Karnataka

Mangalore, July 28: City based Omega Hospital has invited applications for a two year Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Cardiology in affiliation with Indira Gandhi National Open University from MBBS graduates. Announcing this at a press meet here on Thursday, Dr K Mukund, senior cardiologist and Chairman of Study Centre, Omega Hospital, said said there is a need for cardiologists to serve in the

Mangalore, July 28: As soon as the news of BJP high command asking Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa to step down in the wake of Lokayukta report submission trickled in, Congress activists in the city celebrated the 'Vijayotsav'. The jubilant mob in front of the District Congress office located in the heart of the city burst crackers, shared sweets and raised slogans against the BJP leaders including

Mangalore, July 28: The fire erupted in an old building, which houses five different godowns, near Centre Market in the city in the wee hours of Thursday has brought under control after several hours of effort. However, goods worth several lakhs of rupees have been gutted in the incident. The walls and roofs of the building, which had godowns of Liberty, wholesale dealers in stationery, cosmetics

Uppinangady, July 28: Three year old son of Avvamma alias Ayisha who was found dead in a rivulet near Nalaiguri in Uppinangady accused his father Sulaiman of killing his mother. The body of Ayisha, daughter of Ahmed Kunhi who married to Sulaiman in 2007 was found dead near a rivulet at her husband's sister Mariamma's house on Tuesday morning. In a complaint to Puttur ASP, Thahasildar and Women and

Mangalore, July 28: The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC), which spent crores of rupees for concreting major roads in the city is now spending huge amount to cover up the mistakes of non shifting of the utilities by them during the concreting work.'' The corporation had concretised 17 roads in the city using the Chief Minister's Special Grant of Rs 100 crore in the first phase. However, utility

Mangalore, July 28: Even a month after the murder of a woman and her eight-year-old daughter in Panjimogaru on the outskirts of the city, the case has remained unsolved. The city police were yet to establish the motive behind the murder. The much-talked about murder had led to a fear psychosis among residents of the area. Commissioner of Police Seemant Kumar Singh said the police were yet to say

Mangalore, July 27: As soon as Karnatka Lokayukta submitted the much awaited report on illegal mining, indicting Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, Reddy brothers and various others, Dakshina Kannada district unit of Social Democratic Party of India staged a protest demonstration in front of the Office of Deputy Commissioner here demanding the dissolution of the BJP led government. Addressing the

Mangalore, July 27: Criticising the State Government's verification process for LPG connection, Ivan D'Souza, Secretary of KPCC, said that it was 'unpardonable offence' to make helpless women to run pillar to post to get their connection status verified within a short period of time. Addressing the media persons at district Congress office here on Wednesday, Mr D'Souza said that Central government

Mangalore, July 27: 'Karnataka Darshana', which can be termed as the masterpiece of Prof B M Ichlangod, was released at Press Club here on Wednesday. The 62 page book, though small in size, poeticises the 2,000 odd years of glorious history of Karnataka, right from the Mauryan rulers in second century BC up to the unification of the state in the early 1970s. Speaking after releasing the unique

Mangalore, July 27: Hundreds of students on Wednesday took out a rally in the city as part of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad's nationwide protest against 'corruption'. Mangalore was one among the 500 district centres of the country, where the right-wing students' movement staged mammoth demonstration raising voice against, what the protesters said, the uncontrolled corruptions of Congress led