Karnataka

Mangalore, January 24: “Guthumane”, the homestead-like set up which houses various handicrafts at the Pilikula complex, was bustling with activity on Monday. A large number of children (more than 1,000 according to one of the organisers) participated in 13 creative activities as part of “Bal Bharat Srujanotsav”, the national-level festival, which began on Sunday. The children drew on sand, cut

Mangalore, January 24: Demanding an end to the casteist traditions being followed at Udupi based Sri Krishna Mutt, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has planned a protest rally in Udupi. In a press release issued here, secretary of the Udupi district unit of CPI (M) K Shankar said that several like-minded organizations are expected to join the protest protest on January 26. The protest is

Mangalore, January 24: Kadri Park in the city will get the much needed facelift at an estimated cost of Rs 5 crore, according to minister for horticulture S A Ravindranath. "A proposal to this effect is pending with thefinance department for approval," Ravindranath said in Mangalore on Monday, adding that every effort would be made to release this year's installment out of proposed expenditure

Mangalore, January 23: Currents of communal tensions once again swept parts of Dakshina Kannada district on Monday, as a group of miscreants stormed into small shops run by minority community at Mugaradka village in Belthangady Tauluk. The village is only a few kilo metre away from Uppinangady, where at least seven people including police personnel had injured in the aftermath of Hindu Samajotsava

Mangalore, January 23: The Congress and Janta Dal (S) have demanded the banishment of senior RSS leader Kallaka Prabhakar Bhat from coastal Karnataka. The demand comes following Sunday's Hindu Samajotsava and in Uppinangady, where Mr Bhat delivered a communally provocative speech threatening to kill Muslim youths. Dakshina Kannada district Congress Committee president B Ramanath Rai, holding State

Mangalore, January 23: Law and order situation has improved in the Uppinangay town in Puttur taluk, as the police are doing their best to prevent untoward incidents following the Hindu Samajotsava, which was trailed by sporadic incidents of violence. Uppinangady police also have filed cases against influential RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhatt, who had threatened to shoot down Muslim youths in

Udupi, January 23: Congress leader and former minister H K Patil has criticized Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda for his 'close association with corrupt ministers and corrupt people' Mr Patil who visited the city to take the opinions of party leaders and workers on selecting a unanimous candidate from Congress for the impending Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bi-elections, opined that CM had been

Mangalore, January 23: Mass drug administration programme organized by the Department of Health and Family Welfare for prevention and control of filariasis was symbolically inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner N S Channappa Gowda at Government Wenlock Hospital here on Monday More than 100 people took tablets at the inaugural function. Sumathi and Sangeetha, nurses at the Government Wenlock Hospital

Mangalore, January 23: The family members of Nagesh Kulal, who was killed in an accidental explosion at the Sulphur Recovery Unit II of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), have been promised compensation of Rs 10 lakh. “The MRPL management has agreed to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the kin of deceased Nagesh”, said MRPL-ONGC Karmachari Sangha president Praveen Kumar

Mangalore, January 23: On Sunday, it was not sea and the shore at Panambur, instead it was sea and oceanic crowd on the shore along with hundreds of kites flying high adding to the happiness of the crowd who had gathered to have a glimpse of them. Sunday being a holiday, people came as families bringing along elders to kids to enjoy the rare lavish spectacle that happens at Panambur beach-the