Karnataka

Shirva, August 24: The people of coastal region, especially Christians, will on Thursday have a very rare opportunity to see the sacred relic of St John Bosco, popularly known as 'Don Bosco' all over the world. The worldwide pilgrimage of the relic began in Italy on April 25, 2009, to mark the 150th anniversary of a religious order founded by him, namely, the Society of St Francis De Sales

Mangalore August 24: Southern Railway has introduced special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during Ramdan, Chauthi and Onam festival seasons. They will be operational from August 29 to September 8. They are: 06304 Nagercoil Mangalore Special will leave Nagercoil at 4.50 pm on August 29 and arrive Mangalore Jn at 10.30 am the next day. 06303 Mangalore Jn. Nagercoil Special will leave

Mangalore, August 23: Researchers should not live in ivory towers, instead should evince social responsibility, said Prof. R.K. Sridhar, of Mangalore University. He was inaugurating the Biotechnology Research (Ph.D.) Centre of St Aloysius College, here on Monday. Research, ultimately should have social bearings. Its benefits should reach common man/woman, Prof. Sridhar opined. Speaking on how to

Mangalore, August 23: In a filmy-style serial accident involving four speedy vehicles on the Mangalore-Suratkal road, at least six persons including a bus driver were injured. The accident occurred near the office of Aravind Motors Pvt Ltd near Kulur at around 9:00 am when a passenger bus plying form State Bank Bus Terminus to Kunjattabail, in a bid to over-take a series of vehicles hit an auto

Mangalore/Udupi, August 23: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District units of Janatha Dal (S) along with left parties on Tuesday staged demonstrations against the Central government for its failure to pass the Jan Lokpal bill and supporting Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement. JD(S), CPI and CPI (M) members participated in the protest in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner in Mangalore and

Mangalore, August 23: Unidentified miscreants vandalised a Government School at Kadir-Mallikatta here damaging property worth several thousands of rupees. The vandalisers gained entry into Netaji Subhashchandra Bose Government Composite School in the wee hours of Tuesday and ransacked furniture besides damaging roof and water pipes. The incident came to light at around 7:00 am. The students who

Mangalore, August 23: Union corporate affairs minister M Veerappa Moily has attacked Anna's team questioning their motives and keenness on having a Lokpal. “I don't know whether they are really keen on Lokpal. Do they have some other invisible agenda? They have to make it clear”, Moily said. Speaking at the airport here before leaving for New Delhi, Moily said the call to gherao MPs and ministers

Mangalore, August 23: SpiceJet is all set to touch down in this coastal city with the winter schedule commencing from October 25. SpiceJet has given its proposal to Airports Authority of India (AAI) to start two flights from Mangalore to Bangalore, and one each to Hyderabad, and Chennai. SpiceJet had initially proposed plan to start Mangalore-Hyderabad flight from August 15, but is introducing it

Udupi, August 22: The 'Mosaru Kudike Utsava' or Srikrishna Leelothsava, which is also called 'Vitla Pindi', depicting the celebration to mark the birth of lord Krishna and his childhood activities, was celebrated with all pomp and gaiety, in the temple city here on Monday. Muddu Krishna competitions under the banner of Paryaya Sri Shiroor Mutt and also in surrounding places by several social and

Mangalore, August 23: As many as 70 post graduate students were conferred degree during the first annual convocation of Nitte University on Monday by Nitte University Chancellor N Vinay Hegde. During the programme, 43 Masters of Pharmacy students, 24 nursing students and three pharmacy students received their degree certificates. The Doctor of Science Degree was conferred on Frankfurt University