Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 20: Mangaluru's much anticipated educational mega fair,'Career Utsav 2014' organized by Fuel Media Solutions Pvt. Ltd, was inaugurated on Saturday, December 20. The two day fair saw an overwhelming response from the students as well as the parents who thronged T.M.A. Pai Convention Hall to explore the opportunities and awareness on various career options available in the education

Mangaluru, Dec 20: Controversial Hindutva leader and Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalk has endorsed the recent contentious statement of BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj, who had called Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse a 'patriot'. He was responding to the questions of media persons in the city on Saturday after appearing in a local court in connection with 2009 Mangaluru pub attack case. Mr Muthalik

Mangaluru, Dec 20: A group of Sangh Parivar activists waylaid a vehicle transporting a male calf in Maladi village near Punjalkatte in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district and assaulted a person in the vehicle. Local youths identified as Honnaiah, Hariprasad and Praveen were arrested by the police in Punjalkatte for the attack, and later released them on bail. It is said that a person

Mangaluru, Dec 20: A poor family with orphan kids living under a tent at Athoor village near Uppinangady on the outskirts of the city was blessed with a sweet home thanks to the Social Change Project (SCP) launched by Kuwait Kerala Muslim Association (KKMA), a philanthropic organisation of Indians in Kuwait. The handing over ceremony of the newly constructed house under Housing Improvement

Mangaluru, Dec 20: As many as six achievers will be conferred with the 24th annual 'Sandesha Awards' for their achievement in various fields. The Sandesha Foundation for Culture and Education will confer the awards on January 23, 2015, at Sandesha premises in Bajjodi, Mangaluru at 5 pm. The award winners are: Dr C Veeranna (Literature), Dr Jayamala Ramchandra (Media), Henry D'Souza (Konkani Music)

Mangaluru, Dec 20: A 17-year-old girl was killed in a fatal road accident at Swamilapadavu under the limits of Bajpe Police Station on the outskirts of the city. The deceased has been identified Nayana(17), a resident of Kolambe village in Mangaluru Taluk. She was studying II PUC at St Joseph's College, Bajpe. The tragedy took place on Saturday morning when the girl was riding pillion on a two

Puttur, Dec 20: An accident involving the death of a woman at Kabaka in Puttur soon snowballed into a tense situation ending in saffron activists laying siege to the police station in Puttur. A Maruti Omni car hit a female pedestrian walking on the street in Kabaka on the outskirts of Puttur on Friday night resulting in her immediate death. The deceased has been identified as Kusuma (35), wife of

Kasaragod, Dec 20: An auto-rickshaw driver here handed over to the police a hand bag containing 15 sovereigns of gold ornaments left behind in his vehicle by a woman passenger on Friday. Upon spotting the bag containing ornaments, Ravi, 31, a resident of Mulleria, drove to the Town police Station and handed it over to SI K.R. Ambadi around 6 p.m. The bag had been left mistakenly behind by Safnam

Kasaragod, Dec 20: In a major crackdown against illicit liquor manufacturers in the coastal district, police on Friday seized 1,400 litres of spirit that was being smuggled into the State near Uppala. A police team led by DySP T.P. Ranjith seized the spirit filled in 40 plastic cans with a capacity of 35 litre each, from a mini-truck at Anakkallu in the early morning operation. The vehicle

Dec 20: Dalit poet Siddalingaiah has been selected as the president of the 81st Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana scheduled to be held at Shravanabelagola in Hassan district in February, 2015. President of Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP), Pundalika Halambi announced the name of the Siddalingaiah at a press conference held in the city on Friday. Siddalingaiah's name was suggested by the KSP