Chandni Chowk

Dharmasthala

 Deepotsava

Gimini Circus

Mangalore

Amir Azam Kasab

terrorists on live

Tulu, Tulu, Tulu:

Where is the e-state?

Meera Jasmine

In Kannada Film

Yuvraj -158

India's 387/5

Gokarna is a dirty place

filled with showy pilgrims

Mahathobhara

Shri Mangaladevi Temple

   Navaratri Festival

30^th September 2008 to  10^th October 2008.

Shri Durgaparameshwari Temple Kateel

NAVARATRI  FESTIVAL

The transfer order of the Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Maheshwar Rao has been revoked and he will be continuing as the deputy commissioner in the district itself. The government had earlier appointed Ponnuraju who had earlier served as   

Suspended Corporation engineers back to duty

Two former engineers of the Mangalore city corporation who had been suspended from service after they were charged with misappropriation of funds, have been reinducted into the service of the corporation recently. According to some reports the two engineers have joined MCC service again despite a departmental probe underway against  

The newly appointed KPCC President RV Deshpande has recently met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and discussed matters pertaining to organization of the party.Deshpande later informed that   the issue of bye-elections to eight assembly constituencies in the state, More

Madhwa Jayanthi was celebrated at Pajaka Kshetra where the grant saint philosopher Madhwacharya was born, on Vijaya Dashami Day. At a  function held at the Rajangana of Udupi Mutt, noted   

Grand finale to Mangalore Dasara

The Mangalore Dasara of Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple had a grand finale on October 9, Vijaya Dashami Day  when a colorful Shobhayatra carrying the idols of Mahaganapathi, 

Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Maheshwar Rao has been transferred and Ponnuraj who had earlier served as the Udupi Deputy Commissioner and Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer, appointed DC  in his place. Ponnuraju is likely to take charge in a few More

The District and Sessions Court has granted bail to Bhajrangdal leader Mahendra Kumar in connection with the case registered in Byndoor police station alleging that it was his instigation that had led to the attack on  

Mirajuddin Patel no more

Senior politician and State JD(S) President Mirajuddin Patel passed away at a private hospital at Kalburgi on the night of October 7 following a massive cardiac arrest. He is survived by his mother, wife and five daughters.Patel was in the town to participate in the   

Veteran cricketer Ravi Shastri was in Karvalu in Karkala taluk near here on October 7 and offered special prayers at the Nagabana of Karvalu Sri Mahavishnumrthi Temple.Shastri was also felicitated on the occasion on behalf of the temple management committee and the . 

The Save Malpe Fisheries Port  Action Committee  has taken strong exception  to the dredging operations undertaken at the estuary by the Tebma.At a meeting of the  committee held at Malpe recently    more

The Save Malpe Fisheries Port  Action Committee  has taken strong exception  to the dredging operations undertaken at the estuary by the Tebma.At a meeting of the  committee held at Malpe recently    more

In the bye-elections to the Kota Zilla Panchayat constituency held  on October 5,  Shanker Kunder  of the Congress has emerged victorious over his BJP rival Jagannath Amin by a margin of 665 votes. The Congress has thus been able to snatch this constituency from the BJP fold. While Kunder secured  9341  

The new courses introduced by Fr Muller’s Medical College were inaugurated by Dr CV Raghuveer, Dean of KMC Mangalore. The hospital has begun MHA (Master in Hospital Administration), BSc Physiotherapy, BSc Medical Laboratory, and BSc Radio Therapy and Imaging Technology courses  The  newsletter of the Institution was  

A group of around 20 assailants barged into the Mangala Bar at Valencia in the city at around 10. 30 pm on  October 6,stoned the building  and  escaped after ransacking the furnitures inside

Operation terror is still continuing in Mangalore and elsewhere in the district with the cops continuing their search for any possible clue about the suspected ultras who may be hiding in and around the  city and other parts of the district. Special police squads have intensified search 

“Anna Yajna-Sudhama’ the new  building constructed to facilitate dining arrangements for the thousands of pilgrims visiting Udupi Mutt,  will be inaugurated on October 10. The building has been constructed as a first phase of the Sundara Udupi Krishnana Udupi project undertaken by Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji of Paryaya Puttige Mutt.

Sri Bhuvanendra High School of Karkala emerged the champion in the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district level  inter-high school quiz contest conducted at the Hosanadu Kodyadka Sridevi Annapoorneshwari Kshetra on October 5.Jawahar Navodaya 

Mangalore: Rapid action force belonging to 511 Batallion of  Coimbuttur Regiment is taking rout march through Hamilton circle, Hampankatte, Carstreet Kudroli   more

The nuclear agreement when signed would open the nation’s gateway for progress and would go a long way in solving the employment and power shortage problems, said M Veerappa Moily, Chairman of the Central Administrative Reforms Commission. He was speaking at the Model United Nations Convention 

Even as the four suspected ultras were arrested from Mangalore and Ullal recently and taken to Mumbai for interrogation by the police there, another staggering revelation that a powerful bomb the manufacturing of it was nearing completion had also been found in the city apart from the five hand grenades already recovered.

Wildlife Week Programmes organized at the Pilikula Nisargadhama at Vamanjoor in the outskirts of the city by the Pilikula Nisargadhama Society was recently inaugurated by the District Minister and State Minister for Environment and Ports Krishna J Palemar.In his address,

Amritha Someshwar receives Niranjana Award

The prestigious Niranjana Award given by the Dr Shivaram Karanth Study Centre of Vivekananda College, Puttur was presented to noted scholar Dr Amritha Someshwar at a function held at Puttur recently. Speaking after receiving the award, Dr Someshwar said he had the satisfaction of writing freely in the Tulu Kannada folk fields and said

The different art forms in the world have their own distinctive features while Yakshagana, the rich art of the coastal belt is very much distinct and special among the art forms of the entire world, said Kumble Sunder Rao, veteran Yakshagana artiste and President of the  

State Minister for Medical Education Ramachandra Gowda has regretted the fact the India faced an acute shortage of nursing candidates even when it has the highest number of people undergoing nursing courses in south India.Speaking after inaugurating the Kailkere Rukmini Shetty Memorial Nursing College at Shaktinagar in the outskirts of Mangalore on October 5, the Minister said while the nation needed  

State Minister for Ports and District Minister Krishna J Palemar has said that the government was interested in developing the 10 ports in the state with private partnership. Speaking after inaugurating the new dock at the Old Port more

MN Rajendra Kumar, Chairman of the State Apex Bank and SCDCC Bank has said that the SCDCC Bank which is the first cooperative bank to     introduce on-line anywhere banking services to its customers has plans to include cooperative banks under core banking solutions.He

4 suspected ultras held at Ullal, city; hand grenades, jihad ...

It were terrorists who made news in Mangalore and the entire Dakshina Kannada district on October 3. The Anti-Naxal Squad, Mumbai and Mangalore Police launched a joint operation since early Friday morning 

The prestigious Vardhamana Literary Award for the year 2007 was presented to senior Kannada novelist Janardhan Gurkar at a function held at the Moodbidri Samaja Mandir recently. Kulyadi Madhav Pai, Chairman of the Vardhamana Award Foundation presented the 

The former Udupi DySP MB Nagaraj, who was recently suspended, has suffered yet another setback with the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal dismissing his petition challenging his transfer.Earlier the KAT had issued a stay to the transfer of Nagaraj following his petition to

The District Youth Congress has taken strong exception to the recent move of the state government to enforce load shedding in rural and urban areas and has questioned whether it was a Ramzan and Navaratri gift of the government to the peopleIn a press communiqué, 

A Yakshagana festival ‘Yakshotsava’ organized at the Sri Kshetra Ganeshapura Mahaganapathi Temple at Katipalla as part of Sharannavaratri and Vijayadashami celebrations was recently inaugurated by Babu A Shetty, businessman from Mumbai, 

D Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala, has called upon the social and voluntary organizations so strive to build a healthy and a cultured society.Speaking at a programme organized to launch state level Swasthya Sankalpa programme at the district office bears  more

The team from Jodhpur National Law University bagged the winners’ trophy and a cash prize of Rs 15000 at the 5th All India Mock Court contest conducted at the SDM Law College in the city since the past two days.Raipur Hidayatul National Law College, secured the  

Loving respects and tributes were paid to The Father of the nation on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi on October 2. In Mangalore, the District Committee of the Bharatha Seva   

It has been reliably learnt that the Delhi police have taken into custody two suspected ultras from a house on beach road at Mukkacheri in Ullal. It is learnt the duo were father and son and had been residing in Ullal since some time. They were said to be civil contractors and one   

Mahendra Kumar, the Bhajrangdal leader who was recently arrested in connection with the  recent attacks on churches, has tendered his resignation to the post of the convenor of the state unit of the Bhajrangdal. He who is  more

Anwar Manippady, State Vice President of the BJP minorities cell, has demanded that the government enforced the POTA in order to  crack down anti-national and  terrorist activities. Speaking to reporters  in the city  recently, he alleged that the Union Government had utterly and  

Malappuram police have arrested  a counterfeit currency manufacturer at  Perindalann of Malappuram district who was on a mission of manufacturing fake notes worth Rs 5 crore to a person from Mangalore. The arrested has  

Jesudas to perform at Nandikur

Renowned playback singer KJ Jesudas will be conducting a Carnatic  music concert at the Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple at Nandikur of Udupi district on October 5 as part of the Navaratri celebrations in the college.Jesudas will be  

The love and admiration for Kannada of the renowned poet Late Muddana is something that should serve as an inspiration to the Kannadigas, said Prof H Ramesh Kedilaya, poet and lecturer.He was delivering a lecturer as part of the Kavi Muddana Sahitya  

was celebrated with great religious fervour by Muslim brethren all over the district on  October 1. The main  function was held at the Idgah Masjid at Bavutagudda in Mangalore where Namaz and Khutba recitation was held under the leadership of PM Ibrahim, Khatib of   

Banking business to the tune of Rs 17,805 crores  have been undertaken  in Dakshina Kannada district till June 2008.This was informed  by KU Shanbhag, General Manager of Syndicate Bank  at the  Banking Progress and Review meet held at the Zilla Panchayat  

Noted journalist Ravi Belagere has been selected for  the Dr Shivaram Karanth Hometown Award given by the Kotatattu gram panchayat of Udupi taluk. Informing this, Kota Srinivas Poojari, MLC said the  award presentation ceremony would be held at the Giliyaru Shambhavi Higher Primary School of Kota on  more

The annual general meeting of the Dakshina Kannada and  Udupi District Co-operative Fish Marketing Federation held in the city has decided to  open fresh fish sale outlets in inland areas in order to make available fresh fish to more

Veteran freedom  fighters Shambhu Shetty, BSN Mallya, Sanjeevanath Aikala and Karunakara Uchila were felicitated on behalf of MRPL-ONGC at a function held at Suratkal.   

The Dasara celebrations at Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple were inaugurated by Union Minister for Power Sushil Kumar Shindhe on September 30.The idols of Goddess Sharada and of the Navadurgis were  more

The Mangalore City Corporation Council meeting held on September 30 has unanimously resolved to forward a proposal to the government requesting  

The tussle for the post of the Udupi DySP has finally ended with the DGP  suspending  the erstwhile DySP MB Nagaraj for  indiscipline. This suspension order has come even before the  verdict of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal. Though the department had posted Vishwanath Pandit as the Udupi DySP in place of Nagaraj, he  who  

Dr Sandeep Sancheti, Director of the NITK, Suratkal, has called upon youngsters not to neglect material technology in this IT, BT era.Speaking as a chief guest at the Engineers’ Day programme organized by the Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Engineers   

A fact-finding committee  of the Citizens for Harmony  had been to the city on September 30 in the wake of the recent attacks  on   churches and Christian prayer halls. It visited the affected areas  and assured to  

Students, teachers and assistants of Sannidhya and Samartha Kendra, the residential school for differently abled children will be organizing a peace walk in the city on October 2. The walk which will begin from near the Circuit House entrance   will conclude near the Srinivasa    

Veteran neurologists of the city Dr KR Shetty and Dr KV Devadiga were felicitated on the occasion of a seminar organized by the DK District Branch of the Indian Medical Association in the city.  

The 5^th all India mock court contest will be held at the SDM Law College and Post-Graduate Study Centre in the city on October 1 and 2. District Principal and Sessions Judge VD Hatti, will inaugurate the contest. KP Jayarajan, Registrar (Evaluation) of Kannur University,   

Pharma D, a postgraduate degree course in pharmaceutical sciences, being introduced for the first time in the nation was inaugurated at the Manipal College of Pharmaceutical    

Two low intensity blasts rocked Gujarat and Maharashtra towns on Monday night at around 2130 hours IST. Three people are dead and seven others injured in Malegaon, Maharashtra    more

Security arrangements in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have been tightened in view of Ramzan and Navaratri festivities. Apart from the police personnel of the district, even the Karnataka State Reserve Police Force and the Rapid Action Force sent by the Centre, have   

The Bajpe Agricultural Service Co-operative Bank has bagged the first place in the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts as the best cooperative bank of 'A' division for the year 2007-2008. The award