Karnataka

Mangalore, April 4: Besant Women's College, Mangalore has been awarded 'A' grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). A NAAC team had visited the college on 21, 22 and 23 February earlier this year for re-accreditation. The team members who visited the college included Dr.Kanta Ahuja, Former VC, Rajasthan University, (Chairperson), Dr.Kuldeep Kumar Raina, Deputy Director

Mangalore, April 4: The Dakshina Kannada district has made a 'significant record' by implementing works worth nearly Rs 8 crore in just 11 days, under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Even in 2009, the district had implemented works worth Rs 12 crore in just one month, which was later termed as a 'bogus progress.' According to the official website, as on April 2

Kukke subrahmanya, April 4: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa here on Sunday refrained from making it clear if the Government was intended to divert the Netravathi. When presspersons asked him to specify why the Government had allocated Rs. 200 crore in the agriculture budget for 2011-12 for “making water available” from the Yettinahole canal, a tributary of the Netravathi, in the Western Ghats, the

Mangalore, April 4: Twenty-eight boys and a girl were rescued by the district Child Welfare Committee from a “congested” hall in Pakshikere area. Chairperson of the CWC Asha Nayak said that the children were aged between six and 15, and that the girl was 11 years old. Most of the boys are from different places of the State, including Tumkur, Halebid, Hassan and Chikmagalur. Seven of them were from

Udupi, April 3: Udupi District-in-charge Minister Dr VS Acharya on Sunday distributed keys of auto rickshaws to 34 beneficiaries of Koraga community chosen under the Integrated Tribal Development Programme, at a function held at Ambedkar Bhavan. Under the programme, government finances Rs 80,000 for the purchase of auto rickshaws costing Rs 1.30 lakhs each, towards their economical empowerment

Mangalore, April 3: Representatives of Dalits have urged the district police to take appropriate measures to effectively implement the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act-1989 in Dakshina Kannada, as in many instances the cases filed by Dalits end up with a “compromise”. The voice against finalising the cases filed by Dalits, especially Dalit women was raised during the

Mangalore, April 3: The 11th annual day celebration of his Grace Montessori House of Children was held on April 2, at the school ground. The function was presided over by Syed Mohammed Beary, Managing Trustee of Bearys Academy of Learning . The Chief Guest, Patricia Lobo, Faculty of The Teacher's Foundation addressed the gathering and lauded the school for providing soft skill to the students. The

Mangalore, April 3: Dakshina Kannada district unit of Patanjali Yoga Samithi will organize free yoga camp on April 16 at Nehru Maidan between 5 am to 7.30 am. Yoga teacher Baba Swami Ramdev will lead the camp. Pradeep Urs, State President of the unit told media persons that the camp is intended to bring Yoga awareness among the people of Dakshina Kannada. The entry is open for all and the

Mangalore, April 3: The Third Additional district session court has awarded life imprisonment on Saturday to a murder accused. The accused has been identified as Yamunappa (40), resident of Huliyapura in Kustagi taluk. He murdered his companion Vijayalakshmi near Krishnapura Chakravarthi maidan near Surathkal on June 1, 2010. He had dumped the body in a well projecting it as suicide. However

Mangalore, April 3: Mangalore police have registered a case in connection with the assault on two women BPO employees reported from the Attavar area of the city after India defeated Pakistan in the semi final of the ICC World Cup cricket. Inspector for Mangalore South Thilakchandra said the driver of the vehicle in which the BPO employees were travelling, had alleged that the women were molested