Karnataka

Mangalore, September 7: Dr. K. Mohandas Bhandary of Mangalore has been elected to the Karnataka Medical Council in the elections conducted on 31-08-2011. Karnataka Medical Council is the apex professional body for medical practitioners of the state. Dr. Bhandary has been elected in the Non-Teachers Constituency 3(2)(a) as per the Karnataka Medical Registration Act 34 of 1961. He is one among the

Kasragod, September 7: Theatre personality, film actor and director Kasaragodu Chinna has been appointed the chairman of the Karnataka Konkani Academy. Chinna is known as the ambassador of Kannada culture and theatre in Kasargod. The announcement came just when he was busy with the directorial work of his Konkani film 'Ujwadu'. Mr. Chinna had carved his niche in the world of Kannada theatre

Manipal, September 5: Five Keralites, said to be armed forces personnel, were arrested by Konkan Railway police on Monday for trying to outrage the modesty and misbehaving with fellow women railway passengers on board train 12618 Hazrat Nizamuddin–Ernakulam 'Mangala Lakshadweep Superfast Express'. The accused have been identified as Sujit T V (29), from Charatuvil village in Mallapuram district

Mangalore, August 28: A two day Block level Rural Paika Sports meet and Mangalore Taluk level Dasara sports meet were inaugurated at Mangala Stadium here on Tuesday. Mangalore MLA U T Khader inaugurated the meet which was organized under the joint auspices of Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, Karnataka Sports Authority, and Mangalore taluk panchayat. Speaking on the occasion he said that

Karwar, September 6: A 50-year old mentally challenged forest guard in Nujanahenjalu forest area of Bhatkal taluk on Tuesday chopped off his own private part. Kumta based Pramod Shankar Patgar, who was on leave for more than one month due to psychological imbalance, straightly went to the forest in the morning and took this bizarre step of self-neutralization. When the local farmers rushed to help

Mangalore, September 6: 19-old Shloka Shetty, a second-year B Com student of Sri Ramakrishna College, Bunts Hostel Circle apparently attempted to commit suicide on Tuesday afternoon after being “harassed” by the principal. The girl was rushed to a private hospital in the city after she consumed phenyl at the toilet on the premises of the college. The Uppala based Shloka who was staying in a PG

Mangalore, Sep 6: A group of miscreants allegedly instigated by the President of the Katipalla Block-II mosque, ransacked the house of a Kannada writer and made away with cash and gold ornaments. Abdul Jabbar Katipalla, a colunminst with local Kannada newspapers, said that a group of around 50 people surrounded his house on Monday night, while six among them entered into the house by breaking open

Mangalore, September 7: Members of the Movement for Enforcement of Constitutional Rights and Values demanded here on Tuesday that the acquisition of land in villages in Bantwal taluk by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board be stopped immediately. Ahinda working president and member of the movement Lolaksha told presspersons here that the KIADB had decided to acquire about 200 acres of

Mangalore, September 6: Three youths from Dakshina Kannada district are languishing in a Jeddah jail for the past seven years, according to reports that have come to light recently. The three youths in the age group of 33 and 34 are spending days behind the bars after being slapped with fines by a local court in Jeddah. The trio have not been able to pay up due to their economic conditions and

Mangalore, September 6: The ambitious 37.47 km port road connectivity project between Surathkal and BC Road will be completed by the end of this year, nearly six years after the project commenced. Though the sanctioned cost of the project was Rs.196.50 crore, the revised estimate has pegged the cost at Rs 340 crore, according to a reply given by the minister of state in the ministry of road