Karnataka

Udupi, August 8: The district BJP unit has decided to extend a grand welcome to Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda when he visits the district soon. Addressing a press meet, President Uday Kumar Shetty said the CM is likely to visit the district within 8 to 10 days. He will be given a grand welcome at the welcome arch of Udupi district and later taken in an open jeep from Hejamady to Udupi. “We

Mangalore, August 8: The DK police have pasted wall posters in the crowded public places, by making an announcement of providing attractive gifts to those who give them information about the naxals. One such wall poster has been fixed in the KSRTC bus stand in Bejai. The wall poster reads: “Gifts worth lakhs of rupees will be given to those who can provide information on naxals which would in turn

Mangalore, August 7: The Dakshina Kannada District Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Organisations' Federation has decided to move the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka High Court's recent ruling that the Mogera caste should henceforth be treated as a Scheduled Caste in the entire state. It can be recalled here that Uttara Kannada District Mogera Society had moved the Court seeking to

Mangalore, August 7: The year-long centenary celebration of Bejai parish of Mangalore Catholic Diocese, dedicated to St Francis Xavier was kicked off here on Sunday with the Solemn Eucharistic celebration. Rev Vincent Furtado, Provincial Superior of the Capuchin Fathers, presided over the Holy Eucharist. Prior to the mass, the Holy Bible was brought in the procession and enthroned by the main

Mangalore, August 7: Mangalore Taluk Committee of Narayana Guru Yuva Vedike in association with Karnataka Tulu Sahithya Academy on Sunday organised 'Mariyalada Minadana,' a unique programme highlighting the importance of Aati month which falls in the months of July and August, at Ravindra Kala Bhavan, University College here. Praveen Kumar Ullalbail, Proprietor of Maharastra Road Careers

Mangalore, August 7: 'Tour de Difference-2011', a cycling expedition by Make A Difference (MAD), a youth volunteer network to help underprivileged children was flagged off in front of City Centre Mall here on Sunday. The cycling expedition was inaugurated by Yogish Bhat, MLA, who appreciated the efforts of MAD to help underprivileged children. Mohideen Bava, Owner, Mangalore United Cricket Team

Mangalore, August 7: Rotaract Club, Mangalore City in association with Barke Friends and Mannagudda New Friends organised a special programme 'Aadi Haadi Aati' to celebrate Aati, a special month of Tulu calendar, at Ganapathy Pre University College on Saturday. The programme was symbolically inaugurated with a dance of Aati Kalanja, a spirit of Tulu Nadu. Speaking on the occasion Vaman Nandavar

Belthangady, August 7: A 36 year old woman from taluk, who was living in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after marriage died in a road mishap near the city of Jeddah. The deceased is Khairunnisa, daughter of Usman Haji, a resident of Paddandadka in Belthangday taluk. The accident occurred when she was travelling near Jeddah along with her husband Abdul Razzaq in a car. Although a critically injured

Karwar, August 7: INS?Chapal, the museum ship docked at the Rabindranath Tagore beach since November 2006, is slowly disintegrating part by part due to lack of proper maintenance. In view of the Naval Base being set up in Karwar, the Defence Ministry handed over the missile boat to the district administration. Commissioned by the Indian Navy in 1976 and decommissioned in 2005, INS?Chapal patrolled

Mangalore, August 7: Southern Railway officials expressed their helplessness with regard to the late running of trains during the monsoon. Southern Railway Palghat divisional manager S K Raina said that it is very difficult to run trains on time due to the frequent landslides on the Konkan railway stretch during the monsoon. Souther Railways cannot take any measures on its own as the stretch come