Madikeri, October 31: Abdul Rasheed, renowned Kannada writer and the programme executive at the Madikeri station of All India Radio, has been selected for the international broadcasters' convention to be held in New Delhi from November 20 to 27. The convention is being hosted by Asia Pacific Broadcasters' Union. Rasheed will present a paper on “What the listeners expect from local radio stations?”
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Mangalore, October 31: Eid-ul-azha or Bakrid will be celebrated in Mangalore and Udupi disctricts on Monday, according to the religious heads of the twin districts. Since the Dul Hajj moon was sighted on Saturday, the Eid-ul-azha will be celebrated on the November 7, stated Qateeb of Zeenath Baksh Jumma Masjid Alhaj Abdul Wahid Faizi, Ullal Qazi Alhaj Abdurrahman Kunhikoya Thangal Al-buqari, Udupi
Mangalore, October 31: Prof Sandeep Sancheti, Director, National Institute of Technology Karnataka has been appointed by the government to head new National Institute of Technology, New Delhi, which is set up by the Union government. Prof Sanchethi will be completing his present term on November 17. He holds a Ph.D from the Queens University of Belfast, U.K. He obtained his B.Tech (ECE) from
Mangalore, October 31:As many as 127 jail inmates including 12 women prisoners benefitted from a free medical camp organised by the Prison Ministry India (PMI) in association with A J Institute of Medical Sciences in the Mangalore jail premises on Sunday. The medical camp was organised following a demand from the jail inmates as a large number of inmates were reportedly suffering from skin related
Mangalore, October 31: When Total Sanitation Campaign picked up in Dakshina Kannada district, all the gram panchayats plunged into making the campaign success by winning the award at the national-level and many Gram Panchayats decided to construct plastic soudha to dump the plastic covers and to give way for its re use or use it for productive purpose like laying of roads. The district had come
Mangalore, October 30: The police have a tough task of maintaining law and order in next 24 hours as the much publicised Jan Chetan Yatra of BJP veteran L K Advani will be rolling into this sensitive coastal city on Monday morning amidst protests and criticism. On Sunday leaders and workers of Dakshina Kannada district BJP, youth and students wings, were engaged in hectic preparations to welcome
Mangalore, October 30: It takes a lot to be top dog here. You've got to have good genetics, good looks and a good attitude. Not all of them were pure bred, and others were a bit feisty during judging, but they were all special in the hearts of their owners at 'Dog Show' organised by Karavali Kennel Club at Kadri Park on Sunday, October 30. More than 250 dog owners, including some from Hyderabad
Udupi, October 30: Udupi District Congress Committee on Sunday evening took out a march from Ambalpady junction on the NH- 17 to Service Bus Stand to protest against Advani's Jana Chethana Yathra entering Udupi district on Monday afternoon. Former Minister K Jayaprakash Hegde, District Congress President Gopal Poojary, Udupi Block Congress President Pramod Madhwaraj, KPCC secretary MA Gafoor
Mangalore, October 30: Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary on Sunday exhorted his party leaders and workers not to stage black-flag protest against BJP leader L K Advani's Jan Chetana Yatra, which is supposed to roll into city on Monday. He was speaking at the assessment meet organised at Kanthi Church Hall, here, under the aegis of Mangalore South Block Congress Committee under the guidance of
Mangalore, October 30: In a barbaric incident, a man has killed his own wife for protesting his extra marital affair with a lady at Madya in Suratkal on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Renuka from Bijapur (22), wife of Shivappa from Bagalkot, who was working as a driver at a local firm in Suratkal vicinity. The couple has three children including a suckling. It is said that a quarrel