Karnataka

Mangalore, August 27: A recent circular issued by the Karnataka State Wakf Board seeks to make registration of mosques, dargahs, and other Islamic religious institutions mandatory. However, serious questions were raised on the efficacy of such an order when the board itself was plagued with problems ranging from shortage of staff to lax implementation of the Wakf Act (1995) and Karnataka Wakf

Udupi, August 26: The model fish market built at Padubidri in association with National Fisheries Development Corporation was formally inaugurated on Sunday by district-in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary. Speaking on the occasion Mr Poojary said that the government has increased the subsidy of houses to be allotted to the fishermen from Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000. Subsidy to asmany as 260

Mangalore, August 26: Eleven fishermen, who were returning from a 10-day-long fishing voyage, survived high rising waves after their mechanised fishing boat, capsized off the South Wharf, here. Unpredictably, the sea turned rough in the wake of strong wind near the mouth-of-estuary when the boat was moving towards South Wharf late Saturday night, sources said. However, all the Tamil Nadu based

Mangalore, August 26: Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF), UAE, hosted an educational scholarship meet at Loyola Hall, St Aloysius P.U. College, in the city on Sunday. Approximately Rs 22 lakh was distributed among more than 450 students as scholarship to pursue professional courses and graduation irrespective of their caste and religion. Dr M Shantharam Shetty, Vice Chancellor of Nitte University

Mangalore, August 26: Low lying areas in and around Mangalore were inundated due to the heavy rains that lashed across coastal Karnataka on Saturday and Sunday. The South-West monsoon turned streets and bazaars into rivulets in the several parts of city including Yekkur, Jeppinamogaru, Pandeshwar and Kottara. Merchants and buyers cursed the city fathers for not solving the age-old problem of

Mangalore, August 26: Lancy D'Cunha of Mangalore has been elected as national vice-president of All India Catholic Union. The decision was taken at the annual general body meeting of AICU held recently Kolkata. Mr Lancy D'Cunha served AICU as Honorary Treasurer in 2008-10 and Secretary General in 2010-12. He was the President of Catholic Sabha, Mangalore Pradesh for two terms (2008-2010). AICU

Mangalore, August 26: The new branch of Lakshmi Gold Palace, a unit of Lakshmi Gold Khazana Pvt Ltd, was launched on Saturday at K S Rao Road, Mangalore. Inaugurating the outlet, Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes congratulated the proprietor of Lakshmi Gold Palace K P Nanjundi, who is also president of Vishwakarma Samaj. He said that with launching new outlet in coastal city of Lakshmi Gold

Mangalore, August 26: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Member Oscar Fernandes said that a central team has already been requested to visit the district and chalk out special packages and programmes to control spread of diseases like malaria, dengue and leptospirosis. He was speaking to media persons during his brief visit to Government Wenlock Hospital here, Mr. Fernandes said the outbreak

Karwar, August 26: The historic Mahabaleshwara Temple in Gokarn was burgled in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. Rs. 1 lakh was suspected to be stolen from two donation boxes. People were surprised because Mahabaleshwara Temple has a police outpost and also private security guards. The theft took place when the police and temple security personnel were on duty Friday night. According

Mysore, August 26: Karnataka State Women's Commission Chairperson C. Manjula on Saturday stood by her report on the Mangalore “homestay” attack but said she welcomed criticism of her report on the attack on young boys and girls. “Whatever I saw during my visit to Mangalore following the attack has been documented in the report,” she said when her reaction was sought to the “shock” expressed by