Karnataka

Udupi, February 10: Even after five days of conclusion of the Rave Party, the St Mary's Island, which was abused to the core by the revelers, had not been cleared of their littering. The littered beer and liquor bottles, soft drink bottles, tins, pet jars, polythene bags, used condoms, syringes etc had remained. At some places the garbage had been found half burnt. Nature lovers who turned to the

Mangalore, February 10: Hundreds of activists belonging to various organisations on Friday evening took out a rally under the banner of Federation of Human Rights Organisations of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts in the city condemning the growing communal attacks across Karnataka. The rally which got off on a peaceful note from Ambedkar Circle culminated in a public meeting in front of the

Bangalore, February 10: The Mangalore North MLA Krishna J Palemar, who was forced to resign from his ministerial berths following the Assembly porngate has said that he was ready quit as MLA if the House Committee finds him guilty. Mr Palemar, who remained in Bangalore without visiting his family or constituency, after facing allegations of providing porn clips to two of his colleagues during

Mangalore, February 10: A one day workshop on 'Biological Databases and Sequence Analysis Tools' was conducted by St Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT), St. Aloysius College, Centre for Bioinformatics, supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. The aim of the workshop was acquainting students with the

Mangalore, February 10: As part of Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary celebration of Prophet Muhammad, a mass maulood recitation programme was conducted at Thaqwa Masjid, Pumpwell, here. Around 500 people got together and recited Manqoos Maulood, a work that glorifies the Prophet. Various programmes are organized throughout the India as part of the birth anniversary of Prophet. However such

Mangalore, February 10: International passengers have been emerging as the mainstay for the growth of traffic in Mangalore airport. Though nearly one-third of the Mangalore airport's passenger traffic was contributed by international passengers in 2011, the international traffic went up by only 4.10 per cent during the period. A notified customs aerodrome, Mangalore airport has connectivity to

Mangalore, February 10: Indian Institute of Job Training, a leading vocational training provider, will be holding a job fair completely free for the youth of Mangalore promising great job opportunities in top companies. The job fair is scheduled for Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 10 am to 6 pm at IIJT Computer Education Ltd. 1st Floor, GA Complex, Near Omega Hospital, Kankanandy, stated a press

Mangalore, February 10: The stage is set for the ninth edition of Veerarani Abbakka Utsava-2012 that gets underway at Uchila Bovi School ground at Sankolige, Someshwar near here, on Saturday. While the seven editions were organized by Veerarani Abbakka Utsava Samiti with help and support from philanthropists and donors, the Utsava has received state support in the last two editions, including the

Mangalore, February 9: The protests erupted in the city against the disgraced BJP MLAs who caught watching porn clippings during Assembly proceedings, continued on Thursday with JD(S) members staging a demonstration in front of the DC office, demanding the expulsion of the tainted trio. Addressing the protesters JDS State Secretary MG Hegde said that his party would continue protest until

Mangalore, February 9: Senior Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary demanded that CM DV Sadananda Gowda convene a special session of the state legislature on Monday and move a resolution seeking the expulsion of three tainted MLAs, who have resigned from their ministerial berths in the wake of porn gate scandal surfacing on the floor of State Assembly. Addressing a press meet here Thursday, he said