with colours were all over the city on Tuesday suggesting it was the last day of the six-day grand car festival of Sri Venkatramana Temple on Car Street, here Okkuli, a traditional and religious sport in which people apply colours on one another and take mass bath under water pumped from parked tankers, was the highlight of the

Mangalore, January 31: Dakshina Kannada district level students' Kabaddi Championship will be held on February 5, at Nehru Maidan in the city. The event is being organized by The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) in association with Jaya Karnataka and Dakshina Kannada District Amateur Kabaddi Association. The tournaments would be conducted in separate

Mangalore, January 31: The Cochin Port Trust emerged as the overall championships in the 32nd All-India Major Ports Shuttle Badminton Tournament – 2011-12 concluded on Monday. The event was jointly hosted by New Mangalore Port Sports Council and Major Ports Sports Control Board from January 28 to 30. Vishakapatnam Port has bagged the winners trophy. The details are as below: Men Singles Winners

Bekal, January 31: The Bekal Resorts Development Corporation Ltd. (BRDC) has set up an office at the Periye Service Cooperative Bank building to facilitate the setting up of the proposed airstrip at Periye here. BRDC had been entrusted with the work and it expected the airstrip to be ready in by the end of the next year. The office would handle issues related to paying compensation to families

Mangalore, January 30: In a heart rending tragedy, a young labourer lost his life in a mudslide, when he was engaged in the task of setting up rings for a well at Panambur near here on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Vishnu (23), a resident of Kollam. Vishnu birthed his last, after he was trapped in loose earth that fell on him. Panambur police who have registered a case of negligence

Mangalore, January 30: Amid religious fervour the chariot of Shri Venkataramana Swamy was pulled by the devotees on the Car Street in the City marking the grand 'Brahma Rathotsava', also known as 'Kodial Theru'. This marks the culmination of more than three weeks of festivities at the temple that began with reconsceration rituals at the temple earlier in the month. In keeping with historical

Mangalore, January 30: The City of Mangalore Monday paid homage to the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi with prayer meetings and floral tributes on his 64th death anniversary observed as Martyrs' Day. It was on Jan 30, 1948 that Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated here. Various organisations and institutions organized separate programmes and prayer meetings to mark the day. Students chanted

Mangalore, January 30: Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Kreedotsava-2 will be held from February 17 to 19 February 2012 in the fields adjacent to Shasthavu Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Temple, Badaga Yedapadav, Mijar, near here. The event has evoked very good response from the village sports enthusiasts of coastal Karnataka after the registrations opened last week. “So far we have received about 300 entries and