Karnataka

Mangalore, July 1: Three personalities serving in the media field were felicitated at a programme organized by Sandesha Foundation as part of the Kannada Press Day celebrations on Sunday. Journalists Steevan Rego of 'Vijaya Karnataka', Laxmi Machhina of 'Udayavani' and Shahnaz M of 'Anupama' monthly were felicitated by the Foundation. Speaking on the occasion P B Harish Rai, President, Dakshina

Mangalore, July 1: Police are misusing their power by slapping Atrocity cases against culprits involving in communal clashes, Shekhar Belthangady, a Dalit representative said. He raised the issue at the monthly SC/ST grievance meet held at the SP's office in Mangalore on Sunday. Citing an instance of a communal clash that took place in Kuvettu of Puttukere in Belthangady Taluk following blocking

Mangalore, July 1: A government committee would visit Chennai or Trivandrum soon before whom Mangalore lecturers can place their suggestions in making the National Commission for Higher Education and Research Bill (2011) more beneficial, said Oscar Fernandes, MP and head of the Standing Committee on Human Resource Development. He was responding to the suggestions placed by Dr. A M Narahari

Manipal, July 1: Dinu D., second year student at Manipal Institute of Jewellery Management (MIJM), a constituent of Manipal University, has won the best design/idea award in MIA “My Expression”, a national-level design contest conducted by Tanishq. A press release issued by Manipal University here on Friday said the contest started in January 2012 and continued for five months till May. Of the

Manipal, July 1: Dr V Surendra Shetty, Dean, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, has been appointed Pro Vice Chancellor of Manipal University, Manipal with effect from July 1, 2012. Dr Shetty's association with the Manipal group started in 1965 when he joined the first batch in the College of Dental Surgery. He completed the course in 1970 with flying colours, bagging the Dr T M A Pai

Udupi, July 1: The Udupi district police have claimed to have solved NRI's wife murder at Kemmannu village on June 25 with the arrest of two persons on Saturday. Police have arrested nephew of the deceased, Harish Poojary (30) and his friend Santosh Poojary (29). Addressing presspersons here, Superintendent of Police M B Boralingaiah said that the woman Shakuntala Poojary (40) was murdered by the

Udupi, July 1: Two young girls lost their life after they accidentally fell into a ditch and drowned at Mogebettu in Belur village near Kota in Udupi district on Saturday. Police identified the deceased ad Sandhya (9) and Dhanalakshmi (11). Their parents were working at a stone quarry in the same area. The incident occurred when the duo had gone with a group of four friends to take bath at a tank

Karwar, July 1: In a major fire mishap, the office of the Assistant Director of Fisheries in Karwar was destroyed in the early hours of Saturday. The fire spread quickly despite heavy rain, destroying four computers, furniture and some documents. The files that were kept in the steel cupboards were also burnt. The fire, which was spotted at 4.30 a.m., was doused by personnel of Fire Force after an

Mangalore, June 30: MCC Commissioner Dr Harish Kumar has warned that stringent action will be initiated within a week against all those who have taken licence for house and are carrying out commercial activities like running hostels and paying guest, said He was speaking at Mangalore City Corporation monthly meeting here on Saturday. He said the hostels and PG centres are run without providing

Mangalore, June 30: Tense atmosphere prevailed across the town of Kalladka in Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday evening after a group of miscreants waylaid a mini lorry for alleged cow trafficking and brutally assaulted its driver. The police resorted to a baton charge when the minor incidence led to a major group clash within a few minutes. There were reports of injuries and damages from