Karnataka

Mangalore, November 30: Protesting against the Union Cabinet's decision to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, the Dakshina Kannada district committee of Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday staged a demonstration in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner here. The protesters, who raised slogans against the Centre and grant of permission to foreign companies

Subrahmanya, November 30: The controversy over 'made snana', a ritual at the Kukke Subrahmanya temple where devotees roll on the left-over meals of the Brahmins, deepened on Wednesday with an angry group attacking a backward class leader for opposing the tradition. Dr. K. H. Shivaram, who had arrived from Mysore along with a team of 30 activists, was assaulted by the devotees following a heated

Mangalore, November 30: V U George, the editor and publisher of 'Mangalore Today', a city based monthly magazine, has been honoured with the State sponsored 'Karnataka Media Academy Award' for the year 2010 along with 19 other media personalities. Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda presented the award to Mr George on Tuesday at at Jnana Jyothi Hall in Bangalore. The award comprises Rs 10,000 cash

Mangalore, November 30: A youth, who had come to see his father, who was admitted at Fr Muller's Hospital Kankanadi here, jumped off the fifth floor of the fifth floor of the building to commit suicide on Tuesday night. Deceased has been identified as Bhaskar (32), son of Rama, a resident of Kasargod. Police said that Bhaskar, diploma holder, was mentally ill since past six months and he was

Mangalore, November 30: Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagrutha Vedike warned that it would resort to holding black flag protest against Pejawar mutt seer Vishweshateertha, if he continued his silence over the `Made Made Snana' ritual being performed at Kukke Subrahmanya temple. KS Shivaramu, state president of the vedike, said the seer on the one hand protests against atrocities on Dalits

Subrahmanya, November 30: The controversial ritual of 'made-snana' continued unabated for the second day on Tuesday at Kukke Subrahmanya temple as over 3,500 devotees voluntarily rolled on plantain leaves used by Brahmins for meals. The ritual commenced on the day of Chowthi and is held for two days namely on 'Panchami' and 'Shashti.' The ritual is held only during the temple fair. It is believed

Udupi, November 29: “Not even one inch of land available in the Udupi city limits to be distributed among the landless. We can only construct multi storied apartments and distribute the flats among the landless”, said Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat. Speaking at the monthly general meeting of Udupi Municipality, Mr Bhat, who is also the president of `Nagarashraya' Committee, which is supposed to work

Manipal, November 29: Manipal University will, for the first time, hold a common entrance test and counseling for admissions to BTech courses for the academic session 2012-13. The CET will be held for admissions to Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal; Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim and Manipal University, Jaipur to facilitate students,” said Manipal University, Manipal

Mangalore, November 29: 'Sayonara', the valedictory for the final year MCA and M Sc (Software Technology) batches of AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) was held on Monday, November 28. The programme began at 1.30 pm honouring the students who were achievers in various inter collegiate fests and competitions held during academic year. By giving each one a rose, Prof Santhosh Rebello, the Dean

Mangalore, November 29: Department of Science Technology, St. Agnes College, Mangalore in association with Pilikula Regional Science Centre Society organised a workshop for science teachers in the College premises here on Tuesday November 29. Addressing to the gathering Prof K V Rao, Director of Pilikula Regional Science Centre Society said, things are happening in figure tips and people need not