Karnataka

Mangalore, February 7: The installation ceremony of office bearers for the year 2011 of JCI Mangalore was held at Hotel Maya International recently. Jc Heerachand took oath as the President of the chapter along with Jc Madhava -Secretary, Jc Sunil Vas -Treasurer, Jc Dinesha – Joint Secretary, Jc Ramnath – Joint Treasurer. Jc Aldrin Vaz, Jc Mahesh Kamth, Jc Shashidhar, Jc Santhosh D'Mello, Jc Binoy

Mangalore, February 7: A variety of delicious traditional dishes that are hardly available in restaurants, competed with each other at the Beary cultural eve organised by the Karnataka Beary Sahithya Academy at Kadri Park on Sunday. With as many as 60 women taking part in the cookery contest and 53 participants in Mehendi contest as part of the special eve, Kadri Park was literally converted into

Mangalore, February 7: Gurudeep Madyastha of Alva's College, Moodbidri, scored an unbeaten century to help his team thrash NMAMIT, Nitte, and secure a 154 run victory in the first match of the ongoing Benjamin D'souza Memorial Inter College Cricket Tournament - 2011 played at NITK - A Ground. Winning the toss and electing to bat, Alva's College put on 275 for the loss of 4 wickets in 50 overs

Udupi, February 6: Chief Minister BS Yedyurappa announced to hold a Global Agricultural Investors' Meet on the lines of GIM, by May-June. He was delivering the valedictory address at the three days Krishi Mela-2011, organized by Sri Kshethra Dharmasthala Gramabhivruddhi Yojana, at Bajagoli in Karkala taluk, on Sunday evening. Yedyurappa reiterated that along with the state budget, he would also

Mangalore, February 6: The District Crime Intelligence Bureau (DCIB) along with Vittal Police on Sunday arrested four local accomplices of Underworld don Ravi Poojary at Mani near near Uppinangady. The arrested have been identified as Munna, Riyaz, Viswanatha and Raghunatha. Police said that the accused along with Poojari had plotted to eliminate a businessman in Paivalike in Kasargod. According

Mangalore, February 6: Shiradi Ghat on National Highway No. 48 is unlikely to be developed before coming rainy season. Replying to questions by presspersons here on Sunday, Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Jitin Prasada said he would look into what could be done to develop the important ghat stretch which connects Mangalore with Bangalore. An official of the ministry said on

Udupi, February 6: Rajashree Patil and Daasari Vasu, both from Alva's Moodabidri, have won the first prize, in the men's and women's category respectively, at the Syndicate Bank Udupi Half Marathon, on the theme 'Run for Sports', organized by Udupi District Athletic Association, here on Sunday. Cine star Pooja Gandhi and Prakash Shetty of Banjara Group flagged off the race. Higher Education

Vittal, February 6: Two youth belonging to different faiths have been attacked by a group of six suspected activists of Bajarang Dal at Serkala near here in the night of Saturday, February 5. The victims have been identified as Abdul Khader (22), an auto-rickshaw driver and his Dalit friend Yogish (19), a house driver- both residents of Salethur. The incident occurred when Yogish was returning to

Mangalore, February 16: Talent Research Foundation, a city based philanthropic organisation in association with 'Al-Ahsan' journal group on Sunday launched a cleanliness drive as part of its various programmes to mark the occasion of Meelad-un-Nabi. The sanitation drive was launched at old bus stand in Hampanakatta here at around 8: 30 am by cleaning the surroundings. According to the organizers

Mangalore, February 6: Belthangady Circle Inspector Sudarshan said that the police have forced the postmaster of Melanthabettu village to shift the post office to a separate building and warned him against practicing casteism in the government office. He was replying to DK SP A Subrahmanyeshwara Rao at the SC/ST grievance meet held on Sunday at SP office here. While a Dalit representative raised