Karnataka

Mangalore, July 12: Dakishina Kannada unit of Karnataka State Government Employees Association organized a felicitation ceremony to the former president of the association H. Sanjeeva, at New Auditorium of the association here on Wednesday. MLA U T Khader felicitated Sanjeeva for his service for the society. Speaking on the occasion, Khader appreciated the selfless service of the government

Mangalore, July 12: K Sudha, Associate Professor, Besant Women's College, Mangalore will present a paper at the 16th World Congress of IAFEP 2012 which will be held during July 13-15 at Rutgers University, New Jersey in USA. Her paper is titled 'Financial and Decision-making Participation of Small Farmers through Pragathi Bandhu Model in India' The international conference will be held on the

Karwar, July 12: The police on Wednesday arrested six persons on the charge of stealing optical fibre cables (OFC) from the office of General Manager of BSNL, Karwar. Ullas Vernekar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, told presspersons that the police arrested the accused soon after getting a complaint from the BSNL authorities. An employee of BSNL was involved in the crime, he said. He said BSNL

Mangalore, July 12: P Jayaram Bhat has been re-appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Karnataka Bank for another three years. The RBI has conveyed its approval for re-appointment of P Jayarama Bhat as the Managing Director and CEO of the Bank for further period of three years with effect from July 14, 2012, as proposed by Bank's Board of Directors. Under his dynamic leadership, over the

Mangalore, July 11: Learn Islam Foundation (LIF), Mangalore based religious organisation will be observing a month long education campaign from August 1 to 31 this year throughout Dakshina Kannada district. As part of the campaign an essay competition in Kannada language will also be held for the Muslim students of Class X and PUC residing in Dakshina Kannada district, stated a press release. For

Mangalore, July 11: City based Learn Islam Foundation (LIF) has invited applications for 'Moulana Abul Kalam Azad' and 'Dr. Sir Allama Iqbal' awards for the year 2012. In a press release issued here Saifuddin Kudroli, Convener, LIF, stated that economically backward Muslim students of Dakshina Kannada district who have scored highest marks in S.S.L.C. and P.U.C. exams could apply for the awards

Mangalore, July 11: Functioning in all courts in twin districts of coastal Karnataka Wednesday got paralyzed when lawyers joined the two-day strike called by the Bar Council of India. Members of Mangalore Bar Association and Udupi Bar Association have joined the strike in protest against the proposed legislation that could affect its autonomy and the entry of foreign law institutes and

Mangalore, July 11: The 16th Independence Cup Football Tournament will be held under the aegis of Dakshina Kannada District Football Association from July 14 at District Football Stadium adjacent to Nehru Maidan in the city. Addressing a press meet here on Friday DKDFA president D M Aslam said as many as 150 teams including girls' teams have registered their names for the tournament and the

Kasargod, July 11: In a heart-wrenching tragedy, a 19-year-old girl was accidentally run over by a train near the Neeleswaram railway station on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Ashwini, a first-year B.Sc. student at Govinda Pai Memorial College, Manjeswaram. Eye witnesses said that the tragedy occurred while she was crossing the double track. When she was on her way to board the

Mangalore, July 11: The members of Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) have demanded the Union government to fix Rs 10,000 as minimum wage for labourers according to 15th Indian labour conference, which has got approval again in 44th Indian labour conference recently. Addressing protesters here in front of DC office on Tuesday demanding fulfilment of their various demands, CITU Vice President B