Karnataka

Mangalore, January 21: The Department of Health and Family Welfare, in a bid to control spread of elephantiasis, will take up a mass drug administration drive on Monday, January 23, in Mangalore city and several other parts of Dakshina Kannada district. Announcing this at a press meet here on Saturday, District Health and Family Welfare Officer (DHO), O. Srirangappa, said health workers would make

Mangalore, January 21: A couple escaped with burn injuries when a fire broke out at the kitchen room due to LGP cylinder leakage at an apartment near Yemmekere grounds here on Saturday. The injured Zainaba and her husband Aslam have been admitted to a private hospital in the city. The mishap occurred at around 9:00 am, when Zainaba, oblivious of gas leakage, turned on the gas stove and tried to

Mangalore, January 21: The skies on Saturday afternoon literally flirted with the eyes of thousands of people who thronged Panambur beach, as the two-day international kite festival got off to a flying start. The kite flyers from various parts of the nation and seven foreign nations like United Kingdom, France, Lebanon, Kuwait, Holland, Lebanon and Indonesia, were seen busy flying various types of

Mangalore, January 21: As many as 200 Youth Congress workers here on Saturday registered their names to donate their eyes after their death to Udupi based Prasad Netralaya. Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister B Janardhan Poojary formally handed over the filled registration forms of eye donation to Prasad Netralaya chairman Krishna Prasad at the Youth Congress Convention organized at

Mangalore, January 21: The Department of Chemistry of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous) will be organizing a two day national seminar on 'Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences' on January 23 and 24 at Eric Mathias Auditorium on the College premises, here. Announcing this at a press meet here on Saturday Rev. Fr. Swebert D'Silva SJ, the principal of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous) said “This is an

Mangalore, January 22: “Jesus Christ will not forgive the sin of the Mangalore Diocese, which is fooling poor Christians without any sense of shame” — This was the reaction of a poor Christian couple, which was projected as the first beneficiary of the 'Mangalore Diocese's 'philanthropic project' of donating 160 houses to poor as part of its post-centenary silver jubilee celebrations. “We are

Mangalore, January 21: A worker was killed and five others suffered severe burns when an explosion ripped through a sulphur pit at the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The victim has been identified as Nagesh (25), a resident of Kulai. The injured have been identified as Basheer (24) from Chokkabettu, Sirajuddin (23), from Katipalla, Ashwith

Kasargod, January 21: A M Kunhi Abdullah Musliyar, Sadar Mudarris of Puthige Muhimmath Shariah College, died at Pariyaram Medical College Hospital on Friday. He was 73. He was undergoing treatment for old-age related diseases at a private hospital in Kanhangad for a couple of weeks. As his health condition continued to deteriorate, he was shifted to Pariyaram hospital. Serving several years in

Sullia, January 21: The future of the circle inspector and the sub inspector suspended following last month's fracas between the Sangh Parivar activists and the police in Sullia still hangs in balance as two police constables who faced disciplinary action in connection with the incident have been reinstated. On December 14, 2011, the police had rounded up 17 BJP workers who were allegedly involved

Mangalore, January 21: Union Minister of State for Defence, M M Pallam Raju on Friday commissioned the the Indian Coast Guard Ship Rani Abbakka, the first of a series of five Inshore Patrol Vessel, at Visakhapatnam. The ship is named after Abbakka Devi, the legendary queen of Tulu Nadu, who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th Century. She was also one of the earliest Indians to