Karnataka

Mangalore, June 14: The Holy Eucharistic Celebration in Our Lady of Miracle Church, Milagres, by St. Antony Ashram, Jeppu, was held on the occasion of St Antony's Feast on Monday, June 13. As a preparation for the feast three days Novena along with Sermon was held by Rev. Fr. Sunil Kumar D'Souza (Parish Priest, Thaneer Bavi). On the festal day the main celebrant of the Holy Mass was Most Rev. Dr

Mangalore, June 14: Junior Chamber International Mangalore along with JCI Mangalore City, JCI Mangalore Central, JCI Mangalagangothri Konaje & local youth clubs organised a voluntary blood donation camp at Govt Pre-University Women's College Auditorium, Balmatta here on Sunday. The programme marks the 'World Blood Donors' Day' recognised by World Health Organization on June 14. This is the

Mangalore, June 14: It will be the chirps of truly exotic variety that will greet bird lovers when they visit the Dr Shivaram Karanth Biological Park at Pilikula near here on Tuesday. In a move aimed at augmenting the bird collection at the third largest biological park in Karnataka, the authorities at the park here have decided to introduce eight varieties of exotic birds for the first time in

Mangalore, June 14: A slew of measures for Hajj pilgrims, including allowing a companion for those above 70 years of age, easier passport clearances and automatic inclusion of those applicants in the list who have been applying for three years, announced External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday. Delivering his inaugural address at the annual Hajj conference in New Delhi, Krishna said, “As

Mangalore, June 14: Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel vented his ire at the officials of the Public Works Department for failing to carry out road repairs before the onset of the monsoon during a review meeting here on Monday. Mr. Kateel demanded to know why the officials did not complete the repairs on the Mani-Kabaka and Sullia-Sampaje roads before the monsoon. He told the officials to set

Mangalore, June 14: The Dakshina Kannada Pradesh Congress Committee (DKPCC) will launch a two-month campaign “Congressna Nadige Janara Balige” (march of Congress towards people) from June 15 to create awareness about various development schemes of the Centre. It will throw light on the failure of the State government in implementing many welfare measures. B. Ramanath Rai, District president of

Udupi, June 14: A rare idol of mythical unicorn has been found at Kalya near Nitte in Karkala taluk of Udupi district. T. Murgeshi, lecturer in the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology at MSRS College, Shirva, and S.A. Krishnayya, folklore expert, told presspersons here on Monday that the idol was 29 cm long, 18 cm in width and seven centimetres thick. The left front and rear leg of the

Udupi, June 14: Members of the Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (Ambedkar Vada) staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Monday protesting against the statement of Vishvesha Tirtha swamiji of Pejawar Math on the conversion of 2,000 Dalits into Buddhism. DSS State unit organising convenor Prakash Byadarahalli said the claim of the swamiji that Buddhism was a part of

Mangalore, June 13: The trained youth of Project Displaced Families on Monday withdrawn their agitation against Mangalore Special Economic Zone following a high level meeting held in the office of Deputy Commissioner here. The meeting was attended by MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, District in-charge minster Krishna J Palemar, MLA N Yogish Bhat MLAs N Yogesh Bhat Abhayachandra Jain, MLC Captain Ganesh

Mangalore, June 13: Strongly opposing the recent move by Excise Minister M P Renukacharya to grant permission to employ female bartenders in bars and restaurants to serve food and liquor to the customers, the District unit of Sri Rama Sene (SRS) said that the Minister is promoting western and night-life culture. Kumar Malemar, District President of Sene told media persons, here on Monday that such