Karnataka

Mangalore, November 21: It's an attempt to combine Indian passion for cricket with the discipline and rigours of the Australian system of coaching. On a Tuesday evening at the St. Aloysius College ground, Martin Gleeson, Chief Executive Office of the Sports Education Development India Ltd., was organising rows of enthusiastic children, each ready to grab a cricket ball and run through their

Mangalore, November 21: 'Childline Se Dosti', the week-long massive nationwide campaign against immoral trafficking of women and children, was concluded here on Tuesday with around 85 schoolchildren being given skills to prepare them for the future. Conducted at Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work, students from seven schools – St. Gerosa High School, St. Mary's Girls High School, Infant Mary's

Mumbai, November 21: The operation to execute Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab was today shrouded in secrecy with even the hangman kept in the dark about the terrorist's identity till the last minute. Kasab, who has been lodged at Arthur Road prison here ever since his arrest soon after the Mumbai terror attack, was whisked out of his heavily-guarded cell in the intervening night of November 18 and

Mangalore, November 21: The coastal security police arrested 15 Kerala based fishermen and seized two boats from them off the Mangalore coast on Tuesday. Police sources said that they were engaged in fishing cuttle fish using illegal method and had entered the South Wharf for unloading. While one of the trawl boats was owned by Varghese Antony from Varoor, another was owned by Sainaz. According to

Mangalore, November 20: Mangalore Bishop St Aloysius Paul on Tuesday conferred 8th annual Pingara Rajyotsava Award-2012 on philanthropist and All India Billawas Federation Jaya C Suvarna at a grand programme at Town Hall in city. Instituted by 'Pingara' Kannada weekly newspaper the award consists of a citation and a scroll of honour. Responding to the award Mr Suvarna said urged the people to lead

Mangalore, November 20: A resident of Ajekar village under Marne Gram Panchayat in Karkala taluk, Gabrial D'Silva, has blamed S.K. Furniture and Wood Industries, a private timber workshop adjacent to his home for disturbing the peace and ruining the health of his family members due to continuous noise and dust from the past five years. Stating this at a press conference convened by the Dakshina

Mangalore, November 20: Books of all languages are available at one's doorstep today. By creating a culture of book collection in each house, it is possible to create mini libraries and unite the world in a way, opined Shudra Srinivas, senior writer and State Library Authority member. He was speaking at the valedictory ceremony of the National Library Week 2012 at Milagres auditorium in the city

Mangalore, November 20: A north Indian construction worker was buried to death while six others were rescued after a major landslip at a construction site at Derebail, Konchady in the city on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Vasyuta Mondal (50) from West Bengal. Six other workers, who were trapped under the debris after a part of a hillock collapsed at the construction site, were

Mangalore, November 20: A blood donation camp was at Hidayath Centre, Mangalore on Tuesday, by the Youth Wing of Jamaath-e-Islami Hind, in association with KMC Hospital, Mangalore. Inaugurating the camp, Dr Sreejith said that the social service done by the Youth Wing was laudable. He said that the blood donated by one person could help save three lives. Convenor of the district unit of Youth Wing

Mangalore, November 20: Andhara Seva Sangha (ASS) Dakshina Kannada, conducted its 178th free eye check-up and treatment camp, recently at Government Higher Primary School in Manjanady, in association with Jamiyyatul Falah, Mangalore. Over 150 members were screened at the camp by Ophthalmologists Dr Jayaram Shetty from K S Hegde Medical Academy (KSHEMA), Deralakatte, and Dr Norman Mendonca from