Karnataka

Mangalore, April 18: A young police constable lost his life after he was caught in strong currents of Varahi River and drowned. The victim has been identified as Ditin Kumar (24) who was a police constable at the Mangalore traffic police station. The incident occurred on Tuesday, between 11 am and 12 noon, when he had gone to have bath at Varahi River at Kulunje village in Kundapur taluk of Udupi

Mangalore, April 18: Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda said that a proposal has been sent to the government to sanction house for 305 Koraga families who are residing on the government land. The district administration wants to provide house for the Koraga families under the Integrated Tribal Devbelopment Program (ITDP). Speaking at a review meeting chaired by District-in-Charge Secretary

Mangalore, April 18: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) handed over two classrooms, administrative office and a toilet complex to Harkala Newpadpu Zilla Panchayat Samyuktha High School, more popularly known as Hajabba's school. HPCL chief manager Krishna Kutti inaugurated the new building and handed over it to school Development and Monitoring Committee working president Harekala

Mangalore, April 18: The Common Entrance Test (CET), earlier scheduled for May 3 and 4, will now be held almost three weeks later, on May 21 and 22. The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) announced here on Tuesday that a change in the schedule of the examination was inevitable because of the four-day boycott of evaluation of answer scripts by PU lecturers. The boycott was lifted only on Monday

Mangalore, April 17: Yemmekere Friends Circle (YFC) will organise 'Late B Narayana Karkera memorial YFC state-level under arm day and night cricket tournament' at Yemmekere ground near Bolar here from April 20 to 22. Annoucing this at a press Y Abdul Salam, Working president of YFC said that around 30 teams were expected to take part in this eight-over tourney. He said winners in the tourney would

Mangalore, April 17: Expressing concern over the decline in number of females in the district State Child Rights Protection Commission President Nina Nayak said that there is a need to keep an eye on how the scanning machines are used in various hospitals and at the scanning centres. Holding a meeting with child rights activists, NGOs working in field of education and the government officials, in

Mangalore, April 17: The Mangalore City Corporation carried out a drive to remove all the illegal cut-outs in the heart of the City on Tuesday. MCC Commissioner Harish Kumar said that the illegal cut-outs were removed from different parts of the city as part of the clean-up drive launched by Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner N S Channappa Gowda. He said the process on Tuesday was started from

Udupi, April 17: A young couple committed suicide by jumping in to the River Shambavi near Hejamadi in Udupi district on Monday night. The deceased have been identified as Vanitha (19) and Dinesh (18). It is learnt that both were relatives to each other and said to be in love. Vanitha had eloped with Dinesh a three days back from her residence in Kanchinadka. Dinesh was resident of Yermal near

Mangalore, April 17: Vittala Malekudiya, who is in judicial custody on charges of being an alleged Naxal sympathizer, on Tuesday appeared for second semester internal assessment examination conducted by the Mass Communication and Journalism Department of Mangalore University. The 22-year-old student, who was arrested on March 3 along with his father at his house in Kuthlur in Belthangady taluk by

Mangalore, April 18: Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda promised to allot a piece of land for Prajna Counselling Centre at the earliest. The announcement is likely to give a fillip to the centres activities. Speaking after inaugurating silver jubilee celebrations of Prajna Counselling Centre here on Tuesday, he said “all of us should take a pledge to support the destitutes and orphans in