Karnataka

Udupi, June 30: Director General and Inspector General Police Lalrokhuma Pachau on Friday visited Udupi and inspected the preparedness of Coastal Security Police at its Malpe station. Speaking on the occasion Pachau said that the department had sent a proposal to the Central Government for setting up a Coastal Security and Marine Academy at Otthinene, in Udupi district. For the purpose, a 100

Mangalore, June 29: The Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy has invited applications for its annual honorary and book awards for the year 2011. A media release issued here by Umarabba, Registrar of the Academy, stated that the honorary awards would be conferred on two individuals, who have done meritorious work in the field of Beary language, literature, arts and studies, and one person, who has

Mangalore, June 29: “The Rotarians will derive utmost content and satisfaction while serving the community by strictly following and implementing the theme 'Peace through Service' - a theme aptly announced by the Rotary International Organization this year”, opined industrialist and Past Lions Governor Ln. Mohan Kamath. He was speaking as a chief guest on the Installation Ceremony of the Mangalore

Mangalore, June 29: The OneCity Yellow Pages for the year 2012-13, published by OneCity Media Pvt Ltd, was launched on Friday. D Dharmaiah, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mangalore City Commissionerate, formally released the directory at a press conference at Patrika Bhavan in the city. L K Monu Borkala and SL Basheer, both directors of the firm were present on the occasion. The company has been

Kasargod, June 29: As many as 10 people have been diagnosed with H1N1 fever in Kasargod district. District Health Officer has advised the people across the district to take necessary precautions to prevent the outbreak of flu. The people who have caught the flu are from Badhiyadka, Kodom Bolour, Madikeri, Chengal, Kumble Gram Panchayats and Kanhanged Town Municipal. The fever is being spread due

Mangalore, June 29: Two people were crushed to death in two separate road accidents in Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada districts on Thursday. A physically changed pedestrian died on the spot when speeding pick-up truck plying from BC Road to Mangalore hit him at Adyar on the outskirts of Mangalore. Punjanga Poojary (35) a resident of Bylahandi, was walking along the road when the accident

Mangalore, June 29: The two-day Management Development Programme organized by the MDP Centre of AIMIT, St Aloysius College, on the outskirts of the city, concluded on Thursday evening. The inaugural was held on Wednesday morning. Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, Director, AIMIT welcomed the participants and spoke of the initiatives taken by AIMIT to promote interaction with the industry and academia through MDP

Kasargod, June 29: T K Rajeesh, one of the prime accused in the murder case of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T P Chandrasekharan, was on Thursday produced before a court in Kanhangad amidst tight security in connection with illegal trading in snake venom in April 2002. Hosdurg First Class Magistrate Court (1) Judge V.P.M. Suresh Babu remanded Rajeesh, seventh accused in the case, in judicial

Mangalore, June 29: The wrong neo-liberal policies followed by the Congress and BJP governments have pushed India to a deep financial crisis, according to senior CPI(M) leader and Lok Sabha member Basudeb Acharia. Speaking at the Dakshina Railway Employees Union (DREU) Palghat division conference at Town Hall here on Thursday, he said that India is passing through a tough period and the working

Bantwal, June 29: In a rain related mishap, two labourers who were working at the construction site of a dam on a stream in Kesottu in Vamadpadav near here were washed away by flashfloods on Thursday afternoon. The deceased have been identified as Sumathi Shetty (40), a resident of Chennaithodi and Shekhar Poojary (38), a resident of Majalodi. The body of Shekhar was found a few meters away from