Karnataka

Mangalore, December 20: Dr B R Ambedkar Samajika Samskruthika Seva Sangha celebrated its third anniversary along with the memorial day of the father of Indian Constriction at Town hall in the city on Monday with music, dance and felicitations. The evening began with light film songs sung by singers Basha, Karunakar Polali and child artist Vijeth Ullal. The chief guest of the evening was KPCC

Mangalore, December 20: Former Vice Chancellor of MAHE University Dr B M Hegde inaugurated Beary's Global InfoTech Limited (BGITL), an IT wing of Bearys' group on Sunday. Spearheaded by a team of experts who came from top IT companies, BGITL is an end-to-end IT solution provider specialized in full cycle IT services & platform solutions, for the various industries such as, Education, HealthCare

Mangalore, December 20: The Mangalore Photography Club organised a day-long photography workshop at Hotel Moti Mahal in the city on Sunday. This was a basic photography course meant for beginners as well as advanced amateurs. The workshop was attended by 45 people. The resource persons were Dr Krishnamohan Prabhu, Rohit S Rao and Dijaraj Nair. The workshop included theory sessions which dealt in

Udupi, December 20: Brahmavar, one of the fastest growing towns in coastal Karnataka, is likely to become a new taluk headquarters in Udupi district next year. Udupi MLA Raghupati Bhat speaking at an interaction programme titled “Jago Shasak Jago” organised by the Udupi Consumers' Forum here on Monday said that a proposal for creation of new taluks is before the Government. Mr. Bhat said that the

Mangalore, December 20: Preparations are going on in full strength for the 17th National Youth Festival which will commence in Mangalore from January 12. The event which is organised for the first time in the district will be organised with all grandeur and in a disciplined manner, said District-in-Charge Minister Krishna J Palemar. Presiding over a preparatory meeting of the people's

Bangalore, December 20: Milk price in the state is set to undergo one more reverse this year, as Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is asking the state government permission to hike the price of milk by Rs 5 a litre. The decision has been taken at a KMF board meeting on December 17 and the federation is likely to place its request to the government on Tuesday. Despite being an autonomous body, the

Udupi, December 19: Over 3,000 villagers from Kalathur, Kuthyaru and Paadur on Monday took out a protest march on the streets of Udupi, to demand the chief minister to drop the proposal to acquire 700 acres of land for the second stage of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL). Jana Jagruthi Samithi, Kalathur, had organized the protest. Honorary President of the Samithi Gurme Suresh

Manipal, December 19: Holders Delhi University had to fight a long drawn battle against Gujarat to retain the All-India Inter-university Men's Tennis title at the Manipal University, Sports Complex, Marena, here. After the marathon tie versus Jain University in the semi-final yesterday, the Delhi lads had a similar experience against Gujarat Monday. Making its debut in the inter-university tennis

Mangalore, December 19: Inequality and increasing gap between rich and poor in the country are the counter products of widespread corruption, opined Marline Martice, director of Development Education Service Mangalore. She was speaking at a symposium on 'How Can Corruption Be Eradicated?' organised at Town Hall, here on Sunday evening. The programme was organised by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind as part of

Mangalore, December 19: The Aloycian Conclave and the Eminent Aloysian Alumni Awards function of St Aloysius College, Mangalore was held at AIMIT, the new campus of St Aloysius College, Mangalore on Sunday evening. Padma Bhushan K K Venugopal was honoured in absentia. Dr Shantharma Shetty, Vice Chancellor, Nitte University, Mr Alan Nazareth, former Indian Ambassador to many countries, Dr Habeeb