Mangalore: The 110th birth anniversary of renowned writer DR. Kota Shivaram Karanth, was observed at the Town Hall on Monday, October 10, organized by Kalkura Foundation and Kannada Sahitya Parishat-DK unit here. The Upadhyaya couple (Dr. U.P. Upadyaya and Dr. Sushila Upadyaya) from Udupi inaugurated the event in the presence of dignitaries who knew Dr. [...]

Kumta: A state Transport service Bus from Dharmasthala met with and accident on Monday night(October10) in Kumta, when 7 passengers were killed and 40 more inured on NH 17(now 66) at Divagi. The huge bus rolled over form the side of a bridge(on Aghanashini river) and plunged into a paddy field. It was going to [...]

Mangalore: Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, the eminent Bharat Ratna engineer of Mysore, who lived for 100 years, Came back in spirit to Mangalore, to live on a stretch of road, from Karnatak Poly Technic at Kadri Hills to Maravoor, named after him in great reverence by Coastal people who knew about his marvels in engineering. The [...]

Mysore: The new CM Devaragunda Sadananda Gowda, now in Mysore has wished all  Kannadigas and people of the country a happy Dasara festivity in the form of Durga Puja, Navaratri and Ram Leela Programmes at various venues. The CM conducted a worship to Nandi Dhwaja and directed the Jamboo Savari personel to start the Mysore [...]

Bangalore: We regret to announce the passing away of Dr. Mathur Krishnamoorthy, Director of Bangalore Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan in a private hospital today in the morning. He was suffering from breathing difficulties. Mathur comes from a very poor but learned family of Brahmins, born in Mathur Village in Shimoga district on 8th August, 1928. He [...]

Manipal: MIT (Manipal Institute of Technology) students recently designed and constructed their own model of an Un-manned aircraft and took it to USA for world competitions in Technology inventions in NASA, where the model received a special certificate. It was the only aircraft model from India, but one of 5 such in the world exhibited [...]

Mangalore: The Dasara Dolls occupy a place of their own in Well-to-do (rich) homes during Temple Navaratrri Celebrations, and people visit such doll exhibiting localities temples and homes, as in Gowri-Ganesh Puja occasions. Dolls are exhibited even in Hampi festivals (14th to 16th centuries) and for the last 5 centuries. It is known as Bommai [...]

Mnaglore: Labourers (daily wagers) took out a procession under CITU to voice their demands, wanting reduced working hours. The procession began from Town Hall and assembled near DCO raising slogans against violation of rights of common labourers. CITU leader B.Madhava addressing the agitating workers at DCO gates, spoke of an International Action Day observed as [...]

Bangalore: The Karnataka left arm speedster, Srinath Arvind has been named in the Team India to face visiting England team for ODI series. He is 27. The matches commence after IPL finals. Srinath is in national and IPL teams as well, when he was noticed to find a place in ODI-15, for the first time. [...]

Koppala: Karadi Sanganna of BJP as expected has won his by-poll by 12,488 votes, defeating his nearest Congress rival, B.Hitnal, by securing 60,405 votes, Hitnal received 47,917 votes, where as JD-S Pradeep Patil got 20,717 votes. Thus BJP has inflicted a daring defeat on its rivals. Only in 2004, Karadi suffered a defeat at the [...]