Karnataka

Mangalore, July 29: District Congress workers on Friday fried papad and prepared tea using firewood in front of the Office of Deputy Commissioner's here to register their protest against shortcomings and confusions in the LPG connection verification drive undertaken by department of food and civil supplies. Criticizing the state government for causing inconvenience to the public in the pretext of

Mangalore, July 29: As part of its annual education campaign under the promulgation 'Education for Prosperous Society', the education cell of New Age India Forum (NAIF), a city based NGO will honour the students who are economically backward in the city on July 30. Saleem Malar, Convener, Education Cell of NAIF told media persons here that awards and cash prizes will be given away to the deserved

Mangalore, July 29: Will the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi pop up the next chief minister of Karnataka? Although there are some big names doing the rounds including that of Ananth Kumar, Jagadeesh Shettar and KS Eshwarappa – the three names considered to be the dark horses are from the coastal districts. Udupi-Chikmagalur MP DV Sadananda Gowda appears to have grabbed the pole

Mangalore, July 29: LPG consumers struggling with status verification of their respective connections need to wait another 24 hours. The department of food and civil supplies in Dakshina Kannada has set up teams that will undertake physical verification in cases where the online status of the connection reads "the electrical RR number for LPG connection is under verification as more than one LPG

Mangalore, July 29: Deputy commissioner and chairman of Regional Transport Authority (RTA) N S Channappa Gowda as a special case on Wednesday relaxed conditions in the district magistrates notification issued on April 6, 1993. This relaxation allows KSRTC to extend the Volvo bus services to the new integrated terminal building (NITB) of Mangalore airport to Mangalore central railway station. This

Mangalore, July 29: Jamiyyatul Falah, Mangalore Taluk unit organised an education awareness training programme on July 24. More than 500 students and their parents participated in the event. JCI National Trainer Mohammad Anwar along with his team of JF Trainers interacted with students and parents in different groups. Ms Humaira spoke about Islamic values and parenting among the ladies. Speaking

Mangalore July 29: Three fishermen, who went missing on July 23, were found 30 nautical miles off the coast near Kozhikode in Kerala on Thursday evening. Mohan Bengre, a neighbor of the missing fishermen, said that they had contacted their family members and had stated that they were being brought to Pudiyapu fishing harbour, five km north of Kozhikode. He said that the harbour was a 10-hour

Mangalore, July 29: Shadows of Konkani Culture were brought back to life by life at Orchid art gallery with the art expo 'Colourful Shadows'. As many as 18 artists displayed 21 paintings each portraying a different perspective. These paintings created as a part of World Konkani Culture are unique in their own style. However, the fear of losing culture was one unifying thought that seemed to be

Mangalore, July 28: Latha R Kini, a state award winning woman entrepreneur, has been elected as the new President of Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Mangalore. She will be the 49th President of KCCI and the first woman president to head the Chamber in its seven decades of existence. During the tenure of G G Mohandas Prabhu, outgoing president of KCCI, Mrs Kini was the Vice

Madikeri, July 28: Expressing concern over the adverse impact of globalisation, Kannada and Culture department Commissioner Manu Baligar said that it was the responsibility of today's generation to preserve and promote their regional art, literature, language and culture. He was speaking after inaugurating 'Beary Sahitya-Saamskrithika Sammelana” organised by Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy at