Karnataka

Mangalore, September 15: The Coast Guard District Headquarters in association with Dakshina Kannada district administration and various other organisations celebrate International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday by holding a cleaning driving at Tannirbhavi, Panambur, Surathkal and Malpe beaches. The cleanup drive started at 7:45 am at all the beaches. Large number of enthusiasts including NCC

Mangalore, September 15: Gonzaga School on Saturday organised a programme to mark 'International Grandparents Day' at the Loyola Hall at St Aloysius P U College, Mangalore. Speaking on the occasion, Principal of the school Grace Noronha said that such a programme had been organised to understand the culture and tradition of grandparents all over the world. “Being a grandparent is a big job. But

Mangalore, September 15: Personnel of the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) have intentionally killed Yellappa alias Dinakaran near Subramanya and it is a case of murder, Co-ordination of Democratic Rights organisations (CDRO), has alleged. Addressing media persons at a press meet in Mangalore on Saturday, P A Pouran of PUCL, Kerala, said that the ANF personnel are going on a “killing spree in the name of

Mangalore, September 15: Media persons and media owners must have self-regulatory mechanism in place so that they can function effectively, said Prof. Varadesh Hiregange, Director, Manipal Institute of Comunication (MIC). He was speaking at a media workshop organised by the Mangalore Press Club in the city on Saturday. Advising media persons to think from the point of view of the victims about

Mangalore, September 15: Pledging to continue its struggle against 'saffronisation' of education by the BJP-led Karnataka state government, the 'Committee to Fight against Saffronisation of Textbooks', a newly formed body of experts, has pointed out that the National Curriculum Framework (NCF 2005) had been violated while preparing textbooks of class V and VIII for the current academic year

Mangalore, September 15: A young saleswoman was rescued by public from the hands of two alleged rapists at Periyadka on the outskirts of the city. The accused identified as Thomas alias Saiju (40), a resident of Maiakatte and Hyderali (40), a resident of Ninikal, were later handed over to the jurisdictional Uppinagady Police Station. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon when a Sakleshpur

Nagpur, September 15: Former head of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh K Sudarshan died of heart attack in Raipur in Chhattisgarh on early Saturday, an official said in Nagpur. He was 81. He is survived by a brother. Sudarshan had been ailing for sometime and was under care of an attendant, the official said. On 3 August, there was a scare when Sudarshan went missing for about five hours after he went

Mangalore, September 15: Team Mangalore, a hobby group of kite flyers are representing India in the Dieppe International Kite Festival, 2012 being held at Dieppe, France. The five member team consisting of Sarvesh Rao, Dinesh Holla, Satish Rao, Shashank Shetty and Pran Hegde are participating in this event. The Team's new creation "Garuda" has been appreciated by the people. The team has conducted

Bangalore, September 15: Public transport buses will be back on the City roads and across the State on Saturday. The two-day old strike by Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) employees was called off late Friday night, after a marathon meeting. Deputy Chief Minister and Transport Minister R Ashoka announced this to waiting

Kasargod, September 15: A boy who tried to hang himself in his house at Bela near here died on the way to hospital. The student who had come home during lunch recess was found struggling for life after he tried to hang himself. He was taken to the General Hospital here where he was pronounced 'brought dead' by doctors, sources at the Badiadukka police station said. The body was sent to the