Mangalore : Prof Narendra Nayak, National President of Federation of Indian Rationalists ‘Association paid tributes to late Narendra Dabholkar, a leader of the Maharashtra-based Andh Sharadha Nirmoolan Samiti, who was murdered year ago. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Nayak urged the government to pass the Anti-superstition Act as pledged by CM Siddaramaiah, Dabholkar killed a […]

Bangalore : The legislature party of the Bharatiya Janata Party paid tributes to Union Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Gopinath Munde, who died in a road accident in Delhi on Tuesday morning. In his condolence message, BJP State president Pralhad Joshi described Mr. Munde’s sudden demise as “shocking and saddening”. Describing him as a […]

Mangalore:  Papal Envoy to Ivory Coast and Indian Archbishop Rev Ambrose Madtha was laid to rest at the Holy Redeemer Church, Belthangady on December 15, Saturday. It may be mentioned here that Fr Madtha died in a road accident at Ivory Coast on December 8. Mangalore Bishop Rev Aloysius Paul D’Souza offered tributes to Fr […]

Mangalore : The Minority Cell of the District Congress Committee offered tributes to departed party leader Bondala Jagannath Shetty at a condolence meeting held  at the party office in Mangalore on August 4, Saturday.Shetty had died on spot when his car met with an accident near Panemangalore on July 31. Moideen Bava, Minority Cell Chief […]

Mangalore : Rich tributes were paid to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India on the occasion of his 48th death anniversary at the District Congress Office in Mangalore on May 27, Sunday. Presiding over the function, Ibrahim Kodijal, Senior Vice President of DCC,  recalled the contributions of Pandit Nehru towards the nation’s […]

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. […]

Udupi: There are 4 major Dark Moon (Amavasya) days in a year, and Yellamavasya is one of them. On the eve of Christmas, this year on Saturday, Yellamavasya has returned, and a holy dip in Dhanurmasa (Margashirsha – Dec) in sea, is a must for cleansing of Yellamavasya, people flock to the seashore early morning […]

New Delhi: The nation on Saturday remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 94th birth anniversary with President Pratibha Patil and Vice President Hamid Ansari among prominent personalities who paid rich tributes to the leader. The leaders offered floral tributes at her memorial Shakti Sthal on the banks of Yamuna. Besides Patil and Ansari, […]

Mangalore : Several social, political, and religious leaders offered floral tributes to portraits and statues of the Mahatma and celebrated the 142nd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in the city on October 2, Sunday. As a part of the celebration, the Mangalore City Corporation, the National Service Scheme of Mangalore University, and Rotaract Club Mangalore […]

Mangalore: On the 104th birth anniversary that was celebrated today at the Netravathi auditorium of DK Zilla Panchayat, rich tributes were paid to Babu Jagjeevan Ram, who was a Central minister for 30 years in New Delhi from Bihar, as a Dalit leader. Chairman of Coastal Development Authoroty, B.Nagaraj Shetty, who spoke on the occasion […]