Karnataka

Mangalore, March 27: The South Karnataka unit of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama on sunday organised a Samastha Sunni Conference in the city on Sunday. Thousands of people converged at Nehru Maidan to the listen to the speeches of Sunni ulamas. The conference was held under the promulgation of “preserving the tradition is the motto of Samastha”. Mangalore Qazi Thwaqa Ahmed Musliyar inaugurated

Mangalore, March 27: Guests at the annual honorary award distribution ceremony organised by Karnataka Beary Sahithya Academy at Town Hall here on Sunday evening urged the Muslim community to allow their women to come to the forefront in all fields of social life. “Compared to a century ago, the modern woman is competing with men in all fields. However, as far as Muslim woman is concerned, she is

Mangalore, March 27: Rehabilitation of beggars is difficult and the only way to stem begging is to stop giving alms, said Ramalingappa, Chairman, Central Relief Committee, who visited Nirashritara Kendra, Pachchanady, here on Sunday. He said: “Those who give alms to beggars are equally to blame for the perpetuation of begging. It continues because there are people who give alms. Stop giving alms

Moodbidri, March 27: Alva's Education Foundation has decided to adopt Hosangadi village, which has recently been recognised as the cleanest village in the state. Dr Mohan Alva, Chief of the Foundation, has announced that activities such as maintenance of cleanliness of the village, making the village plastic free, turning Hosangadi into a village free of badill-habits etc would be supported

Mangalore, March 27: Hundreds of people belonging to various organizations on Sunday took to the streets for a cleanliness drive across Mangalore with a noble cause to make the city clean, green and progressive. Citizens of Mangalore enthusiastically participated in the mass scale “shramdan” organised by the Dakshina Kannada district administration in association with various organisations and

Mangalore, March 27: Journalist and editor of 'ekanasu.com' Harish K Adhur has bagged sixth rank in the Master of Arts in Mass Communication and Journalism examinations conducted by the Karnataka State Open University in 2009-10. Presently, Adhur is working as the lecturer in the Journalism Department in Alva's Education Institution in Moodbidri. He has already completed MA in Sociology, Diploma

Mangalore, March 27: While severe shortage of water has hit many parts of the state with the onset of summer, water in large quantities is being wasted through leakages in Mangalore city. Also, pilferage and misuse of water have become a major concern for the MCC, which hopes to mitigate the problem by curbing illegal connections and regularising them. According to MCC records, the actual number

Mangalore, March 27: Work on a vented dam across the Gurupura river near Malavoor continues though the Karnataka State Coastal Zone Management Authority is yet to clear the project. “We are hopeful of getting clearance as this dam is meant to fulfil the drinking water needs of the surrounding villages,” S.L. Satyanarayana, Executive Engineer, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat's Engineering Division

Vittla, March 26: A group of students were assaulted by few members of alleged saffron organisation for being together at an ice-cream parlour here on Saturday, March 26. The incident occurred in afternoon when a group of boys and girls, was having ice-creams at Vishal Ice Cream parlour, close to Vittla bus stand. The assaulters stormed into the parlour thinking that the boys belonged to Muslim

Kasargod, March 26: A group of CBI sleuths from Delhi conducted investigation on the seaside rocks in the Chembarika beach as part of its probe into the death of Former Mangalore Qazi C M Abdullah Chembarikka Ustad. The body of Qazi was spotted on the Chembarika beach near the rock on the morning of February 15, 2010. The case was first investigated by the police and was handed over to the Crime