Karnataka

Mangalore, July 22: Have you ever seen High School students sacrificing their class rooms for the smooth conduct of Gram Panchyat meetings? The 8th and 9th standard students of the Government High School in Inoli of Pavoor village, on Thursday, had to make room for the meeting by having classes outside. The students sat on the ground for many hours listening to the teachers. Although, Government

Kasaragod, July 22: A gang of robbers threatened a retired college professor with knife and looted cash and gold ornaments early on Thursday morning on Thursday at Trikaripur, here. The robbers also took away the car parked in front of the house to escape. The former Head of the Department of Chemistry in Payyanur College, Professor Manoharan's house was burgled and looted a sum of 24,000 rupees

Mangalore, July 21: Students under the banner of different organisations have continued to stage protest in the city demanding the immediate withdrawal of Bhagavad Gita Abhiyan in schools across the state. Over a hundred students on Thursday evening gathered in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner, here under the aegis of Dakshina Kannada district unit of Campus Front of India, to protest

Mangalore, July 21: In two separate cases of burglary under the limits of Ullal police station, gold ornaments worth Rs 6.29 were stolen on Thursday. In the first case, the house of Asma (26), resident of Madoor Kotekar village was burgled. The loss of gold ornaments is valued at Rs 5.80 lakh. In another case, house of Mohammad Ashraf (42) of Kotekar village was burgled of gold chain and other

Mangalore, July 22: BJP is directly involved in the leakage of the Lokayukta report, alleged KPCC Secretary Ivan D'Souza in a press meet on Thursday. The BJP government knew that they will lose power once the Lokayukta report is published, hence they have played a game of leaking the report beforehand so that the report loses its significance, he said. Lokayukta has also agreed that former MP V

Mangalore, July 21: With two rounds to go in 5th Mangalore International FIDE rated open, it is interesting to observe that nine players are sharing the top spot with 7.5 points. Most of the games were decisive on the top 10 boards. Joint leaders of the previous round IM's Konguvel and Suvrajit Saha ended in a draw after 43 moves in the 9th round . Konguvel opted for the Sozin attack against Saha

Mangalore, July 21: The vision group on science and technology, departments of IT/BT, science and technology of state government has recognized department of applied botany of Mangalore University as centre of excellence to carry out studies on conservation and bio-prospecting of endemic and rare, endangered and threatened (RET) species. The ministry has sanctioned Rs 60 lakh to the department and

Mangalore, July 21: Expressing 'shock' over phone tapping of Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of AHINDA, a federation of minorities, backward classes and Dalits, termed the act as an “attack on right of privacy guaranteed by the constitution”. However, welcoming the “leakage of truth”, Lolaksha, District Secretary of AHINDA told media persons here on

Mangalore, July 21: Banks in Dakshina Kannada district have crossed business level of Rs 25,885 crore as on March 2011. This level of business is achieved by 427 bank branches in the district which includes deposits of Rs 16,472 crore and advances of Rs 9,413 crore said JS Shenoy, Deputy General Manager, Syndicate Bank. He was speaking at a meeting held at Taluk Panchayat here on Thursday to

Uppinangady, July 21: For more than four decades, his boat has been a 'lifeboat' and a means of transportation, especially during floods, for many people residing on the banks of Kumardhara and Nethravathi rivers that pass through Uppinangady and neighboring villages. Now, the unexpected sale of the traditional boat by 70 year old Adamaka for Rs 8,000, has become a matter of concern for the local