Karnataka

Mangalore, July 4: As many as 200 students of class-VIII in the city have started attending coaching classes to take the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) and National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) examinations to be held in November. They attended the second coaching class in Sharada Vidyalaya and St. Aloysius, Urva, both run by Sullia-based Prajna Education Trust (PET), which

Udupi, July 3: Konkani, Kodava, Tulu and Beary languages, which co-exist with Kannada in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Coorg districts have not been a hurdle in the development of Kannada. Hence, there is nothing wrong in teaching English along with Kannada, opined Udupi District in-charge minister Dr VS Acharya. He was speaking after inaugurating the Udupi Taluk Kannada Sahithya Sammelan, organized

Mangalore, July 3: Stating that there is no connection between religion and Beary culture, senior Beary activist Aththoor Cheyyabba urged Bearys not to mix religion with Beary Sahithya Academy, which, according to him, has been working to preserve and promote Beary language, literature and culture, since its inception. He was speaking at an interaction programme organised by Karnataka Beary

Udupi, July 3: The annual Kesarugadde Ota, organised by Saarvajanika Ganeshothsava Samithi, Alevoor, for the fifth successive year attracted a large number of spectators. The dirt field race was held at Kamblakatta, near Nailapaade, in Alevoor village of Udupi taluk on Sunday, July 3. Owner of racing buffalos and entrepreneur T Suresh Shetty inaugurated the Kesaru Gadde competitions. Speaking on

Mangalore, July 3: People belonging to Scheduled Castes who migrate to another state cannot claim privilege under SC Status in the migrated state, clarified Sarvotham Pai, Superintendent of Police, Civil Rights Enforcement Cell. He was addressing monthly SC/ST grievance meeting held by the district police at SP office here on Sunday. Mr Pai said many Tamilians have settled in Sullia taluk of the

Mangalore, July 3: An allegedly drunk engineering student was killed in a fatal road accident in front of the Pabbas Ice Cream Parlour in Lalbagh here in the wee hours of Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Antony JK (21), son of Joe Katikaran hailing from Kochin, Kerala. A student of final year civil engineering at NMAMIT, Nitte, Antony was residing at Valencia in the city. The tragedy

Mangalore, July 3: The representatives of street vendors in the city, who are agitating against Mangalore City Corporation's eviction drive, are all set to take the issue to Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj. A delegation of leaders, including Mangalore City Footpath Vendors Association honorary secretary Sunil Kumar Bajal, JD(S) state general secretary M G Hegde and veteran Congress leader

Mangalore, July 3: The DCIB sleuths arrested one more accused in connection with the murder of KVG Administrative Officer A S Ramakrishna. The arrested has been identified as Vaman, a resident of Polali. With this, the number of accused in the murder case has gone up to six. The arrested include Dr Renukaprasad, son of Kurunji Venkataramana Gowda, founder of KVG Institutions. Vaman was produced in

Mangalore, July 3: A gang of motorcycle thieves was busted by Mangalore City Police on Saturday following the arrest of three of its members. The arrested, who are currently in the custody of Bunder Police, have been identified as Mohammed (41) hailing from Kallapu, Abdul Rahman alias Mustafa (31), a resident of Jalligudde and Ashfaq (22), a resident of Addyar. Four stolen motorbikes have been

Mangalore, July 3: The Southern Railway has changed the departure timings of 12 trains, 11 leaving Mangalore Central Station and one passing through Mangalore Junction. The departure timings of Thiruvanthapuram-Lokmanya Tilak Terminal (Mumbai, train no 16346) has been advanced by 50 minutes. It will leave Mangalore Junction at 11.30 pm instead of 12.20 am. The release said the departure of