29/09/08

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made it clear that India does not want another nuclear weapons state in its neighbourhood and will under no circumstance support Iran's nuclear  more

Chief Minister BS Yadiyurappa  has directed the Mangalore city corporation to utilize Rs 50 crore out of the Rs 100 crore special grant released by the   

Chief Minister BS Yadiyurappa said the ideals propagated by the saint reformer Sri Narayana Guru are relevant at all times. Speaking after inaugurating the 154^th birth anniversary of Brahmashree Narayana Guru organized by the Akhila Bharatha Billawara Union at the Town Hall  

World Heart Day was observed in the city by organizing various programmes to create awareness on heart diseases  World Heart Day Run was organized   

 Dr M Mohan Alva, Chairman of the Alva’s Education Foundation of Moodbidri was presented the Dr Shivaram Karanth Award   at a function held at Kundapur under the auspices of Kairali Suhrudvedi, Kundapur. Mukundan, President of the Kerala Sahitya Academy,    

World Maritime Day was celebrated at the New Mangalore Port recently under the auspices of the New Mangalore Port Trust. Master Mariner Capt BR Rao was the chief guest. He in his address spoke on the importance of safety and security in water transport .NMPT    

A day after the Government ordered the armed forces to end their defiance over the revised salaries recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP more

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Blast in Delhi's Mehrauli area; 1 killed, 18 injured

 At least one person has been killed and more than 18 injured as a bomb exploded in a crowded market in south Delhi. The explosion, that comes a fortnight after serial blasts rocked thel  more

The Western Range IGP has directed the police officials to immediately arrest all those responsible for the recent attack on churches and Christian prayer halls in Mangalore. A clear directive in this regard has been made to all the police officials at a meeting of top police   

A meeting of Hindu religious heads held at the Sanghaniketan in the city on September 26 has resolved to urge the Union Government to enforce a    

Emigration officials of the Bajpe Airport on September 26 arrested a man and a woman who were trying to board the Air India Express Flight with a fake passport claiming them to be a couple. The arrested have been identified as Patel Rohit Kumar Babu Bhai (27) and  

ISN Prasad, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Mangalore SEZ Pvt Ltd has said that the MSEZ was committed to protect the environment and also the interests of the people of the region while implementing the ambitious project He was addressing the  

A state level painting camp ‘Karanthara Krithi-Chitrasmrithi’ based on the works of the legendary Kannada litterateur K Shivaram Karanth was inaugurated at Namma Bhoomi at Kanyana near here recently by well-known personality BN Chandrakanth. In his address, he said 

The State Human Rights Commission Chairman SR Nayak who was in the temple town on September 26 to accept complaints from public with regard to the recent attacks on churches, however received just three complaints, while   

Panic gripped at Pune-Bangalore Highway near Venkatapur village in Dharwad taluk on Friday as police recovered three crude bombs, placed under a bridge. All the three bombs were  more

The Mumbai and Delhi police teams which were in the city recently to investigate into the recent serial bomb blasts in Delhi, have left the city on September 26 after failing to achieve any breakthrough in the investigation. The two teams were in the city in search of a person   

Even as the state government has stated that it has ensured due protection to all churches and places of worship, miscreants stoned the church at Shambur last evening. The glass case covering the statue of Mother Mary outside the church has been damaged due to the     

There is no need for anyone to live amid fear in this nation where every individual has equal rights, said Justice SR Nayak, Chairman  

The office of the DySP of Udupi was locked by the SP Praveen Pawar on September 25 following the continuing tussle of a few officers to grab the post. It may be recalled here that M.B. Nagaraj who was hitherto holding the post was sometime back transferred and Vishwanath  

 The KMC of Mangalore has organized a World Heart Day Run in the city on September 28 to commemorate World Heart Day and also to create awareness among the masses about various heart ailments. The run which will commence from the KMC Hospital at Bejai will be  

Call it a miracle or nature’s wonder. Residents of  Basrur were in for a great shock as well as surprise when a  nearly 10 feet deep well sans water  made an appearance all of a sudden in the BM  

There has been a startling revelation of late-that a person from Mangalore had supplied explosives to Mohammad Saif who is presently in police custody in connection with the recent Delhi blasts. The Mumbai and Delhi police who are currently in the city and are on an intensive  

The Mukhamantap of the Bhagavan Hanuman Mandir of Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple was inaugurated by former union minister B Janardhan Poojari at the  

KPCC Spokesperson MG Hegde has challenged BJP and Sangh Parivar leaders who  he said are resorting to ‘anti-propaganda’ against the Congress stating it was an anti-Hindu party, to come for an open debate on Hindu ideologies with Congress leaders. Speaking to   

Mangalore MP and State BJP President DV Sadananda Gowda has alleged that the Central team which  recently visited Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts functioned just as a Congress sponsored team. Addressing press persons here on September 25, Gowda said if  

In what is being seen as a big blow to the gay rights movement in India, the Union Government has said it will not scrap the controversial Article 377 of the Indian Penal Code that makes    

25/09/08

With the US administration stepping up behind-the-scenes politicking to clinch the landmark nuclear deal, US President George Bush on Thursday assured Prime Minister   more

The Nanavati Commission report probing into the Godhra train carnage was tabled in the Gujarat Assembly on Thursday amid high drama. The Nanavati report says the incident of   

Police forces of four different states are claiming to have cracked the serial bomb blasts cases that have rocked the country in the past few months. Yet, with every case seemingly cracked,   

The recent attacks on churches and prayer halls in various places of the district reverberated at the Zilla Panchayat Meeting held on September 24 creating  

Mangalore South Legislator Yogish Bhat has been nominated President of the Karnataka Industrial Development Board by the state government. The Board owned by the government has the responsibility of 

The society can progress only when there is peace and harmony, observed   Ganesh Hosabettu, city Mayor. Speaking after inaugurating a seminar on ‘The Role of 

Tippanna Vitobha Naika, working as a driver in the Kadri Fire Service Station in Mangalore, is a recipient of the Chief Minister’s Medal for his meritorious service to the department. The award was presented to him at a  

 Three persons were arrested following a group clash at Faisalnagar in the city on the night of September 24. It is learnt an altercation between a bus conductor and a passenger ultimately culminated in the clash 

There was anxiety, tension and fear everywhere in and around the MIT campus at Manipal which received a bomb threat on September 24. According to one report, a student received an SMS message regarding the 

The Communist Party of India)(Maoist) in a press communiqué released to the media  has threatened to resort to similar action taken against Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswathi at Orissa, even on  leaders 

Residents of Dharmasthala and the staff of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala have decided to celebrate the Shashtyabda of D Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala on November 14. Already a committee  

23/09/08

Six of the 11 accused in the Khairlanji killings case have been given death sentence and two have been sentenced to life imprisonment sentence by a court in Bhandara on  

The sensex is crashing, inflation is on the rise, but there's one place where it's business as usual. It's the most corrupt nation's list. According to this year's Transperency International Report,  

 It has been reliably learnt that  a team of senior officials from the Central Intelligence Bureau as well as a team of Gujarat Police are presently in the city and are gathering  clues if any with regard to the Delhi and the Ahmadabad blasts.Though there is no official 

The team of two senior officials of the Union Home Ministry which was in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on September 23  to inspect the places of worship which were attacked 

Prohibitory orders under Section 144 that has been clamped in Mangalore, Bantwal, Belthangady and Moodbidri taluks  following the recent attacks on churches and prayer halls, has been extended 

In a stunning case, the idol of St Thomas in the St Lawrence Church close by the Bishop House at Belthangady, seems to be shedding tears, even as rumours are doing the rounds the it is not St Thomas but Jesus Christ himself shedding  

Veteran writer Prof Madhav Kulkarni and  creative artiste Mohan Sona Sonangeri have been selected for the Kantavara Awards  given by the Mogasale Pratishtana to veteran writers and  an achiever in the field of fine arts. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5000. The awards   

Vajrakshi P Shetty of the BJP was elected the President of the MangaloreTaluk Panchayat run by the BJP-JD(S) coalition at the elections held on September 23. Shetty defeated Sujatha Moolya of the Congress by a single  

Chief Minister BS Yadiyurappa will be visiting Mangalore on September 28. He will be participating in the Brahmashree Narayana Guru Jayanthi celebrations to be held at The Town hall and will hold a review meeting on developmental programmes in  the city at 11.30  .

22/09/08

Keeping up the pressure on Karnataka government to act against the perpetrators of attacks on churches, the Centre on Tuesday dispatched a team of senior Home Ministry officials to the state to review the situation and take stock of the more

State Minister for Fisheries, Science and Technology Anand V Asnotikar has said that the government would be taking all possible measures to enable the  

Dakshina Kannada District Minister J Krishna Palemar has said that the state government would be taking ever possible step to provide adequate number of students’ hostels in the wake of the shortage of hostels in the sate. Speaking after laying the foundation for the new 

CAMPCO, the premiere co-operative body of areca growers of the region, has announced a 10 per cent dividend to its members for the very first time. In fact CAMPCO has been netting profit since the past three years. Informing this, SR Rangamurthi, Chairman of 

Bhajrangdal State Convenor Mahendra Kumar who was released on bail by the JMFC Court  on September 22 however was once again remanded to judicial custody on charges of delivering inflammatory speeches  which ultimately instigated the attack on a prayer hall in 

A harried Karnataka Chief Minister broke his silence over the politics of the attack on churches in his state. Now that he is under pressure both from the Centre and his own party, Chief Minister B S  

It were terrorists who were in the news in undivided Dakshina Kannada district as news gathered right since the morning of September 22 that a terrorist arrested during the recent  

State BJP Yuva Morcha President Girish Mattannanavar has charged the Congress of being behind the church attacks in Bangalore on Sunday. Speaking to reporters in the city on September 22, Girish said it was nothing but a pre-planned conspiracy of the Congress and 

The South Kanara District Central Co-operative Bank (SCDCC Bank) which since the past 96 years has been excelling in various fronts has this time bagged the Best District Central Cooperative 

Church attacks : TN human rights body to urge for voluntary probe ..

Bala Murugan, Secretary of  the Human Rights organizations of Tamil Nadu has said that  the organization would write to the State as well as the National Human Rights Commission to voluntarily  undertake a probe into the attack on churches and prayer halls in the state and 

21/09/08

Delhi Police have taken terror suspect Saif, who was picked up from the Jamia Nagar house after the gunbattle on Friday, to Karnataka to probe whether the bombs were manufactured in the state.  more

This little dancing talent from Mangalore has emerged the winner in the children’s dance contest ‘Kuniyonu Bara’ of Zee Kannada. Jnana Aithal, a class II student of Canara English Medium School of Urva, topped the position  

College lecturers would be staging a protest on September 24 opposing  the delay in the submission of the UGC Pay Commission Report. In a press communique, AMUCT and the state federation of college teachers stated that the UGC Pay Commission led by Prof Chadha 

The Mangalore Bishop Fr Aloysius Paul D’Souza who has requested all Christian brethren to maintain peace and harmony, has also issued certain instructions to the community. The Bishop’s guidelines were read out to 

The state government has clarified that it has not dropped the controversial Petroleum, Chemicals and Petro Chemicals Investment (PCPIR) Project proposed in and around Mangalore. It has been reliably learnt that the government was planning to take a final 

In the first action against policemen in connection with attacks on Christian places of worship in Karnataka, two constables were suspended on Sunday in Kodagu district where window panes of a  more

D Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala has said that incorporation of modern technology in historical researches has helped historians to a great extent.  

State Minister for Fisheries, Science and Technology Anand V Asnotikar has said that he would attach top most priority towards understanding as well as solving the problems

Anand Bolar, a veteran Tulu theatre and film artiste who gave a star value to the role of comedians in Tulu theatre, passed away following a cardiac arrest at Mumbai on September 21. He was 63. Bolar had been to 

State Bhajrangdal Convenor Mahendar Kumar  in a press communique, has clarified that the Bhajrangdal was in no way connected to the attacks on Christian places of worship in Bangalore on September 21. He alleged that some political forces were indulging in the act of 

Powerful blast outside the Marriott hotel in Islamabad in Pakistan on Saturday killed at least 50 people and injured more than 250. Initial reports suggest almost 1000 kg of explosives were used in the blast.A  More

JD(S) leader and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy was in the city on September 20, Saturday in the backdrop of the recent attacks on churches and Christian prayer halls in the city and various other places of the district.  

The 24^th Southern Zone Convention of Indian Anaesthiologists Association and 23^rd Karnataka state convention was held in the city recently.  Dr Raj Warrier, Vice Chancellor of Manipal University,    

A collection of stories entitled ‘Bajira Kambada Olasuttu’ authored by Late Dr Manimalini BK has been selected for the prestigious Devangana Award of this year. The award is given in memory of Devangana Shastri who was   

As many as 125 persons out of the 138  Christians who were arrested by the police in connection with the recent violent incidents in the city have been released barring 13 persons. Even the 44 persons who   

State Home Minister Dr VS Acharya has said that the state government with a view to provide more encouragement to Gamakis has decided to institute a separate award in the name of the ancient poet  

The Mangalore Purse-seine and Trawl Boat Fishermen’s Association at its recently held meeting, has threatened to resort to severe agitation if steps were not taken to undertake dredging operations in the old 

Karnataka Bajarang Dal Convener, Mahendra Kumar was arrested in Mangalore late on Friday night. He was held after he released a statement to the media on Sunday claiming responsibility for   more

In another case of attack on Christian places of worship, miscreants damaged the idols and other materials in the St Xavier’s Church at Moorje near Punjalakatte on Dharmasthala-Mangalore road on the night of September 

 Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Maheshwar Rao has informed that the prohibitory orders under Section 144that was imposed following the recent attacks on Churches and prayer halls will 

AICC General Secretary Margaret Alva who was in the city on September 19 to visit the churches and prayer halls that had come under attack from Hindu extremist   

The Central Government has hit out at both Orissa and Karnataka governments for its failure to control violence against Christians in the states. Sending out a strong political statement, the Home Ministry issued a warning under   

The New Life Church is under fire from both Roman Catholics and Hindus for sparking off communal violence in Mangalore. Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and the Bishop of Mangalore   

Communally-sensitive Mangalore which is seeing a divide between Hindus and Christians is a culturally diverse place. It is home to four major religions and five languages. They have all coexisted for many centuries with   

Mangalore city is observing a bundh today with shops and business establishments downing their shutters, buses off the roads and holidays declared to schools and colleges as a    more

Even as there are complaints that innocents were lured into conversions at the prayer and meditation centres run by the New Life Trust, Ivan Monteiro and Philip Jesudas, members of the Karnataka Missions Network running the   

Even as there are complaints that innocents were lured into conversions at the prayer and meditation centres run by the New Life Trust, Ivan Monteiro and Philip Jesudas, members of the Karnataka Missions Network running the New Life have clarified that the New Life does not lure innocents into conversion. They say the institution does not aim  

 In an incident reported from Kaup, a leopard died after being caught in a trap laid for a wild boar by locals at Heroor village near here on September 15.It has been learnt that the trap was laid for the boar by some unidentified people in the land belonging to Sumathi Shedti of  Kallugudde. But the female leopard accidentally fell into the bait and 

Optic Gallery, a computerized eye test and eye care firm was inaugurated at the Hamilton Complex near DC office in the city recently. Dr K Rammohan Rao inaugurated the new firm.Rotary District Governor Krishna Shetty K, PM Ibrahim Darimi, Khatib of Mangalore Central Jumma Masjid and K Lokanath Bolar were present as chief  

Dr Ramakrishna Chadaga, a former ISRO engineer and presently a lecturer in Nitte Engineering College, has observed that the Big Bang experiment resorted to by scientists of the world to unravel the mystery of the creation of the Universe, may have an adverse impact on the Universe in the long run.Delivering a lecture on the optic “   Space   

Recently, there was a report of India’s national bird Peacock dying tragically in a road accident near Kaup. On September 15 yet another peacock met a tragic end, this time not in a road accident, but after it was hit by a plane at the Bajpe runway. The mishap took place when the Air India Express Flight from Kuwait was landing at the runway 

Tension prevailed all over Mangalore, and various parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts since September 14 morning when  Bhajrangdal activists in a very much planned move stormemore

The 154^th birthday of Sri Narayana Guru, the great saint reformer was celebrated with great fervour all over the district. Special programmes were organized at Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple at Kudroli as part of the birthday of Sri Narayana Guru whose message “ One caste, one religion 

Saundarya Palace, a modern multi-purpose building providing various facilities like  deluxe rooms, restaurants, gym etc, was inaugurated at Kateel on September 14 by Sri Vishwaprasanna Theertha Swamiji of Udupi  

Twenty people have so far been reported killed and 50 injured in 5 serial bomb blasts in crowded places across Delhi. The blasts took place in Karol Bagh, Connaught Place, Greater Kailash-I and Barakhamba Road in   more

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is now openly challenging the Centre on fighting terror. At the BJP's national executive meet in Bangalore he practically accused the Government of soft-pedalling the issue s   

Tulasi Kumar, Assistant Director (Examination ) of the Karnataka Pre-University Education Board, has said that the Board would be taking several measures from this  year to  

The 22^nd national level conference of the Karnataka History Academy, will be held at the Dharmasthala Mahotsava Sabhabhavan from September 18 to 21. Such a conference is being held for the first time in the district, informed Dr B Yashovarma, Secretary of SDM   

Drama or theatre is a useful medium to project the complexities of life and its different facets, observed Dr M Mohan Alva, Chairman of Alva’s Education Foundation. Speaking after inaugurating a two day state level   

The Communist Party of India (Marxist)  staged  demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office in the city on September 12  to condemn the ‘anti-people’ policies  Addressing the agitators, B Madhav, District Secretary pursued by the BJP government in the

A science model “ Solar Power-Conversion and Conservation’ prepared by Sai Ganesh, a ninth standard student of MRPL School and exhibited at the two day long Regional Science Exhibition held at Vani Vidya Kendra  of  Bangalore by the Chennai Regional Office of the  

The district’s first ever Samradha Hasiru Grama Yojana was inaugurated at Karkala recently by State Home Minister Dr VS Acharya. Speaking on the occasion,  Dr   

The District BJP Minorities Cell has defended the state government action of serving notices  to Christian educational institutions which had observed a bundh recently in protest against the Orissa incident. Speaking to reporters in the city,  Franklin Monteiro, Convenor   

The DMK government in Tamil Nadu is in the eye of a storm for announcing the release of 1,400 life convicts currently lodged across jails in the state. In a move to mark the birth centenary of the    more

A.R.Infant, Additional Director General of Police( Law and Order) has emphasized the need to enforce community policing in order to maintain peace and harmony in the society. Addressing a meeting of police officials of the rank of SI and above at the SP office in Udupi   

At least one person has been killed in firing by security forces in Shopian in the outskirts of Srinagar on Friday in the clashes between protesters and the police. The clashes occurred after   

Residents of Ermal village on September 11 forced a team of officials who had arrived in the village for laying pipelines for the proposed Nagarjuna thermal power project to pack off when they loudly protested against the laying of pipelines in the village It has been  

State Minister for Fisheries and District minister J Krishna Palemar has said that the standard of different projects taken up and being taken up by the government, would be upto the mark only when  

If reports are to be believed, a new passenger train between Mangalore and Mysore would be a reality in the near future. It has now become almost certain that the  train proposal would be included in the ensuing budget. Railway officials led by Praveen Kumar conducted  

Karnataka Yakshagana Academy President and former legislator Kumble Sunder Rao has emphasized the need to include Yakshagana in the school curriculum. Inaugurating the office of the Academy at the Kannada  Bhavan in the state capital on September 11 and after

Narendra Modi has mastered the act of whipping up public sentiment and it appears he is gearing up to confront the centre yet again, this time over GUJCOC. Despite being passed twice by the  

The District Sessions Court has on September 11 dismissed the petition filed by Shailesh Kumar of Shagil Company and his manager BK Narayana, challenging the criminal complaint registered against them in connection with the case of cheating a Swiss couple of crores of    .

District Congress President Ramanatha Rai recently chose to describe the BJP government in the state as  blind and deaf. Speaking to reporters here recently, he expressed his helplessness stating how the party could explain the  

State Minister for Ports and District in-charge Minister J Krishna Palemar on September 11 inaugurated the concretization works of the e 450 meter long stretch of road from Kuntikan Junction upto Derebail Church in the city. The Rs 1.92 crore project has been taken under  

In a major haul, Lokayukta sleuths who raided the office and residence of the Mangalore Assistant Commercial Tax Commissioner Dayanand Poojari have traced disproportionate assets  worth    

The  trial broadcast of Radio Manipal programmes would  begin from September 12 from 6pm to 7 pm. The programmes  could be heard on FM Band 90.4 MHZ. The programmes would be mainly education and information oriented. Views can be sent to Manipal Institute of    

It's celebration time in God's Own Country, as on the occasion of Thir-Onam Malyalees across the state gear up to welcome their former king Mahabali with a king-sized feast. Irrespective of age  

The Government of India has enhanced the emoluments of the President of India, the Vice President and state governors to Rs 1.5 lakh, Rs 1.25 lakh and Rs 1.10 lakh per month respectively.  

In a significant judgement the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court of Mangalore has on September 10  registered criminal case against Shailesh Kumar of Shagil Company of Derlakatta on the charges of cheating a foreign couple of  over 15 crores, and has  even issued 

The Udupi police have registered a case against Dr Roopa, gynecologist in the Government Maternity and Children’s  Hospital of Udupi on the charges of dereliction of duty which claimed the life of a new born.  The Udupi SP who arrived at the hospital gathering news of the protest 

A day after scientists at CERN fired the first beam of protons around the 27-km-long underground circular path of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva on September 10, they say it will take  more

It is the duty of each and everyone in the society to help the disabled join the mainstream society, observed BP Puttteswami, District Disabled Welfare Officer. He was speaking after inaugurating the DK District Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled that was shifted to a new building 

Members of Catholic Sabha and other Christian organizations on September 10, gheraoed the state Primary and High School Education Minister Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri  during the latter’s

The Bus Operators Association has placed forth a demand to hike the private bus fares by 15 per cent. The demand was placed at the Regional Transport Authority meeting held at the DC office on September 10 to discuss the bus fare issue. It was interesting to  

State Minister for Primary and High School Education Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has said that the Government was ever willing to respond positively to the various  

B Govindraj Hegde, Convenor of the Save National Highway Action Committee has said that the Committee would close the National Highway 17 from Kalianpur to Sastan from September 27 to October 1 in order to facilitate repair of the highway by the general public.  

World Suicide Prevention Day was observed at the IMA Bhavan in Udupi recently under the auspices of the Dr AV Baliga Memorial Hospital, District Legal Services Authority and the  

State Home Minister Dr VS Acharya has said that the state government was determined to make the state a fear free state. Speaking after inaugurating the Coastal Security Police station at the Malpe fisheries port area on September 9, Acharya said the state government has   

The farming community of the nation is facing a long list of problems mainly owing to the defective policies pursued by the governments, opined Lakshmisha Tolpady, noted thinker and State Vice President of the Bharatiya Ksian Sangha. He was delivering the key note    

D Harshendra Kumar inaugurating the orientation programme for trainees organized at the Sri Sannidhi Guest House at Dharmasthala on September 9 under the auspices of RUDSET Institute of Ujire. Dr AS Vasudeva Rao, in-charge Director of T.A. Pai Management  

Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister J Krishna Palemar has informed that the state government was seriously contemplating privatization of ten major ports of the state.  

People who have been displaced owing to the second run-way and terminal projects of the Mangalore airport, recently staged protest by taking out a jatha from Bajpe town upto the airport. The programme was organized by the Dalith Sangharsha Samithi and the main  

Scientists will launch an experiment in a tunnel deep beneath the French-Swiss border Wednesday, hoping to find evidence of extra dimensions, invisible ''dark matter,'' and an elusive particle called the  more

DHARMASTHALA:  Dr A.N. Vasudeva Rao, in-charge Director of the T.A.Pai Management Institute of Manipal, has emphasized the need to undertake a thorough study on the self   

District Minister J Krishna Palemar has said that every possible effort would be made to provide an efficient, transparent and corruption free administration to the district. Speaking after inaugurating the centenary day programme of the State Government, at the Town Hall in the  

Y.S.Harihara Bhat, noted columnist who was popularly known through his pen name Vichitra Ethadka, passed away at this residence at Ethadka on September 9 following prolonged illness. He is survived by his  

People caught smoking in public places after October 2 in public places will be slapped with a fine of Rs 200, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Tuesday. The announcement comes a   more

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray sparked fresh trouble in and around the financial capital on Monday, calling for a blackout of films and advertisements featuring anyone from    

It could be the end of the road for Tata Motor’s Nano project in West Bengal. Government sources told that there is unlikely to be a solution to the Singur deadlock. According to sources in the state  more

The newly constituted Karnataka Yakshagana Academy will be   headquartered in Bangalore and will be entitled for a grant of Rs 12 lakh during the first year, informed Kumble Sunder Rao, veteran Yakshagana artiste and President of the Academy.Responding to a felicitation   

Madivala Sabhabhavana constructed by the Dakshina Kannada District Madivalara Sangha was recently inaugurated by former union minister B Janardhan Poojari. In his address,

P.A. Engineering College at Nadupadavu in the outskirts of the city has bagged the ‘Best College of the Year 2007-2008’ Award at the state level students’ project seminar cum exhibition contest held at Chikmagalur AIT recently. Students of the E and C Division of the 

N Vinay Hegde, Chancellor of Nitte Deemed University, has emphasized the need to create awareness on bone related disorders that normally affected aged people, in order to

The general public needs to develop an interest in reading medical literature which goes a long way in educating and enlightening the society on health related issues, said Dr HS Mohan of Sagar. He was speaking after receiving the Akalanka Award for his book ‘Kannu Hosa 

Certificates were awarded to outstanding Scouts and Guides at a function held in the city recently under the auspices of the District unit of the Scouts and Guides. In all 6 Scouts, 29  

Tonse Jayakrishna Shetty, President of the Jaya Shree Krishna Parisara Premi Samithi has said the general public has been misled regarding the proposed Nagarjuna –Lanco thermal power project now known as Udupi Power Corporation, that will be coming up in Ellur area.

Outstanding employees of KSRTC were felicitated at a function held at the Divisional office of the KSSRTC at the KSRTC bus stand premises at Bejai in the city recently. Silver medals were presented to drivers who have rendered accident free serve for five successive years. 

Even as India continues to celebrate the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) waiver to India in connection with the Indo-US nuclear deal, Australia has made it clear that its ban on sale of 

The Singur deadlock has been broken. Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Bannerjee has suspended her agitation. Late Sunday night, the crisis saw a breakthrough after West Bengal Governor  more

With the nod from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the next leg for the Indo-US nuclear deal is in Washington. Now the deal must get a clearance from the US Congress, which is most likely to be in   

The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has approved a US plan to engage in nuclear trade with India. Following the green signal by the NSG that will cement the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal, India  

 Nearly 370 students studying in pre-university and degree classes received the Pratibha Poshak scholarships awarded by Prerana, the employee’s social service group of Infosys  Mangalore Development Centre in the city recently. The scholarships were awarded in joint  

Western Institute of Technology which would be imparting management education  in association with Franklin University of America and Chicago Training and Consultancy, was inaugurated  

The office of the ‘Save Karavali Forum’ formed to fight against the several mega and  hazardous industrial projects aiming at coming up in the district, was recently inaugurated  on Kadri Road. The main objective of the Forum is also to save e the district from any hazards 

Auto-rickshaw drivers in Kaup town observed  a bundh on September 5 and picketed the local police station in protest against the  attack on an  autorickshaw drive in a local bar. It is learnt two persons namely Yuvaraj and Nitin had attacked an auto-rickshaw driver Anil 

06/09/08

Accusing Pakistan of misusing the massive American aid to fight the war on terror, Democratic nominee for the US Presidential election Barack Obama, in a sensational comment, has said Islamabad was more

The Congress party  seems to be all set to launch Operation Hand, to counter the Operation Lotus of the ruling BJP.  M Veerappa Moily, Central Administrative Reforms Commission Chairman and former chief  

A written IT quiz contest will be organized in all high schools of Udupi district on September 10 under the auspices of the Union Ministry of Information Technology, Bio-Technology, Science and Technology and Baba Consultancy Services. The main objective of organizing the 

The teaching fraternity has the onerous responsibility of keeping up with the highest teaching tradition for which the nation is known for, opined K Sucharitha Shetty,  

State Home Minister DR VS Acharya has informed that the state government has allocated Rs 118 crores to convert  all schools started during the period 1993-94 into aided schools. 

The Patiala House Court sentenced Sanjeev Nanda to five years of imprisonment in the nine-year-old BMW hit-and-run case on Friday. The other accused in the case, businessman  more

Members of the Dalit community are an enlightened lot these  days thanks to the continued fight of B Krishnappa, Founder of Dalit Sangharsha Samithi, opined Rohitaksha K, State Organizing Secretary of Karnataka unit of the Samithi. He was speaking at the inaugural  

Perhaps this is not the first time that India’s national bird is meeting with an accident in the Kaup Padubidri area. On September 4, a peacock met a tragic end when the bird which was seated on an transformer in Koppalangady Padu area near Kaup,  was electrocuted when it   

A 600 car named ‘Formula Manipal’ has been designed by students of the Manipal Institute of Technology  recently .The car will be representing Asia  in the Formula Society    

Vehicular traffic on the NH 16 from Kodikal Cross to Kodikal bus stop has been banned upto September 30 in view of the underground drainage works to be taken up in the area. The Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Maheshwar Rao has issued an order to this    

B Govindraj Hegde, Convenor of the Save National Highway Committee has challenged the National Highway Authority to at least take steps to close down the highway for vehicular movement to help the public themselves repair the same, in case it was unable to repair   

Praveen Pawar has taken charge as the Udupi District Superintendent of Police on Thursday, September 4. The outgoing in-charge SP Dilip handed over charge to Pawar at the SP office. A 2003 batch IPS officer, Pawar has earlier served as SP in Koppa and Chikmagalur 

Veteran Islamic scholar Zainul Ulema Kota Abdul Khader Musliyar who has been serving as Khazi of Mangalore for the past 18 years, passed away at a private hospital in Kasargod on September 3 following a brief illness. A 

Thirty-six-year-old Rashid Hussein was detained for eight days by the police for questioning in the Jaipur blasts probe. He used to work with Infosys but the IT-giant terminated Hussein's   

The BJP administration is striving hard to implement all developmental works and complete them at the earliest without causing much inconvenience  to the common man, said J Krishna Palemar, State Minister for Fisheries more

At a meeting held at the Mangalore cit corporation office recently to discuss the progress of the ADB aided works, ADB officials assured to complete the already taken up works By December 2009 or March 

The District Youth Congress Committee has alleged that the present BJP government in the state has failed to effectively implement the road projects under the Union Government 

Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin has accused Democratic nominee Barack Obama of using the theme of "change" merely as a slogan to more

 The Mangalore University All College Students Union was inaugurated by P Dayanand Pai, Syndicate Member of Mangalore University, at a function held at the Moti Kala Mantap in the city recently. In his  

Veteran Yakshagana artiste Muliyala Bheema Bhatta as been selected for the prestigious ‘Asranna Award’ of the year 2008. Bheema Bhatta has been in the Yakshagana field for 

The State High Court has granted conditional bail to Atul Rao arrested in connection with the sensational Padmapriya case. Atul had earlier moved the High Court after the Sessions  

Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations were held in the city in a grand manner with much religious fervor. Idols of Lord Ganesha were installed at various places in  

Inquisitiveness and honesty are a must for any scholar to be successful in the field of research, opined Dr K.J. Rao of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He was speaking after inaugurating the  

The city of Mangalore is gearing up for the Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations, a festival that is celebrated with much pomp and glory. The market places in the city  more

A state level folk dance festival of mentally challenged children would be held at the Town Hall in Mangalore on September 15 and 16 under the auspices of Saanidhya, a residential school for mentally challenged   

Corporation Bank, one of the premiere public sector banks of the nation, has commenced 101 service centres in 12 states recently. The starting of the 

The hands that rock the cradle can rule the world. So goes a saying. But the hands that rock the cradle can even attack her very own son, under some circumstances. An incident reported from Marodi in  

R Kantharaju, the Mangalore Taluk Panchayat Executive Officer has informed that the works on the Malavoor Vented dam  which were very significant from the point of view of effective drinking water supply  

Sanjeev Nanda has been held guilty for mowing down six persons in the BMW hit-and-run case. However, co-accused Manik Kapoor has been acquitted in the      

The case of Pradeep Sharma, who was dismissed from service by the Maharashtra Government on Sunday, is only the latest in the long list of encounter specialists   

The Supreme Court has ruled that Maharashtra Police can use phone tap as evidence to prove in court the alleged links of suspects with gangsters. The court