Karnataka

Mangalore, March 11: Mangalore Air Crash Victims' Families' Association (MACVFA) has decided to convene a meeting on March 13 here to take an appropriate decision on the next step in struggle. Although on the day of air crash (May 22, 2010) the then Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel had assured that the heirs would be paid up to $ 1, 60, 000 (around Rs 76 lakh) as per the provisions of

Mangalore, March 11: Father Muller Charitable Institutions (FMCI) is getting ready to celebrate Institution Day, Graduation Ceremony of Fr Muller Charitable Institutions and the Inauguration of year long silver jubilee celebrations of Fr. Muller College of Nursing on Sunday, March 13 at the Father Muller Stadium, Kankandy here. Addressing the media persons at Press Club here on Friday, Fr Dennis D

Mangalore, March 11: Chairpersons and members of four standing committees of Mangalore City Corporation were elected unanimously on Friday at meeting hall of MCC here. Mayor Praveen conducted the elections for the four committees namely Taxation, Finance and Appeals, Town planning and Improvement, Public health, education and social justice and Accounts. Each committee will have five ruling party

Mangalore, March 11: New Mangalore Port Trust's '40th National Safety Week' programme concluded on March 10. The Week was observed from March 4 to 10. Various competitions like slogan writing, drawing on safety, elocution competition, mock drills by the Port Fire Service and Marine Department of the Port on fire safety, bomb squad operation by CISF personnel etc. were conducted during the week

Mangalore, March 11: A plan to extend the Mangalore airport's tabletop runway, which witnessed the decade's worst plane crash in India, remains stuck 10 months after it was announced as both the airports regulator and the Karnataka government are reluctant to bear the expense. In May, an Air India Boeing 737-800 flying in from Dubai overshot the airfield and crashed into an adjacent hill, killing

Mangalore, March 11: A.J. Hospital & Research Centre, Mangalore is conducting a Thyriod camp from March 14 to 19 at the premises of the hospital. Detecting problems related to hypothyroidism / hyperthyroidism is difficult. This hormone is essential for the effective functioning of all organs. Previously, almost all the patients were of the feeling that surgery is the only solution for thyroid

Mangalore, March 11: Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav has directed officials to take stringent measures against the law breakers and book criminal cases against people who dump construction waste in the public places. At a meeting convened to review the development works of MCC on Thursday Yadav said that negligence on part of officials has resulted in continued waste dumping under the limits of

Mangalore, March 11: Possibilities of constructing a fly over at Hampankatta Junction were discussed at a meeting convened by Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav to review the development works of the Mangalore City Corporation. However, no specific decision was taken in this regard at Thursday's meeting, said an official press release issued here. Yadav directed the MCC officials to complete road

Mangalore, March 11: A gram panchayat president has been trapped by the Lokayukta sleuths red handed while accepting bribe from a labourer. Kedila Gram Panchayat President Guddappa Rai had allegedly demanded bribe from complainant K Krishnamoorthi Bhat for the release of a bill pertaining to the construction of Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra building near the panchayat office. According to the complaint

Kasaragod, March 10: The police arrested Hameed, a native of Cheruvathur in Kasargod district and a resident of Jappinamogaru in Mangalore for stealing the service revolver and five rounds from a police man on a train. He stole the revolver and rounds from Rajesh, a constable attached to the Malappuram Armed Reserve camp in Kannur Express on February 28 while he was going to the AR camp from