 Former union minister B Janardhan Poojary inaugurated the newly-built Rs 15-lakh Shri Narayana Guru Mandir in Beluvai town near here on Thursday  Manipal University, on Republic Day, felicitated 88 employees who have completed 25 years of blemishless service, here in Fortune Inn Valley View.
 All four branches of the Indian Community School Kuwait (ICSK) together held their 9th annual “ICSK Mega Carnival 2012” in the Senior School premises  Chairman of the task force for the implementation of recommendations by the third finance commission A G Kodgi held a progress review meet in the  'Synergy - 2012', an all India-level management festival, was inaugurated by Vishwas Attavar, vice resident, corporate affairs and protocol, Reliance  Competitions like kite-flying, sand sculpture, dog show, swimming and bicycle race for children will be held. A musical show and cultural programme will
 Dr Boralingaiah, hailing Madanayakanahalli in Maddur taluk of Mandya district, secured his MBBS degree from Mysore Medical College, Mysore.  Shodhana Tourism Research and Development Trust, along with Tourism and Travel Management department, University College, Mangalore observed  With an audience reminiscent of the fleeting interest in Yakshagana, Akhila Bharata Yakshagana Sahitya Sammelana began in the town hall on  Justice B V Pinto, judge of the high court of Karnataka, inaugurated the seminar by lighting the traditional lamp along with other dignitaries.  A three-day exhibition of titled 'Tribute to Raja Ravivarma' showcasing paintings by Praveena Mohan and 'Glimpse of Udupi' a exhibition of  The Konkani-speaking parishioners of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Ghala, have had their annual dose of inner healing by way of spiritual  In a suspected case of heinous murder, the dismembered body of a woman was found in the thickets of a forest area in Mugilakadu near...  He also said that the day's occasion was not the right forum to air those views of his, but assured to reveal many things when the right time comes...  Superintendent of police of Udupi district Dr S Y Ravi Kumar and Kundapur ASP Ram Niwas Speat were accorded a hearty farewell at the function
 Hailing from a poor family, he supported the family doing part-time jobs. His associates in college spoke highly about his friendly and hard-working...  In a sudden development, the state government has transferred Udupi district's superintendent of police Dr Ravikumar Y S to Dharwad as SP. He had  A good number of media reports have laid bare the operation. Yet many more may have remained unpublicized for fear of adverse publicity...  The Karnataka unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) launched a campaign on Thursday January 26 against alleged discrimination among castes  The spirit of patriotism united the diasporic Indian community in Rome to unfurl the tricolour marking the celebrations of the Republic day. This marks  One of the major constraints hampering the health profession education worldwide is the prohibitively high cost of higher education.  To mark the 63rd Republic Day, the City Centre mall on K S Rao Road held a blood donation camp at its premises on January 26. City's chief fire officer  On the occasion of the 63nd Republic Day of India, the anniversary to mark the adoption the Constitution of India on January 26, 1950, J S Mukul,  President Pratibha Patil will confer the honour on Sadandanda on the occasion of Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi on January 26. Steevan  With palettes filled with colours and minds with imagination, a hundred students from various schools in the Mangalore region participated in 'Mirchi  The 63rd Republic Day of India was celebrated here in Udupi district in a grand manner with a host of dignitaries present. Patriotic fervour matched...  The 63rd Republic Day of India was celebrated with grandeur in General Thimaya stadium here on Thursday, Jan 26. State labour and sericulture  With the Uppinangady issue roaring amongst the political and religious circles of the city, IGP Western range Prathap Reddy has opined that  Dakshina Kannada district administration celebrated the 63rd Republic Day on Nehru Maidan here on Thursday, January 26. District minister in charge  Mangalorean intellectual Dr Michael Lobo recently launched two new reference and information books on English / Western Music. His dedicated
 He added that appointment of Justice Bannurmath was a closed chapter. Hence, he said, he was confident that the name of another competent...  The Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA) for the first time will be organizing a programme called 'Meet the Writer' to meet and listen to Bonaventure  Karnataka Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj Thursday urged people of the state to restore probity in public life by eliminating corruption in society.
 Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, better known as Dr Devi Shetty, has been selected to receive the civilian decoration Padma Bhushan by the president of  To mark the silver jubilee of the National Voters' day, the Election Commission of India observed the occasion in the town hall here on January 25. The  Well-known Yakshagana artiste Chittani Ramachandra Subraya Hegde has been included in the list of recipients of Padma Shri awards announced  Senior Congress leader Janardhan Poojary held a media meet in the district Congress committee office here on January 25 regarding the hatred speech  In a ghastly accident at Kantavara Cross, Beluvai, 3 persons were killed on the spot on January 25. A family was travelling by Tata Sumo to attend Attur  Last year’s runners-up Kuwait Goan Association squandered a lovely 2-0 lead only to go down to spirited Don Bosco Oratory 4-6 (2-2) in a shocking  District BJP spokesperson Monappa Bhandary held a press meet at the BJP office, PVS circle, here on January 25. Addressing the media Mr Bhandary said  South Kanara Muslim Welfare Association, Doha, Qatar (SKMWA), an affiliated forum at ICC, with members hailing from coastal Karnataka,met recently  The four-day national-level Bal Bharat Srujanotsav 2012 concluded on a high note at the Pilikula Nisargadhama, Moodshedde here on  Fr Raymond Menezes (71), the former Vicar General of the Bareilly Diocese, Uttar Pradesh, passed away in Bareilly on Wednesday, Jan 25. He was  Mahaveer College principal Chandrashekhar Dikshit inaugurated the sports day and annual sports meet of the Alvas College on Swarajya  Manmohan Malli, chairman of Abhiman Constructions, said that the project is located in one of the most happening regions of Mangalore...  Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief G. Madhavan Nair Wednesday described as "improper" the government's move  Persons with bloated ego and perceived public image treat women working under them like playthings and pretend to be men of high repute  Kumar alleged that as the assembly elections approached, the RSS was planning to create communal disturbances in the state. The home...  Popular singer Vasundhara Das has had a secret and quiet wedding with her long-time beau and partner in Arya music band, Robert Narain, in 'Namma .jpg) The apathy and negligence shown by an official of the department of public instruction resulted in a bright student missing his opportunity to contest in a  The launch of ‘Tulu Koota Kuwait Calendar 2012’ marked the commencement of a bright and successful year ahead by the new team of Tulu  State public works minister C M Udasi inspected the proposed bypass here on Tuesday, Jan 24. He was accompanied by Mulki-Moodbidri MLA and chief  Dr V S Acharya, state higher education minister visited the famous St Lawrence Shrine of Attur-Karkala on Tuesday, January 24 on the occasion...  In two separate press meets by Hindu organizations here on Tuesday, January 24, they have condemned the move by the Police department  The state government had accorded top priority to infrastructure and more importance to developmental works and infrastructure facilities,  The three-day annual festival of the renowned Shrine of St Lawrence in Attur- Karkala began on Tuesday January 24, with the first Mass celebrated  "Since Uppinangady incident was systematically planned, Governor should intervene to prevent it from growing out of control,"  Parichaya’, a forum for promoting culture and arts and literature, was inaugurated at a function held on the Holy Cross church ground in Pamboor in  The well-known hobby artists Venky Palimar, Srinath Manipal and Ravi Hirebettu, forming the group 'Sand Heart - Manipal' are very well known  Over 3,000 Urdu-speaking Muslims participated in the concluding session of two-week Seerat Campaign organized by Indian Friends' Circle....  One-act plays are foundations of tiatr form. In the past, whenever professional tiatr writers-directors wanted to introduce a new face on the stage, they  Speaking to Mangalorean.com, the man said his name was Manjunath Kulal and he hailed from Kumbhashi Vakvady in the district. After his...  But for his chance visit to MCC, the case would not have come to light and he would have remained 'dead' in the records for many years....  The innovative Mugila KaNNu ('An Eye in the Sky' ) set up on kite by Pruthviraj, an assistant professor at the National Institute of Technology ....  Mugeradka in Mogru village in the taluk has been traditionally known for its annual fair and as a centre of devotion. But an ugly turn of events...  Karnataka home minister R Ashoka said on Monday there was evidence on the involvement of right wing Srirama Sene in the recent hoisting of Pakistani flag in  Tulu Koota Qatar (TKQ) hosted an art competition in the Indian Club on Jan 20, to provide a platform for the members to exhibit
 At a protest rally here on Monday, January 23, MLA and district Congress president B Ramanath Rai has lashed out at RSS leader Kalladka.....  Describing the incident at Uppinangady on Sunday, Jan 22 as an 'election stunt' by the RSS, president of district Congress minority cell Moidin Bava has  The inaugural was presided over by Mangalore dioces vicar general Msgr Denis Moras Prabhu. Karnataka Regional Youth Commission director  State minister for horticulture S A Ravindranath visited the Kadri Park here on Monday, Jan 23 and announced a possible facelift to the park by the  It was a grand tribute to two great late stalwarts – Padma Shri Mohammed Rafi and Padma Bhusan Dr Rajkumar in the Le Grande  Nagesh, hailing from Kukkikatte in the taluk, had been arrested on charges of masterminding the killing of Vinod Shettigar in the Hiriyadka jail....  In a shocking incident, two ordinary-looking, daily wage-earners tried to extort Rs 50 lakh in the name of an underworld don from a housewife in the......  What the people of Uppinangady, a town on NH 75 between Mani and Shiradi, desperately hoped not to happen did come true. The town, known  The Bal Bhavan society and Dakshina Kannada district administration jointly organized a four day National level Bal Bharat Srujanotsav 2012 at the  Patron St Sebastian's feast was celebrated in Bendur parish on January 22. The parish priest Fr Antony Serrao distributed candles to the  “Indian expatriate customers to experience a revolutionary improvement in turnaround time for Account Credit!”, exclaimed Dr. B.R. Shetty, MD & CEO  Among the hundreds of people with different disabilities was an intellectually challenged girl insisting with her mother on getting a candy  Harish Sherigar, managing director of Acme Building Materials Trading LLC, was unanimously elected president of Devadiga Sangha, Dubai, as  The state government will be immediately releasing a Rs 50-lakh as extra grant through social welfare department for the developmental  He also displayed pictures showing SRS chief Pramod Muthalik giving a speech from the podium while Rakesh posed at the drill show. Rajappa...  Dr Eshwar Anand of Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication Pune lauded the department of Mass Communication for the initiative. He said..  In all, nine women's throwball teams and eight men's teams from UAE, Bahrain and India participated in this very popular tournament......  The Tenth Floodlit Koti-Chennaya Jodukere Kambala got off to a racing start at the Veerarani Sanskriti Grama in the Kadalakere Nisarga Dhama at....  As many as 150 kites on a single line by Team South Korea, a pair of exquisite doves and a 'pterodactyl' from Team England and a large kite that  Two people - a couple - were injured a fire mishap in a house at Yemmekere in the city on January 21. peaking to mangalorean.com Zainabi  A shocking case of three senior citizens being registered as dead and their pension denied has come to light in an investigation conducted by  Nagesh Kulai(27), a contract worker at MRPL succumbed to his injuries after an explosion near Sulphur Unit at Phase II of the refinery  Padua Composite Pre-University College in association with DK district fire and emergency services held a national-level fire and evacuation  Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures,” said a great man Welcome one such artist  As he arrived there, there was a big surprise in store for him. Over 30 Bunt community leaders had assembled there to meet him. Among them were.....
 “Corrupt people cease to be human. They may be human beings but there is no humanity left in them,” said former state Lokayukta Justice N Santosh  It is being organized by former Rajya Sabha member F M Khan, a contemporary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi and former chief minister R Gundu  Science and technology have their own uses and abuses. Technology should not be at the expense of science. There are answers to the side-effects  A road accident took place in the limits of Murudeshwar police station, wherein a bike and a Maruti van collided head-on in Teranmakki, NH17. The bike  Bendur parish was the 156th parish to recieve the post-centenary silver jubilee cross on January 16. The parishioners came in large numbers to....  A II division clerk at district registrar's office, David was caught by Lokayukta Police accepting bribes here on Friday, January 20. The raid was conducted
 A woman, Razia, and her daughter Fatima had been murdered in broad daylight six months ago, and the police have been unable to make any.....  Amitabh Bachchan’s character in Manmohan Desai’s Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) was originally named Anthony Fernandes but later changed to Gonsalves  He said that on the one hand Congress and on the other JD (S) and added to by his own partyment kept pulling his legs. Exclusive Album Kannada Sangha Bahrain has the reputation of organizing open sports and game events during the past many years. Recently it organized....
 The Barkur Kacchur Shri Maldi Babbuswami temple's annual festivity and inauguration of various developmental works will be held from January 19 to 22 in  Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the Supreme Council of U.A.E. and Ruler of Ajman, a conference on  Team Mangalore, a Mangalore-based hobby group of kite-flyers, at the invitation of Tamquest Entertainments, Dubai, participated in the Dubai  Koraga Abhivriddhi Sanghagala Okkuta (Federation of Koraga Development Organizations) staged a protest in front of the deputy commissioner’s office at  The political turmoil at the state level may have blown over for the time being. But the dissensions and differences are likely to flare up any time,  With a theme 'Nurses: caring today for healthier tomorrow', a two day Muller Heath Expo- 2012 was inaugurated by Commissioner of Mangalore  The showroom and service franchise 'Pompei Care for IFB products' was inaugurated at Kottara, here on January 19 by Jerry Sequeira  Madikeri in Kodagu district registered 4.8 degrees Celsius, the lowest in 132 years. Mysore went through 7.7 degrees Celsius, the lowest in 120  In a verdict on Wednesday, Jan 18 by the special Sessions Court Bangalore, the infamous 5 Dandupalya gang members from Bangalore accused with the  City's airport director M R Vasudeva announced that the 146th board meeting of the Airport Authority of India has approved the construction....  Major-General Khamis Mattar Al Mazina, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, confirmed to 'Emirates 24|7' that the Indian man found dead in  Curtains came down on the five-day 17th National Youth Festival on Monday, Jan 16 with state chief minister... Complete Coverage  The corner-stone laying ceremony of Maurishka Palace, a venture by Land Trades Builders and Developers was held here on Sunday, January 15  After an attractive rally from Nehru Maidan to Mangala Stadium as part of the 17th National Youth Festival, an ... With more albums - 11 pm Gaud Saraswat Brahmins are peace loving people. They migrated down South when they confronted invasion from Muslim Rulers and the Portuguese |
 Doctors Friday did not hold out much hope of recovery of a two-year-old abandoned and battered baby girl who was admitted to a hospital here last week with a fractured skull and human bite marks on her tiny frame as police launched a massive hunt to locate the child's parents. The baby, Falak, was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here last week with multiple injuries, including a fractured skull and a clot on the right side of her brain. The baby also had human bite marks
 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls Friday said it was against the announced 4.5 percent reservation for minorities within the backward castes quota and also revived its promise to build a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya. In its manifesto, released Friday, the BJP also highlighted good governance, removing corruption and remodelling of the many memorials erected by the present Bahujan Samaj Party government as its main poll promises. The manifesto, released by party leaders including Uma Bharti, Su
 A city court Friday remanded Sunil Reddy, an aide of YSR Congress party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody for questioning regarding alleged misappropriation of money in the Emaar township case. The special court dealing with the CBI cases allowed two-day custody though the investigating agency had sought 15 days. The federal agency was directed to take custody of the accused Saturday and present him in court on Monday. Sunil Reddy, a distant relative of Jaganmohan Reddy, was arrested by CBI on Ja
 India's Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi lost their semi-finals match of the mixed doubles event in straight sets at the Australian Open here Friday. The No.4 seeds lost to American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Romanian Horia Tecau 6-3, 6-3. Sania and Bhupathi, who won the title here in 2009, failed to capitalise upon five break points on offer and converted only one. The Indian pair were poor on service returns as well and managed to hit only 17 winners to their opponents' 24. Thirty-seven-year-old Leander Paes is
 India were Friday on the verge of suffering their second 0-4 whitewash in Test cricket in seven months with Australia four wickets away from a convincing win after the fourth day's play in the fourth and final cricket Test at the Adelaide Oval here. Set a target of 500, India suffered a late collapse and were struggling at 166 for six in the second innings with Wriddhiman Saha and Ishant Sharma (2) at the crease. Spinner Nathan Lyon, playing in his first Test at his home ground, picked up three top Indian wickets for 57, claiming opener Virend
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