Karnataka

Belthangady, September 16: It is back to square one for Mohammed Soofi, an odd-jobs man from Aladangady near Kakkinje in Belthngady taluk. The 24-year-old had met with an electric accident a couple of years ago and was left with a partial disability on the left-half of his body. He lost all his toes on his left foot and one on his right and one finger in his left hand has also got affected. He

Mangalore, September 16: At least Three candidates have been elected unopposed to by-elections scheduled for 38 posts lying vacant in 35 Gram-Panchayats of Dakshina Kannada district. As many as 87 candidates, including 62 men and 25 women are in fray for remaining 35 seats. After the last date for withdrawal of nominations on Thursday, candidates contesting Kodman-1 seat in Meramajalu GP in

Hebri, September 16: Assistant Sub Inspector of Hebri Police Station Vasanth, who was missing since last Monday, was found dead on Thursday afternoon at Madagada near here. It is assumed that 48 year old Vasanth might have lost his life after drowning in Madagada lake on Monday night when he was on his way to police quarters after finishing the night duty. As the lake is filled with mush and his

Mangalore, September 16: To commemorate the 150th year of Indian struggle for Independence, Samskruthi Manthralaya, New Delhi and Kannada and Culture Department, Bangalore, will jointly organise the 150th year celebration and cultural programmes in memory of Tippu Sulthan on September 17 and 18 at Uchila Bovi Higher Primary School Hall in Someshwar. Informing the same to the media persons, Kannada

Manipal, September 16: Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA) emerged the best overall team at WGSHA Quest-2011, which concluded at a hotel on Wednesday, retaining the top ranking that it enjoys in the country. The two days of the competition with 12 teams from across the country, brought out the best in students, who put up a splendid show. Culinary Academy of India

Kumta, September 15: The Kumta police on Thursday arrested the main accused in the murder case of Jali Gram Panchayat Vice President Abdul Salam Damda, whose body was found last Sunday at Manikatta almost a week after he went missing. The arrested, identified as Pundalik Narayan Naik (28), a resident of Shirali village, and a lab technician at Heble in of Bhatkal taluk, was produced before the

Mangalore, September 15: A goods train derailment near Hoige Bazar railway gate stalled traffic on interior roads of the city for more than three hours on Thursday evening. The last coach of the train, which had just began to move back after unloading cement at goods-shed, accidentally ran off the tracks at around 6:45 pm said an official from Railway department. The train had more than 20 empty

Mangalore, September 15: The lack of will power among shady politicians of the region is the main reason for non-inclusion of Tulu language in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution, according to well-known Tulu theatre personality Vijay Kumar Kodiyalbail. Participating in a Meet-the-Press programme at press club here on Thursday, in the wake of 100 days of successful run of his movie

Mangalore, September 16: The inaugural of the Infovision-2011, the IT and Bioinformatics Exhibition organised by the IT and Bioinfo faculty of AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Beeri, Kotekar, near hear was held on Thursday morning. Max Rasquinha, Founder, IIPP and Internal Orientation Centre, Mangalore, hailing from Houston, TX was the Chief Guest and Rev Fr Joseph Rodrigues SJ, Rector

Mangalore, September 15: The New Mangalore Port Trust celebrated 151st Birth Anniversary of Sir M Visvesvaraya as Engineers' Day on Thursday, at Port Auditorium near here. Prof. Babu Narayan of Civil Engineering Department, NITK was the chief guest of the programme. In his key note address, he explained the qualities of Sir M V and gave presentation on taller, longer and stronger structures