Karnataka

Mangalore, August 9: Rev. Fr. Francis Thomas Baretto OCD, aged 55, who was serving in Austria, belonging to the Karnataka Goa Province, breathed his last at 4. 50am on August 6. He was from Nirkan, Mangalore. He was born on May 15, 1956. After his preliminary education, he joined Carmel. He made his First Religious Profession on February 11, 1979. Later he received the Order of Priesthood on April

Udupi, August 8: Hussain, a resident of Karkala, was murdered by Rafiq and his eight friends, for the sake of money, near Tirthahalli in Shimoga district, on July 31. According to Karkala Town Police, the matter came to light after they arrested a suspect Rafiq on Monday, when he was planning to leave Karkala to Kerala and from there to a foreign country. Rafiq admitted that he along with friends

Mangalore, August 8: 'Makkala Kala Mela-2011' (Children's Art Fair), a south India level fest will be organised by Sri Chakrapani Fine Arts and Educational Trust (SCFAET) at Hotel Deepa Comforts on Friday, August 12. Announcing this at a press meet here on Monday K Harish Kumar, Honorary President SCFAET said that 108 Students from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka

Ullal, August 8: Ibrahim Badshah Educational Foundation (IBEF), affiliated to Sunni Vidyarthi Sangha (SVS) celebrated its second anniversary with the slogan “Let us all become educated (Ellaru Vidyavantharagona)” recently. On the occasion the programme “Ba Marali Shaalege”, encouraging dropouts to return to school, also celebrated its second anniversary. Muneer Saqafi Ullal offered Du'a gracing

Mangalore, August 8: Former MLA K Vijaykumar Shetty has accused Dakshina Kannada District-in-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar of stopping the Geotextile Membrane project aimed to counter the sea erosion across the Ullal coast. Addressing the media-persons at the District Congress office here on Monday, he said that Palemar had prevented this project owing to a “conflict of interest”. Pointing out

Mangalore, August 8: A week-long programme on breastfeeding was observed from August 1 to August 6 by the Department of Pediatric and Obstetrics of Father Muller College of Nursing, along with the Department of Pediatric Medicine, Father Muller Medical College. The inauguration was held in OPD, at 10.30 am, on August 1. Rev Fr. Denis D'Sa, the Administrator of Medical College and College of

Mangalore, August 8: The Mangalore Chess Academy in association with Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan under the auspices of South Kanara district Chess Association has conducted Inter district Chess Tournament on Sunday, August 7 at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan Pandeshwara here. The Tournament attracted 74 players from South Kanara and Udupi district, out of which 14 players were Fide rated. Prizes were

Mangalore, August 8: As part of diamond jubilee year celebration of the Mangalore Airport, a two day national conference on “Indian Aviation and Tourism: Opportunities, Challenges and New Directions” will be held at the old terminal building of Mangalore Airport on August 21 and 22. Announcing this at a press meet here on Monday, K Tejomaya, the chief coordinator of the Mangalore Airport Diamond

Mangalore, August 8: The director in-charge of Meteorological Centre, Bangalore, has warned that heavy to very heavy rainfall would occur at isolated places of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts over the next 24 hours. Strong onshore winds from westerly direction with speed occasionally reaching 45-55 kmph is likely along the Karnataka coast during this period. Rainfall is

Padubidri, August 8: In a serial accident, a Tata Indica after being hit by a speeding Maruti Omni, lost control and rammed against a stationary two wheeler and then entered a tailoring shop near Corporation Bank ATM in the town on Sunday morning. The Indica car was travelling towards Udupi when it was hit by an Omni coming from Mosque Road. Driver of Indica lost control and hit a TVS Apache