Karnataka

Udupi, January 18: The Sode Paryaya 2012 was celebrated in colourful and grand manner here in the early hours of Wednesday. Processions comprising tableaus depicting art and culture of Ashta Mutts and its tradition, music bands, bhajan teams, which started at Jodukatte at around 4 am of Wednesday was the special attraction for the general public, who spent wholenight on the streets of Udupi city

Mangalore, January 18: 'Media Manthan', a two day national level seminar and media fiesta will be held on 20 and 21 January, 2012 at St Aloysius College, Mangalore. Media and Environment- Leveraging Media Power to protect our Environment – is the theme of the two day event, stated a press release issued by Laxmi Shenoy, Convener, Media Manthan. The event will offer a healthy blend of knowledge

Mangalore, January 18: A khadi art and craft exhibition was organized by Mangalore Institute of Fashion Technology here on Wednesday. Inaugurating the exhibition Nanda Gopal, convener CIL, and former journalist, said khadi day should be celebrated every day. “We Indians still live in a phase of colonial hangover. We blindly follow the west whereas we have a wonderful tradition amidst us”, he said

Mangalore, January 18: The synthetic track laying work at Mangala stadium here will begin on Thursday, January 19, according to Dakshina Kannada District In-charge minister Krishna J Palemar. In an interaction with media persons at Patrika Bhavan, here on Wednesday, the Minister said that the 17th National Youth Festival that was held in the city from January12 to 16, was one of the reason for the

Mangalore, January 18: A two month old tiger cub the Dr Shivaram Karanth Biological Park at Pilikula near here, has been adopted by District In-Charge Minister Krishna J Palemar. The cub is born out of tigress Nethravathi. Having come to inaugurate 'Nethravathi - Phalguni Jodukere Kambala' at Pilikula the Minister felt so much joy on seeing the cub that he offered Rs 1 lakh for its adoption. This

Puttrur January 18: Two separate complaints have been lodged at the Kadaba police station in connection with a brawl between the workers of BJP and Bajrang Dal over an alleged cow trafficking incident. Four persons including the convenor of the Bajrang Dal Savanoor unit, have been admitted to hospital following the clash. Dhanya Kumar Belandur (26), the Dal office-bearer, has been admitted at the

Mangalore, January 18: Karnataka State Human Rights Commission Chairperson S R Nayak warned the modern the modern states of dire a consequence, if they failed to eliminate the mass poverty and macro-hunger and assure the self-respect and human dignity to the constituents of mankind. He was speaking after inaugurating a UGC sponsored national seminar on 'Developmental Agenda and Human Rights: A

Mangalore, January 18: The federation of Gram Panchayat presidents, vice-presidents and members on Wednesday demanded suspension of the police inspector and the personnel for carrying out lathicharge on innocent schoolchildren and the president of the Bajpe Gram Panchayat Shahul Hameed. Speaking to reporters here Surendra Kambali, president of the union, threatened to launch a stir in front of the

Udupi, January 18: A warm civic reception was accorded to the outgoing Paryaya seer – Lakshmivara Tirtha of Shiroor Mutt here on Tuesday. After felicitating the seer, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda lauded the swamiji for his achievements during his third Paryaya. He said that State Government had allocated Rs. 5 crore for the development of surroundings of the Krishna Mutt. The Paryaya system

Sullia, January 18: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda was 'blessed' by Raktheshwari and Vishnumurthy Daiva at his hometown Devaragunda here on Tuesday, after he took part in annual nemotsava and other religious rituals from 10 am to 3 pm. The priest said that the CM was blessed for the success in his political career. As a part of nemotsava, as many as 20 roosters were sacrificed. Speaking to