Karnataka

Puttur, March 23: Some unidentified thieves struck at a house on Monday and decamped with gold jewellery and cash worth Rs 8.89 lakh. The house belongs to Sridhar, a lecturer at Kasaba Junior College at Kallimar village in Kasba of Puttur taluk. The incident took place sometime between 9.30 pm on Monday and early hours of Tuesday when Sridhar was away on evaluation duty at Mysore. His wife

Mangalore, March 23: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) organised an awareness torch light procession against the corruption and imperialism on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the execution of freedom fighter Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his three associates Rajguru and Sukhdev. Around 75 men and women cadres, some of them wearing masks of Bhagat Singh

Mangalore, March 23: About half of the 10 manufacturers of fishmeal in and around Mangalore have suspended production owing to the changed demand scene in Japan following the earthquake-triggered tsunami. Of them, at least three exporters have sent fishmeal to Japanese ports with “no clear scene” on what has happened to what they have sent from here. However, the suspension of production cannot be

Mangalore, March 22: P A College of Engineering, Nadupadav emerged winner in 'Nrityam', an inter engineering college dance competition organised by Infosys, Mangalore at their Mudipu campus near here on Friday. The winners received a Trophy and cash prize of Rs.25, 000. In all, 256 students from 11 engineering colleges in and around Mangalore participated in this event. Canara Engineering College

Mangalore, March 22: AIMIT students of IT section won the prestigious Overall Championship in SEMAPHORE 2011, the National level MCA fest conducted by the Department of MCA, NMAM Institute of Technology, NITTE College, Karkala, wherein 13 teams participated. AIMIT had to compete with some of the leading MCA colleges like St Joseph college, MIT, Christu Jayanthi College, and Srinivas College. Two

Mangalore, March 22: 'Dream big, have a vision, work hard to achieve something in life' said Jesudas Andrade, IT Services & Management consultant, CEO & Executive coach, Bangalore. He was speaking as the chief guest at St. Joseph Engineering College during its 9th annual day celebration here at Vamanjoor. Director Rev.Fr. Valerian D'Souza welcomed all. Principal Dr. Joseph Gonsalves put forward

Mangalore, March 22: Media in India are doing a good job and they are the finest in the world, said Justice Micheal F Saldanha, Retired Karnataka High Court Judge. He was speaking after inaugurating a UGC-SAP seminar on 'Media, Culture and Politics' organized by Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Mangalore University. Saldanha however also noted that media today has been harassed and

Mangalore March 22: TeamLease Services, India's largest staffing solutions company and Indian Institute of Job Training (IIJT) announced the launch of the new satellite enabled training in finance at the Mangalore centre. The centre at Kankanady, Mangalore will offer career courses like CBA, IBA & CFP. Modular courses like Tally 9.0, Computer Fundamentals, Accounts, Costing, Taxation, Stock Market

Mumbai, March 22: The Mangalorean mafia seems headed towards a partial takeover of the Mumbai underworld. After Ravi Pujari killed two engineers at an Andheri construction site to send a chilling message to a builder on March 14, it was his bete noire Hemant Pujari's turn to strike with the murder of a businessman in Goregaon on Saturday. Hemant Pujari hired shooter Mukesh Sharma alias Shabbir

Ullal, March 22: Two people were arrested after the overnight vandalism of a Masjid at Chembugudde near here at around 2:00 am on Tuesday. The timely arrest prevented a possible eruption of tension in the peaceful area, according to Ullal Police Sub Inspector Manjunath, who rushed to the spot even before public gathering in front of the mosque. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Manjunath said that