Karnataka

Mangalore, March 4: Announcing the Programme for Hajj-2011 (Hijra-1432), the Hajj Committee of India has called for Hajj Applications from Muslims from all over India including coastal region, who intend to undertake the holy journey and holding or applied for valid International Passport. Hajj Application Forms for Hajj-2011 will be available with all the State Hajj Committees with effect from

Kasargod, March 3: Contradicting the statement of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar that Endosulfan was a harmless pesticide, Congress leader V M Sudheeran on Thursday said various lobbies were at work to retain Endosulfan in the country. Speaking to media persons here, he said the pesticide lobby was active to deter the country from taking a stand in favour of the countrywide ban on

Mangalore, March 4: As registration of medical establishments under the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Act 2007 has become mandatory from March 1, confusion prevails as to whether the clinics are covered under the Act. While the Act states that the medical establishments, including clinics, have to be registered, Medical Education Minister S.A. Ramdas during his recent visit to the city

Mangalore, March 4: A 30-year-old man was murdered allegedly by his younger brother from Macchina village in Belthangady on Thursday. According to Belthangady police, the deceased Deekayya's throat was slit by his younger brother Lokesh (28) when the former was asleep. Deekayya's another brother Harish came to the house on Thursday morning and found the former dead. The police said Deekayya and

Manipal, March 03: The seminar on the “Prospect of Jewellery Industry in India” organized by the Manipal Institute of Jewellery Management at the Dr TMA Pai Planetarium opened with Sumesh Wadhera, Publisher and chief editor of “The Art of Jewellery” assuring students of the institute that they were pursuing a bright career as the industry in the country was looking up. While outlining the future

Udupi, Mar 3: Playing of (Chende) drums round the clock, by Marpalli Chende Balaga, marked the Maha Shivarathri celebrations at Sri Mahalingeshwara Mahaganapathi Temple, Marpalli, near here on from Wednesday evening till Thursday night. Thousands of devotees witnessed this mega event. The Marpalli Chende Balaga had organized this Akhanda Chende Seve' on the occasion of its 10th anniversary. Chende

Mangalore, March 3: A heated debate sparked between media persons and Bajpe-Permude-Kalavaru Samyukth Hitharakshana Samithi (SHS) President Bhujanga Shetty on Thursday, when the latter held a press meet at the city's Press Club to clarify his stance on the issue of project displaced families of Mangalore Special Economic Zone.The development came as hundreds of youth, belonging to MSEZ affected

Mangalore, March 3: The stage is set to relive the grand coronation of Vijayanagara emperor Sri Krishnadevaraya in the coastal city of Mangalore, five centuries after he ruled the empire in the Deccan plateau of south India. The Karnataka State Tourism Department, Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation and Dakshina Kannada district administration is jointly organising a sound and light

Mangalore, March 3: Mukkacheri Friends Circle and Diamond Sports Club, which have been promoting sports and social service activities in and around Ullal for the last few years, will organize a National level flood light Tennis Ball Cricket (Over Arm) and Inter-State Kabbadi tournament “Fishers' Cup-2011” from March 11 to 13 at Ullal Sea Groud near here.As part of a social service programme, the

Mangalore, March 3: Dakshina Kannada district unit of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha on Thursday expressed its support to the cause of the job seekers in the project displaced families of the Mangalore Special Economic Zone, whose indefinite hunger strike has entered the third day. Kishore Kumar, the district unit chief of the BJYM along with his few associates joined hundreds of protesters, who