Youth inclining towards JD(S) : Kumaraswamy Moodbidri :  More and more youngsters who are disillusioned with the BJP and the Congress are now favouring the JD(S), said HD Kumaraswamy, State JD(S) President. He was speaking to reporters after celebrating his birthday in a simple manner at the JD(S) office at Moodbidri on December 15, Saturday. […]

Mangalore:  Inmates of Cheshire Home, a rehabilitation centre for the physically challenged, at Kankanady in Mangalore, had a memorable day recently when the members and office bearers of the DK district unit of the Janata Dal (S) celebrated the 80th birthday of party supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda at the Home. Former […]

Mangalore: Basaveshwara a Lingayat saint and prime minister to King Bijjala in Bagewadi was a great socialist reformer, who rose above castes to worship Shiva as his lone God and worked for social equality in his time about 6 centuries ago, in Karnataka. His birthday celebrations were held in Town Hall on Tuesday (April 24) […]

Mangalore: The Maratha hero Chhatrapathi Shivaji, who ruled Bangalore once under his father Shahaji, was remembered on his 385th birthday on Monday, when DK administration, Kannada and Culture department, as well as DK branch of Karnataka Xatria Maratha Parishad came together, for a formal celebration and to pay rich tributes to the gallant hero. N. […]

Mangalore : deputy speaker N Yogish Bhat inaugurated the 105th birth anniversary of Dr. Babu Jagjivan Ram, late deputy prime minister at ZP Nethravathi Auditorium on April 5 Thursday. The event was jointly organized by the DK district administration, the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC), the DK Zilla Panchayath (ZP), and the Department of Social Welfare. […]

Kollur: The JD-s sate unit chief, ex-CM and MP, H.D. Kumaraswamy on February 23, Thursday was accompanied by wife/MLA Anitha, in a birthday visit to the famed Kollur temple of Sri Mookambika, to offer special worships. Special Golden Chariot driving ceremony and whole-day Rejas (from Sunrise Sunset)  were performed on their arrived, to the deity […]

Chennai :Former President A P J Abdul Kalam , who turned 80 today, celebrated his birthday by planting saplings along with hundreds of children and farmers. “This is the first time I am celebrating my birthday in a grand but unique manner, that too in the company of children,” an emotional Kalam said, after cutting […]

Mumbai : Amitabh Bachchan wanted to celebrate his 69th birthday quietly with family and friends but his fans were having none of it. Thousands of fans gathered in front of his house and released balloons into the air when he stepped out in his trademark flowing white Kurtha. The actor, gracious as ever, thanked the […]

Mangalore : “Sri Odiyur Kshetra Mahatme” a new Yakshagana play was written by Taranath Varkadi on the occasion of 50th birthday celebrations of Odiyur Math Swamiji, held in Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon (from 2 PM to 8 PM) with brilliant artistes participating in the show. Odiyur Math Seer Sri Gurudevananda Swamiji blessed the followers […]

Mangalore: Many know Gandhiji, but few remember Lal Bahadur Shastri, who moved worth Jawaharlal Nehru in his Congress freedom movement days. The remarkable thing is that both Gandhi and Shastri were born on 2nd October and they share the 3rd national day of India, today, which is declared a public holiday. While Gandhi was an […]