Karnataka

Mangalore, July 5: Within two years, the state government would provide all necessary furniture and sports equipment to all the government schools, which currently lacks facilities, said District-in-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar. Speaking after inaugurating 'Shaalegagi Navu Neevu', a new programme of Karnataka State Government, at Government Higher Primary School in Munchuru village near here

Mangalore, July 5: The anti-communal violence bill drafted by Sonia Gandhi's National Advisory Council (NAC) has come under attack by the members of Hindu Janajagruthi Samithi who staged a demonstration in front of Deputy Commissioner's Office here on Tuesday, dubbing the bill as 'anti-Hindu' Addressing the protesters, Lakshmeesha Gabladka, Vice President, Federation of Temples and Religious

Mangalore, July 5: A nursing student was killed in a motorcycle accident occurred due to a stray dog at Konchady here. The fatal accident occurred at around 6 p.m. on Monday, when the 18-year-old old Akhila George was riding home from her college. In a bid to avoid ramming against the dog, the girl lost control over her two-wheeler and collapsed on the ground, sustaining severe head injuries

Mangalore, July 5: 'Faithful' citizens of Mangalore on Tuesday morning smelt the fumes of black magic, when they noticed broken pumpkin and coconut, pieces of sliced lemon, turmeric powder and vermillion etc. lying in front of the building of Mangalore City Corporation. Interestingly, the objects were found at the spot where the Mayor Praveen Anchan parks his car. However, unlike Chief Minister BS

Bangalore / Mangalore, July 5: Understandably downcast, AC?Ashwini, like her relay team-mates, has stressed her innocence while vowing to fight on. The Udupi athlete had stated last week that her team-mates could have ingested the banned substances through food supplements bought from outside the National camp in Patiala. On Monday, she herself was in the news, with result of her dope test

Mangalore, July 5: A hotel management student in the city has been cheated to the tune of Rs 16.40 lakh in an electronic fraud perpetrated on him by some unidentifed persons who operated using a fake address of Yamunanagar in Haryana. According to a complaint lodged by Francis D'Souza of Surathkal with Surathkal police, his nephew Hubert D'Souza lost the amount after he responded to a message

Mangalore, July 4: Stunned by the dope test failure of golden girl Ashwini Akkunji, her father Chidananda Shetty, said that there must be something wrong somewhere. Two prominent female athletes of the country - Priyanka Panwar and Udupi based Ashwini Akkunji on Monday tested positive for an anabolic steroid. The sad news was conveyed to Mr Shetty, who resides at Jansaale, Siddapur in Udupi, by

Manipal, July 4: “Management students need integrity along with knowledge, hard work and experiences have no other substitutes for attending excellence”, said Dr Rama Mohan, Director of Karnataka bank limited. He was speaking on the occasion of the induction programme of 2011-13 batch of MBA programme of Manipal Institute of Management on Monday, July 4. Further, he suggested that it is the

Udupi, July 4: Udupi Zilla Pathrika Bhavana, built at Nayarkere, here, with a grant of Rs 25 lakh from the Karnataka government, will be inaugurated on July 10. Higher Education and Udupi District in-charge Minister Dr VS Acharya will inaugurate the building on Sunday at 11 am. President of Udupi District Working Journalists' Association Kiran Manjanabailu will preside over the scheme. President

Mangalore, July 4: The doping scandal that has hit Indian sports refuses to die, with two more female athletes now testing positive for an anabolic steroid. The two athletes are Ashwini Akkunji and Priyanka Panwar. Akkunji was a Gold medallist at the 2010 Commomwealth Games and 2010 Asian Games. 'A' or the first samples of both athletes have tested positive. There will be further tests. Last week