Karnataka

Mangalore, July 10: Stating that India Constitution has granted all its citizens the right to live and earn his livelihood, CPI(M) district secretary B Madhava accused the Mangalore City Corporation of violating the constitution by forcefully evicting the street-side and footpath vendors. He was speaking at a convention of street vendors organised under the joint auspices of CITU and Mangalore

Mangalore, July 10: The monthly meeting of the Dakshina Kannada District Philatelists' Association held at the Head Post Office in Pandeshwar on July 10. The meeting also had a special display of stamp and coin collections by Baikady Srinivas Rao, an avid philatelist who focused on the theme – 'The miniature scenes of India' The collection comprised the currency notes, coins and stamps from the

Bangalore/Mangalore, July 10: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy today ended his two-day-old indefinite fast to demand a CBI probe into ruling BJP's allegation that he and his family had amassed illegal wealth of Rs 1,500 crore, saying he was doing so bowing to the directives of his party and its workers. Kumaraswamy was offered a glass of fruit juice by Jnanapeetha Awardee U R Ananthamurthy at Freedom

Mangalore, July 10: The unsolved mother-daughter duo murder case took a new and sensational twist, when a Dalit body accused the Mangalore City Police of torturing two teenagers in the pretext of interrogation. A group of Dalits led by SP Anand, District Convener of Dalit Sangharsha Samiti on Saturday evening met City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh and complained that Kavoor police have

Dharmasthala, July 10: Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala D Veerendra Heggade has sanctioned Rs 20 lakh for the purchase of agricultural implements by members of Pragati Bandhu groups in Belgaum district. "The group consists of small farmers and the financial aid is to encourage them to take up agricultural activities. In all, 2010 Pragati Bandhu groups have been formed in 10 taluks of

Mangalore, July 10: Shareholders of a city-based Corporation Bank at its 14th annual general meeting here on Saturday approved an all time high dividend of Rs 20 per share, on a paid up equity share of Rs 10. Ramnath Pradeep, chairman and managing director of the bank, in his address to the shareholders, said, "It was yet another successful year for the bank and our last fiscal recorded a

Manipal, July 09: The Dental Council of India has initiated steps to reintroduce internship and also to make three months of rural posting compulsory, according to the DCI president Dr Dibyendu Mazumdar. At the inaugural function of the XI National Post Graduate Convention of Indian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologists at Fortune Inn Valley View on Saturday, Dr Mazumdar said that the

Mangalore, July 9: 'Thrinethra', a six day art exhibition of Paunduranga Rao, a former mechanical engineer of the Steel Authority of India, was inaugurated under the auspices of 'The Artists Combine', a city based forum on Saturday at Prasad Art Gallery here. The expo was inaugurated by MRPL DGM (Corporate Communications) Lekshmi Kumaran. Mr Paduranga Rao's amazing art called “Batik” which

Mangalore, July 9: As the repeated requests to regularise the services of 126 daily wagers working in health section of Mangalore City Corporation fell on deaf ears of concerned authorities, the DK Zilla Pourakarmikara Hagu Nalkkane Darje Naukarara Sangha has decided to take out a semi-nude procession on July 20. Revealing this to media persons here Honorary President of Sangha Shivappa said that

Mangalore, July 9: Prof N Sridhar Shetty, Founder Principal of A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences has left an indelible impression in the field of Dental Education by way of his invaluable contributions and toiled for the all-round progress of the Institution by his record tenure of 21 years, said Dr. Vinaya Hegde, Chancellor of Nitte University in his inaugural address of “Prof N