Karnataka

Mangalore, November 29: Amidst the ongoing search operation for a missing cargo vessel and its six crew members, the dead body of one of the missing crew was found washed ashore on the sand in Lakshadweep on Tuesday morning. Although it was confirmed that that it was a crew member of cargo vessel from Mangalore 'MVS Al-Akhter', which went missing in the rough sea, off the coast of Amini island in

Karwar, November 29: Depression over the Bay of Bengal has cast a shadow on the fortunes of fishermen along the shores of Arabian Sea. High tides and rains in the Arabian Sea, due to the depression, damaged several boats in Kumta, Ankola and Bhatkal over the past three days. The turbulence in the ocean deterred the fishermen from venturing into deep-sea fishing in the past three days. Hundreds of

Subramanya, November 29: The Dakshina Kannada district administration on Monday lifted the ban imposed on the controversial 'made snana' ritual, which involves devotees rolling over the food left over by Brahmins - in the belief that it would rid them of various ailments - at the Kukke Subramanya temple as part of the three-day Champashashti Jatrotsava. The ban was lifted following protests by

Mangalore, November 28: Land links launched its new project 'Land Links Pearl' at a prime area in the Suratkal suburb of city of Mangalore. Land Links MD Pradeep Kumar told media persons that Land links Pearl is a commercial –cum-residential apartment that offers flats of both 2BHK and 3 BHK. Designed to suit the customers' requirements, Land Links Pearl offers the best comforts and commercial

Mangalore, November 28: Hundreds of Muslims took part in the Sunni meet organized at Marhoom Kota Ustad Nagar in Addyar Kannor here, on Sunday. The event was a part of the publicity campaign for the upcoming 85th Samastha Annual Conference to be held in the last week of February, next year, at Malappuram district in the state of Kerala. Inaugurating the programme, PKP Abdussalam Musliyar, office

Mangalore, November 28: 'Sustantivo 2011' a two-day national-level inter-collegiate fest is under way at St Agnes College in city. The event commenced with an attractive march by students of various participant colleges on Monday morning. The stage programme was inaugurated by Lakshmi Kumaran, DGM, MRPL, Mangalore. Speaking on the occasion Ms Kumaran called upon the students to enthusiastically

Mangalore, November 28: Protesting against the pathetic condition of the inner roads under the limits of Mangalore City Corporation, the City Committee of Democratic Youth Federation of India on Monday staged a demonstration in front of the MCC building. Dozens of people took part in the 'MCC Chalo' rally, which commenced from Ballal-Bagh and culminated in front of the MCC building, where they

Mangalore, November 28: Four drug peddlers were arrested and brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore in the international market recovered from their possession by the personnel of District Intelligence and Crime Bureau (DCIB). Acting on a tip off, the DCBI team carried out a raid on Mani-Mysore state highway near Kavu Bus Stop in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Sunday night and arrested four

Mangalore, November 28: Dr Christy Leon Fernandez, Secretary to the President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil expressed his concern over the situation of minorities, including Christians, during his meeting with Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, the Bishop of Mangalore on Sunday, November 27 in the Bishop's House of Mangalore. He said that minorities should be very cautious lest there should be laws

Mangalore, November 28: The former principle of Canara Degree College Mangalore, Prof Nagaraj Rao Javali (62) died of heart attack at his home town in Theerthahalli on Sunday. Javali had worked as lecturer in the kannada Department in Canara College from 1973-2002 and served as the Principal from 2002-2007. He had joined the college on the very first year of the college on the very first year of