Karnataka

Mangalore, July 7: A labourer at Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited was killed during work on Thursday, when a crane boom fell on him. Police identified the victim as Johnson Santhosh Rosario (21), son of Albert Rosario. Hailing from Gurpur, he was residing at Kalawaru, near Jokatte. The tragedy occurred at 10:20 am at third unit of the MRPL. The body has been shifted to AJ Hospital for

Mangalore, July 7: Senior yakshagana artist M K Ramesh Acharya, who specialises in women's role in Yakshagana has been selected for “Pathala award” for the year 2011. The award is given by the Pathala Yakshakala Pratishtana, Edaneeru. The award carries Rs 5,000 in cash and a citation. Past recipients of the award include Kateel Purushottam Bhat, Kadaba Shantappa, Peruvodi Narayan Bhat, Kodakallu

Mangalore, July 7: Most of the religions do not present a clear picture about the purpose of life, but, there is not a single ambiguity in Islam about life, death, and relationship between man and his creator, said South Africa based Islamic scholar Abu Muawiyah Ismail Kamdar. He was delivering a public talk on “God and You- What is your relationship?” organised by South Karnataka Salafi Movement

Udupi, July 7: Pramila Joyce Pinto, an inmate of Manasa Rehabilitation and Training Centre at Pambur in Udupi district, has won a gold medal and a bronze medal in roller skating event held at the 13th Special Olympics World Summer Games held at Athens in Greece from June 25 to July 4. Trustee of the Centre Remedia D'Souza told presspersons here on Wednesday that Ms. Pinto had won the gold medal in

Mangalore, July 6: The century-old Corporation Bank, which wanted a young face for its brand promotion activities, launched Ashwini Akkunji as its brand ambassador on International Women's Day on March 8. With Ms Akkunji failing the dope test now, the bank seems to be treading a cautious path if its promotional plans are any indication. Mr Ramnath Pradeep, Chairman and Managing Director of

Mangalore, July 7: Banks need to gear up to absorb new technologies and leverage to improve delivery of services for comfort of customers by adding value, said Ramnath Pradeep, chairman and managing director, Corporation Bank, here. Pradeep, who is also the honorary chairman of Bankers' Club, was addressing the members of the Bankers Club of Mangalore at a meeting held at Corporate Office of

Mangalore, July 6: Now, Mangaloreans will have their own unique identity number as the enrollment for biometric unique identity (UID) card, an initiative of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), was launched here on Wednesday at Mangalore Head Post office at Pandeshwar here in the first phase by Additional Deputy Commissioner Prabhakar Sharma. Mr Sharma launched the scheme by

Mangalore, July 6: The Alumni Association of A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS) will be organising a “Prof. (Dr.) N. Sridhar Shetty Annual Endowment Lecture” on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 10.00 A.M. at Vimshathi Bhavan, ABSMIDS, Deralakatte near here. The Inaugural function will be presided by Chancellor of Nitte University, Dr. N. Vinaya Hegde. Former Vice-Chancellor of

Mangalore, July 6: To exert pressure on the MCC to stop civic tiger operation against street side and foot path vendors in the city, the Beedhi Badi Vyaparasthara Horata Samiti will be organising a mammoth protest by forming 'human chains' at various places where MCC declared 'no-vending zone' on Thursday, July 7. Sunil Kumar Bajal, Convener of the Samiti told media persons here on Wednesday that

Mangalore, July 6: A team of final year Mechanical Engineering students of Srinivas Institute of Technology, Valachil have conceptualized and designed a project called “Movement Locking System” (MLS) under the guidance of Muhammad Gowspeer, Principal of the college Dr Srinivas Mayya D informed in a press release that, since stopping and moving the vehicle upward on inclined roads in difficult and