Karnataka

Mangalore, June 30: Even though the phenomenon of paid news and corruption scrolled into the field of media several years ago, the growing bond between politicians and journalists in recent years has resulted in the disappearance of honesty in the journalism, lamented senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu. He was presenting his views on media and corruption at a seminar and interaction programme

Mangalore, June 30: A corpse of a whale measuring an estimated 22 feet in length has been found lying on the coast of Thannirbavi near here on Thursday. The body of the whale was decayed partially and it is yet to be ascertained as the cause of its death, and its age. The masses of people are coming down to the beach to view the lifeless sea creature; despite the fact the corpse is emitting a very

Mangalore, June 30: OneCity Media Pvt. Ltd, the publisher of Yellow Pages directories released its 2011 edition at Mangalore Press, here on Thursday. G G Mohandas Prabhu, President, Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry released the fifth edition of Yellow Pages for Mangalore and Udupi districts. While speaking about the new edition, S A Bashir, Director, OneCity Media Pvt. Ltd said that

Mangalore, June 30: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has used the tax payers' money to flaunt advertisements to prove his personal point regarding the 'truth-test' at Dharmasthala. The Chief Minister should pay it back to the State treasury from his personal means, demanded CPI(M) District Committee Secretary B Madhava at a protest held against the corrupt BJP government at Deputy Commissioner's

Mangalore, June 30: The Yenepoya Foundation, a unit of Yenepoya Moideen Kunhi Memorial Educational and Charitable Trust, has invited applications from students for its academic excellence awards. The awards are for students who have excelled in SSLC/PU and undergraduate (completed final year degrees) examinations held for 2010-11. A few awards have been reserved for Muslim students. The awards are

Mangalore, June 30: Central team 'assesses' 2 Grama panchayants in DK in half day Standing Committee of the Ministry for Rural Development headed by senior BJP leader Sumithra Mahajan visited Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday to assess the implementation of various centre funded projects, to understand problems in implementation, gather suggestions with regard to improving the implementation

Mangalore, June 30: President of Dakshina Kannada unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party K. Padmanabha Kottari said on Wednesday that the party had not accepted the resignation of the former minister B. Nagaraja Shetty to the primary membership of the party. He told The Hindu that Mr. Shetty had submitted the resignation letter to him five days ago. He had quit as chairman of Karnataka Coastal

Mangalore, June 30: Pravinchandra, husband of Chandrika Suvarna, who allegedly committed suicide in her house in Yekkur here on Tuesday, was arrested by the police here on Wednesday, the police said. Sub-inspector Prakash said that Pravinchandra had been arrested under sections 498A (cruelty by a woman's husband and relatives) and 306 (abetment to suicide). He added that his family members were

Mangalore, June 29: Since Yeddyurappa has support of money and RSS it is not easy to step him down from the power, opined Kagodu Thimmappa, senior congress leader. Addressing the party workers here recently, he said the party workers should make “Congress Nadige, Janara Balige” a success in the state. He admitted that Yeddyurappa could not be defeated easily as he has the support of caste and

Mangalore, June 29: In a curious incident, a parked car moved a few yards on its own and plunged into the backwaters of fisheries port here on Wednesday, before the very eyes of dozens of people. It is said that the car was parked in neutral gear. Abu Hurairah, a resident of Ullal, who had purchased the Maruti Suzuki Swift only a week ago suffered a loss of at least Rs 30,000 in the incident