Karnataka

Mangalore, July 9: The Air India pilots' strike has had an impact on the Indian diaspora living in the UAE with non-operation of flights from Dubai to Mangalore becoming a cause of worry for them. Owing to the pilots' strike, day flights from Dubai to Mangalore have been stopped temporarily. The Mangalorean populace living in Dubai has expressed concerns with respect to availability of flights to

Mangalore, July 10: The city unit of Jamiyyatul Falah, under its Student Support Scheme (SSS) distributed scholarship for poor and needy students at a programme at JF community center here recently. In his presidential address, JF President Khaleel Ahmed urged that Muslims should send their children for higher education, so that community could produce more and more professionals. He briefed about

Mangalore, July 9: Nearly Nearly 100 solid waste collectors and sweepers from a thanda at Huvinahadagali taluk of Bellary district who have been working in the city for the last two months were felicitated at the Bala Samrakshana Kendra in Kuthar on Sunday. They were served with sumptuous food by the children of the kendra and activists of Mangala Seva Samiti, which runs the Kendra. Deputy Speaker

Mangalore, July 8: It is not possible to define poetry mathematically and scientifically. Poetry has got to do more with the 'feel', said Gulzar, veteran poet and lyricist. He was delivering a lecture on poetry at a programme organized by Kavita Trust in Mangalore on Sunday. Poetry is not bound by regulations such as rhymes, rhythm, meter, musical sense and so on. It cannot be confined to

Mangalore, July 8: Atrocities against Dalits were in existence during the British Raj too, said Dr. Madhava Peraje, Lecturer, Hampi Kannada University. He was speaking at a seminar on 'Life of Dalits in Independent India', organized by Karnataka Dalitha Sangharsha Samithi (DSS Bhimavada) in Mangalore on Sunday. Records mentioning British men carrying atrocities on Dalit women in 1700s are

Mangalore, July 8: The nature of fine arts is such that they overlap each other. One can find painting in poetry and poetry in paintings, said Gulzar, legendary poet and lyricist. He was expressing his thoughts after inaugurating a painting exhibition of artist Wilson J P D'Souza at Orchid Art Gallery in Mangalore. Mr. Gulzar said that he agreed to inaugurate the exhibition because he likes

Mangalore, July 8: About 15 people were injured after a mini bus toppled down near Kuntikar here on Sunday. The bus was carrying people to a marriage function on the Kuntikar- Kottara Chowki road when the incident happened. Eye witnesses said that the driver was responsible for the mishap as he was over speeding the vehicle. The injured have been admitted to AJ Hospital in the city. Three

Mangalore, July 9: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Dakshina Kannada, the home district of Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, have remained silent spectators to the development within the party leading to the replacement of Mr. Gowda with Jagadish Shettar as the Chief Minister. The BJP bastion of the coastal belt, has elected four MLAs to the Assembly in the last election and had laid

Mangalore, July 8: A beedi branch staff was waylaid by a motorcycle-borne miscreant near Ullal and robbed of Rs. 1.14 lakh, according to a complaint registered at the local police station. Siddik, a resident of Alekal, was heading to Bharath Beedi branch on an autorickshaw on Saturday with Rs. 2.62 lakh stashed in a suitcase. The amount was meant to be deposited at the branch. When the

Mangalore, July 8: The tradition of worshiping daivas has enriched the Tulu culture, said folklore expert Ganesh Amin Sankamar. He was speaking at the Tulu Academy's monthly 'chavadi' on the topic “The contribution of Daivaradhane in the development of the language ” here on Saturday. “A language does not develop only through reading and writing. The tradition of worshiping daivas is at the base