Karnataka

Mangalore, September 15: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy will be organising a two day state level 'Beary Convention' on December 10 and 11 at Town Hall here. Announcing this at a press conference here on Thursday, M B Abdul Rahman, the Chairman of the Academy, said as many as 10 thousand people including 1500 representatives of various Beary organisations from across the country and abroad are

Mangalore, September 15: The modern technology has geared up to play a crucial role in the security system of Mangalore , with the Police Commissionerate poised to bring the crucial points of this coastal city under surveillance with the help of close circuit television (CCTV) cameras round the clock. The monitoring of traffic with the help of CCTV Cameras, according to police, will reduce a lot

Mangalore, September 15: Six local fishermen went missing after a trawl boat sank off the coast of Tannirbavi near here in the wee hours of Thursday. The personnel of coast guard and police are conducting emergency search and rescue operations in the rough waters with the help of local fishermen. The trawl boat owned by one Nazeer from Farangipet had left Old Port, here, for deep see fishing, nine

Mangalore, September 15: The boat tragedy at Old Port Estuary mouth on Tuesday, where five persons were injured, is not the first of its kind this year. It's the third such incident where boats got stuck in the sand bar, but none were injured in the previous cases. "The problem is mainly due to crumbling Kotepura-Ullal South Breakwater structure erected 18 years ago," says fisheries department

Mangalore, September 15: While a 12 year old allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Bangalore for being reprimanded by her father for poor academic performance, a fatherless student chose the same mode of suicide for a different reason altogether - blaming her fate for not having a doting and reprimanding father. Rachana Jain, the first year BCom student of SDM College, Ujire took the extreme

Udupi, September 14: Division among the Dalit groups in Udupi districts came to fore when two rival groups took two opposite stands on the presence of media persons at the district level Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes grievances redressal meeting, convened by the Deputy Commissioner here on Wednesday. This is the first time in last four years a DC in Udupi convened the SC/ST redressal

Mangalore, September 14: Students by involving themselves in co-curricular activities instill confidence in themselves and become disciplined, said Peter A Lewis, renowned painter and former Chairman of Karnataka Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore Inaugurating the fine arts fest Crossroads 2011 at Crossland College, Brahmavar, near here, he said: “Art should be a part of the curriculum and more

Mangalore, September 14: A labourer lost his life after falling into water at Old Fishing Port here on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Ravi (35), hailing from Tamil Nadu. It is said that Ravi had been working at Fishing Port since last two months. Nagaswami, a colleague of Ravi, said in his complaint that the latter accidentally fell into the water while loading fish in the

Mangalagangothri, September 14: Buddhism teaches to enrich the values of human life in present days, said G Sudhakar Rao, Consultant Engineer & Valuer and expert on Pali Language. He was delivering a special lecture on 'Conception of life in Buddhism' at Old Senate Hall of Mangalore University, here on Wednesday. Giving a briefly picture of the life story of Gautam Buddha and his transformation

Mangalore, September 14: A newly installed police outpost was inaugurated near Nanthoor junction here on Wednesday. BJP Corporator Roopa D Bangera inaugurated the facility in the presence of the Commissioner of Police Seemanth Kumar Singh and other senior police officers. Speaking to media persons Mr Singh said that the outpost would provide shelter from rain and sun to those police personnel who