Karnataka

Mangalore, April 15: Utkarsh-2k12, the annual sports meet of AIMIT, St Aloysius College was held on Saturday at the AIMIT campus of St Aloysius College at Beeri near here. The inaugural was held in front of the AIMIT Admin block at 9 a.m. Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, Director, AIMIT spoke of the importance of sports and games in life. Quoting the latin dictum, 'Mens sana in corpora sano', he said that to

Mangalore, April 15: The construction work for the Shalimar Heights, the 13 storeyed super luxury apartments, on Sturruck Road, Falnir, Mangalore, got off to a colourful start on Sunday with Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel inaugurating the project in the presence of a galaxy of dignitaries. The project, promoted by Shalimar Builders and Promoters, involves a cluster of 2BHK and 3BHK flats on the

Mangalore, April 15: The Government of Karnataka has earmarked Rs. 406 crore for the welfare of the minorities. Additionally, Rs. 96 crore has been set aside under the scholarship scheme. Minorities should make use of all these funds available to them. Social organizations must play a key role in ensuring that the benefits reach to the deserving candidates, said Zameer Pasha, Chief Secretary of

Byndoor, April 15: With the death of five more heads of cattle in Paduvari village near Byndoor in Udupi district on Saturday, the number of cattle death in the last three days touched 71. A pall of gloom descended on the village, as the many families mainly dependent on dairying for their livelihood, have lost major source of sustenance in the mysterious poising incident. The reason is said to be

Udupi, April 15: In a brutal incident, an auto rickshaw driver killed his two sons and committed suicide at Shiroor near here on Saturday. According to police, the deceased have been identified as Raju and the children Pradeep (9) and Prithvi (8). It is learnt that Raju was an alcoholic and was harassing his wife without any reason and was physically torturing her. He was not working regularly, to

Mangalore, April 14: The first ever international T20 Cricket match will be held in the coastal city of Mangalore on April 29, between 'Zimbabwe Africans' and 'Karnataka Indians'. Announcing this at a press meet here on Saturday, Joseph Rego, head, Heath Streak Foundation said that preparations are underway at the NMPT cricket stadium for the historical match. He said, the 'Heath Streak -

Mangalore, April 14: Hira Media, a city based nonprofit Islamic media organisation on Saturday launched its new project of constructing own studio. Abdullah Javed, Karnataka state unit president of Jama'ath-e-Islami Hind, symbolically launched the project in the presence of office bearers of the organization at Hidayath Centre, here. Speaking on the occasion, he said owning electronic media is the

Mangalore, April 14: Foreign tourists were fascinated about the rich heritage and artisan environment of Pilikula Nisargadhama. A group of foreign tourists visited Pilikula Nisargadhama on Thursday. The groups consisted of more than 325 members from Arab Countries, USA, Canada, Mexico, Africa had hands on experience of different crafts at Artisan Village of Pilikula Nisargadhama. The tourists

Mangalore, April 14: The meeting between the Mangalore Traditional Country Boat Fishermen's Association and the Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) authorities in connection with laying of pipeline to release effluents in Mukka beach, went in vain as both the parties disagreed with each other's demand. The meeting was convened by the district administration and was chaired by Deputy

Mangalore, April 14: Zilla Panchayat CEO Dr K N Vijayaprakash said that there is a need for Rs 197 lakh to take up immediate work to mitigate drinking water woes in the rural areas of the district. MP Nalin Kumar Kateel makes a point at a meeting held to discuss on shortage of water while ZP CEO Dr K N Vijayprakash, Karnataka Legislative Assembly?Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat D C Dr N?S Channappa