Karnataka

Mangalore, August 22: Employees of public sector banks across the coastal Karnataka have joined the two-day nationwide strike on Wednesday and Thursday opposing banking sector reforms and outsourcing of non-core activities. The strike has affected banking services across Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts. However, a few private sector banks, foreign banks and ATMs, however

Mangalore, August 22: Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund, established by World Konkani Centre, Mangalore will award Scholarships worth Rs 2 crore to over 1300 students from economically backward families of Konkani Communities studying in a wide range of academic disciplines. The award ceremony will be held on Saturday, the August 25 at 11.00 a.m. at T.V. Raman Pai Convention Hall, Kodialbail

Mangalore, August 22: The riots and violence in Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD) and Gadi region of Assam are a pre-planned conspiracy by illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, said Ramesh K., State Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Speaking at a press meet here on Wednesday, he said that there were several examples of immigrants from Bangladesh being involved in

Mangalore, August 22: 'Mullerpulse-2012', the annual magazine of Fr Muller Medical College was released on Tuesday on the premises of College at Kankanady here. Speaking after releasing the magazine, Dr Shafik Dharamsi, Associate Prof, University of British Columbia, Canada, said that such magazines were like 'time machines' that helps refresh memories of students life even after many years. He

Bhatkal/Mangalore, August 22: A 16-year-old boy drowned in the Arabian Sea at Murudeshwar in Bhatkal taluk on Tuesday. He was identified as Mohammad Suhail (16) of Sagar in Shimoga district. He had come to Murudeshwar with his 12 friends and went to the sea for a swim. The body is yet to be recovered. In a separate inciden, lifeguards of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project (PBTDP) rescued a

Mangalore, August 22: A young Ayurveda doctor succumbed to leptospirosis (rat fever) at a private hospital in the city. The deceased is Chikmagalur based Sajid Athar, 30, who was practicing in a clinic in the city. He was a successful Ayurvedic consultant at AL SPARSH, Shalimar Complex, Kankanady. He had obtained his B.A.M.S. degree from Karnataka Ayurveda Medical College, Mangalore. According to

Madikeri, August 22: Condemning the 'biased report' submitted by the State Women's Commission on Mangalore homestay attack, members of Bharathiya Mahila Okkuta Kodagu staged a protest in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner here on Tuesday. The protesters lashed out at the chairperson of the Commission C. Manjula for what they termed here prejudiced and biased report on July 28 in which

Mangalore, August 21: An elderly man died on spot after he accidentally fell into a deep drain Tuesday evening near Pumpwell bus stop in the city. According to eye witnesses the man who was sitting on the small bridge above the drain lost his balance and fell into the open drain all of a sudden. It took nearly half an hour for the fire personnel to reach the spot and retrieve the body from the

Mangalore, August 21: City based Social Action Group for Empowerment has sought the immediate intervention of Union Government to save the citizens of Mangalore from health hazards. Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday convenor of the Group P V Mohan urged Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to send an evaluation and study team of malaria research experts to study the cases of malaria in

Kasargod, August 21: A 30-year-old youth, who tried to show off his 'Gulf power' by driving a car with the 'Dubai Police' logo, has landed in the police net in Kasargod. Abdul Jabir, who came from Dubai to celebrate Eid with his family, was rounded up by the Kasargod police along with four of his friends for violating the Motor Vehicles Act and various other offences under the Indian Penal Code or