Mangalore : Rehana, an active Congress worker from Bajal Faisalnagar joined the JD(S) formally on February 23, Saturday. Nagaraj Shetty, State JD(S) Vice President handed over the party flag to the new entrant. Rehana was announced the JD(S) candidate of Bajal ward. MG Hegde, Akshith Suvarna, Shashiraj Shetty, Riyaz Bajal, Umarul Farooq and others were […]
Mangalore : On the last date of submitting the nomination for the MCC Poll, many candidates from BJP, Congress, JDS, Independent were waiting in a queue to submit the nomination and some where even seen filling the forms at Mangalore City Corporation on Feb 23, Saturday. Friends and supporters of the contesting candidates were seen […]
Mangalore : The youth should not forget that alcoholism and drug abuse would lead them nowhere while destroying their career and disturbing their families, said BS Sharafuddin, Kuwait. He was speaking on the topic ‘Drug abuse and alcoholism’ organised by the Students Islamic Organisation of India, Karnataka zone, at Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Business […]
Mangalore : The ABVP which has strongly condemned the twin blasts that occurred at Hyderabad recently, organized a protest at MG Road in Mangalore on February 23, Saturday, to condemn the blasts in the strongest words possible. The participants also held a silent prayer in memory of those killed in the blast. Addressing the participants, […]
Udupi : Noted theatre director Chidambara Rao said there is much difference between cultural programmes and entertainment programmes and that the common man was unaware of the same. He was speaking after inaugurating a National Ranga Habba organised at the Bhujanga Pak Open Air Auditorium at Ajjarkad on behalf of Sumanasa Kodavoor. Cultural programmes should […]
Kundapur : Kundapur police were successful in apprehending Baby Shedti who had cheated several poor women of lakhs of rupees after availing deposits from them in the name of a non-existent Self Help Group. The woman was produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody till March 6. Sources said Baby, wife of Sudhaker […]
Mangalore: The Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy organized ‘Konkani Abhiman’ at its office on February 22, Friday. The main objective of the programme was to encourage speaking of Konkani language by non-Konkani speaking people. The audience was delighted when non –Konkani speaking dignitaries like Prof. BM Hegde, former chancellor of Manipal University and Vijaykumar Kodialbail, noted […]
New Delhi : After facing sharp attack from Opposition as well as UPA allies on tackling the issue of terror in a “very casual” manner, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Friday assured the Parliament that government will not be slack in cracking the case. Shinde made a statement in the Rajya Sabha on yesterday’s blasts […]
Mangalore : Bunder North police have conducted surprise raid on Mobile shops at Dubai Market Mangalore on Friday evening . More than 3,000 mobile phones were seized through the raid. Samsung Company lodged a complaint to Bunder Police that fake mobile phone are sold under the company’s name. A customer complained to the company he […]