Karnataka

Mangalore, June 16: The NMAM Institute of Technology of the Nitte Education Trust has signed an MoU with Penn State Harrisburg, USA to offer a 2+2 engineering programme for students. The first of its kind twinning programme in India offers a bachelor's degree in engineering, where students can complete the first two years of their study at Nitte and the next two years at Penn State, USA

Mangalore, June 16: A book on SR Hegde, founder of Tulu Koota, was released by Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy president Palthady Ramakrishna Achar here on Wednesday. The book is the 29th in a series of 31 books that the academy had brought out, called “Marepperanvandi Tuluver”, about persons from the region who have contributed to Tulu language and culture. Author M. Rathnakumar said that S.R

Udupi, June 16: Three houses and a school were damaged in heavy rainsin Udupi district on Wednesday. Sources in the Kundapur Taluk Office said the house of Manjunath Das was damaged when a tree fell on it at Haklady village. The loss had been estimated at Rs. 50,000. The house of Veronica Dais was damaged at Gujjady and the loss was estimated at Rs. 5,000. In the same village the cement roof

Udupi, June 16: Artist Purushotham Adve has questioned the statement of T. Murgeshi, Lecturer in the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology at MSRS College, Shirva, and folklore expert S.A. Krishnayya about an idol of mythical unicorn found at Kalya near Nitte in Karkala taluk of Udupi district. The story about the idol had appeared in the media a couple of days ago. Mr. Adve told

Mangalore, Jun 15: Various organisations and political parities sans BJP on Thursday joined the victims of so called 'civic tigers', who are staging a 24-hour dharna against the aggressive policy of Mangalore City Corporation on street vendors. The main demands of the protesters are alternative arrangement for roadside vendors, putting an end to the operation civic tiger and compensation for the

Mangalore, June 15: As per the directions of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, the District Congress Committee launched 'Congress Nadige-Janara Balige' on Thursday, June 15, at Bengre Kasba, here. Prior to launching the two-month long campaign, District Congress Committee President Ramanath Rai said a team has been constituted in each block with one district-level leader and two observors

Mangalore, June 15: A fishing boat was damaged on Wednesday morning at Thota Bengre here as gusty winds battered the area. The boat owned by Shailesh was anchored in the Phalguni (or Gurupur) river, where the water was shallow. Unable to withstand the wind, the boat swept on to the banks of the river at around 3 am, it is learnt. The boat was smashed to pieces by the wind. In his complaint to

Mangalore, June 15: Even though number of farmers have lost their life due to Endosulphan, the Congress led UPA government is unwilling to ban the complete use of it which clearly shows that the government is in favour of Multi National Companies and is not bothered about the health hazards caused due to use of such insecticides said Franklin Monteiro, Member, Rajya Alpasankhya Morcha. He was

Mangalore, June 15: The annual deep-sea fishing ban along the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi came into effect from Wednesday, June 15, forcing boat owners and the fishing community to allow themselves a break of nearly two months. Those who visited Old Mangalore Port early on Wednesday morning witnessed a different scene as a large number of fishing trawlers and boats were docked

Mangalore, June 15: There are weapons hidden in Mangalore jail, said Rashid Malbari, an associate of underworld don Chotta Shakeel, who was produced before a court here on Wednesday under tight security. Malbari, who was arrested in 2008 allegedly for having nexus with the underworld and for allegedly collecting hafta has already spent several months at Hindalga central jail in Belgaum. He was