Karnataka

Mangalore, March 18: Akhila Bharatha Beary Parishath has urged the state government to revise the income ceiling for creamy layer for Backward Classes (OBC) under the reservation criteria. Addressing media persons at Press Club here on Friday, BA Muhammad Haneef, Working President of the Parishath said that the Union government raised the income ceiling for creamy layer from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4.5

Puttur, March 18: At least six persons were hospitalised after a fierce clash between two groups of students on Thursday at the Government First Grade Collge in Bettampady near here. Sources within the college said that a heated exchange of words between two groups belonging to two separate communities over the appearance of handwritings about a particular students' organisation on the desks, led

Mangalore, March 18: The Executive Committee meeting of Islamic Development Bank will be held at Patna in Bihar on March 28 and 29, according to its member and managing director of B A Group B Abdul Salam. A review on the progress of the projects implemented in India with the financial assistance from IDB and discussion over the request for the funds for the various projects from across India will

Mangalore, March 18: The inaugural of VERVE-2011, the Management Fest organized by AIMIT Business School of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore, took place on Thursday, March 17, at AIMIT Campus. The college choir sang the prayer song. It was followed a presentation on various events organised by the college during the last one year and was followed by the presentation on Insignia 2011

Manipal, March 18: Editor-in-chief of Outlook Vinod Mehta has said that television tended to trivialise news. He was speaking at a seminar on “Media conscience: changes, challenges and chances” organised here by Manipal Institute of Communication on Thursday. Journalists should not be cynics. They could never be friends with politicians, the seasoned journalist said. “A journalist is in the

Mangalore, March 18: Disorder prevailed in the selection process held for the posts of presidents and members of the Zilla Panchayat Standing Committees in the Zilla Panchayat on Thursday. In a special meeting called for the selection process of the five standing committees, 7 posts in the Agriculture and Industrial Standing Committee were left vacant due to the difference of opinion. The

Udupi, Mar 17: Udupi police have arrested a Kerala based thief involved in over 26 house burgling cases and recovered gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 11 lakh. The arrested has been identified as Tangaraju alias Ramesh (55), a native of Tamilnadu and settled in Kanzangad, Kerala. During a recent burglary in Brahmavar, the forensic squad had been successful in identifying his finger prints, which

Uppinangady, March 17: Dr Ravindranath Shanbhag, president of the Human Rights Protection Foundation, has urged the anti-andosulfan activists to seek legal help to make the company liable to pay compensation to the victims of the menace. He was addressing a meeting of the presidents and vice presidents of the Gram Panchayats under Puthur Taluk convened to collate information on the people affected

Mangalore, March 17: Karnataka Konkani Sahithya Academy has announced its literary and book awards. The awards will be given away at a programme to be held on Mar 26, at 5 pm, at Kashi Mutt, Malleshwaram, Bangalore. President of Konkani Sahithya Academy Kundapura Narayana Kharvy announced the awards at a press meet in Udupi The awardees are: Agnel Rodrigues (Konkani Language), Dr Edward Nazreth

Manipal, March 17: The present day civil society needs or demands alternative discourse or alternative media, opined Vice-Chancellor of Central University, Tamil Nadu, Professor BP Sanjay. He was speaking after inaugurating the two-day national seminar on Media Conscience: Changes, Challenges & Chances, organized by Manipal Institute of Communication, here on Thursday. “Everybody involved in or