Karnataka

Mangalore, March 26: Thanks to the special initiative of Rotary Club of Bantwal, the dream of more than 100 families residing in the remote villages under Kavalpaduru Gram Panchayat near Vagga in Bantwal taluk, of an electricity connection in their homes is becoming a reality. Union Minister for Law and Justice M Veerappa Moily on Saturday formally launched a model project by switching on

Mangalore, March 26: New Mangalore Port received a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) - M T Maharshi Bharadwaj, with a capacity of carrying 44,000 metric tonnes of LPG on Friday. The vessel was berthed at Berth No.12 for evacuation of LPG meant for distribution in the state. This is the highest size of LPG vessel ever handled at the Port. So far the maximum size was 33,000 tonnes which called at the

Mangalore, March 26: The risk of tsunami in Mangalore is low, K.R. Subrahmanya, former Chairman, Department of Marine Geology, Mangalore University, has said. He was speaking to media on the sidelines of a two-day seminar on “Coastal hazards, resources and management” organised by the department at Mangalagangotri on Friday. “Mangalore is at low risk, provided we do not interfere too much, which

Mangalore, March 26: Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF), Mangalore, Vijay Kumar has ordered a fresh survey of 10.5 acres of land which is in the process of being allotted to K.S. Gowda Educational Trust in Sullia taluk. D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Bharatiya Janata Party MP, is the honorary president of the trust. The survey was ordered following a complaint by the local panchayat. Mr. Gowda had written

Udupi, March 26: Dr Y S Ravikumar of 2007 IPS cadre took charge as Udupi Superintendent of Police here on Friday. Speaking to mediapersons soon after assuming the office, Ravikumar said utmost attention will be given to maintain law and order in the district. Measures will be taken to check crime activities like house robbery and chain snatching cases. Evening and late night beats will be

Mangalore, March 26: Members of the families displaced by the Mangalore Special Economic Zone Project will be given letters of appointment within two weeks for employing them in companies within MSEZ, MRPL and OMPL in three years depending on their eligibility. This was decided at a meeting chaired by district in-charge Minister J. Krishna Palemar here on Friday. With this, the family members

Manipal, March 25: The three-day workshop on “Predictive Mathematical Models in Science an Engineering”- PMSE 2011, was inaugurated by the vice chancellor of Manipal University Dr K Ramnarayan at the AC Seminar Hall of MIT here on Firday. The workshop is being organized by the Department of Mathematics, Manipal Institute of Technology. The workshop is unique in nature. The chief guest, Dr V Sree

Manipal, March 25: The 25th Convocation of T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal was held on Friday, March 25. The chief guest for the event was Dr Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India, and Member, National Advisory Council, Government of India. Dr. H S Ballal, Pro-Chancellor of Manipal University and Member of TAPMI Governing Council declared the Convocation open. The

Mangalore, March 25: Protesting against the doubling of tax on gold jewellery by the state government, Dakshina Kannada district unit of Jewellers' Association on Friday staged a demonstration in front of Town Hall here. The protest is a part of state-wide bundh of gold ornament dealers called by the Association. A press release issued by the Association states that although the central government

Mangalore, March 25: Laptops and desktops are obsolete and the new technology is mobile technology of iPhones and iPads, said Jayaram Bhat, CEO, Zenprise, Silicon Valley, California. Bhat's company has been writing security software for the Blackberry. He was addressing IT students at AIMIT, St Aloysius College, Mangalore on Thursday, March 24. Speaking further about recent developments in the