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Mahashivaratri being celebrated with religious fervor
Mahashivaratri being celebrated with religious fervor

The festival of Mahashivaratri is being celebrated with religious fervor today. Various temples dedicated to Lord Shiva in Mangalore and other parts of the district, are decked up for the great event.

Decomposed body found in half constructed building at Kankanady
Decomposed body found in half constructed building at Kankanady

A decomposed body of an  unidentified person was found on the second floor of a half constructed building close by Kankanady market on March 9, Saturday evening.

Film ‘Mooka Manasu’ to  portray travails of differently abled
Film ‘Mooka Manasu’ to portray travails of differently abled

For the first time in the history of Kannada film industry, a differently abled man will play the lead role in a movie  named ‘Mooka Manasu’ which will be produced by the Federation of Physically Handicapped Association.

Mangalore: When chain snatching turned awry...
Mangalore: When chain snatching turned awry...

Two youngsters who had planned to have their day by snatching the chain of a woman, landed in the hospital that too after a good thrashing by the public, at Rangapade in Neermarga on March 9, Saturday morning.

2-day flower, fruits show opens at Kadri Park
2-day flower, fruits show opens at Kadri Park

A two-day exhibition of flowers and fruits organised by the DK Zilla Panchayat,  Horticulture Department, and the Siri Horticultural Association, opened at Kadri Park on March 9, Saturday.

Society still plagued by caste ailments: Boluvar Mohammad Kunhi
Society still plagued by caste ailments: Boluvar Mohammad Kunhi

Eminent writer and Kendra Sahitya Academy winner Boluvar Mohammad Kunhi has regretted that the society was still plagued by caste ailments.

Bhajrangdal activists attack  prayer house at Moodubelle ; 6 injured
Bhajrangdal activists attack prayer house at Moodubelle ; 6 injured

A total of six persons sustained injuries, one of them seriously when a group of Bhajrangdal men allegedly attacked a  prayer house  at Moodubelle on the night of March 8, Friday.

Southern Railways to run  Summer Special Trains
Southern Railways to run Summer Special Trains

Southern Railway will run the following Special Trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during the summer months of April, May and June 2013. Advance reservation for the above trains will commence o­n 10.3.2013

D V Sadananda Gowda emerges front-runner for state BJP chief post
D V Sadananda Gowda emerges front-runner for state BJP chief post

With Assembly elections just round the corner in Karnataka, the central BJP held consultations with key leaders to pick a new state unit President

Vidya Poshak- Lighting up the lives of meritorious students
Vidya Poshak- Lighting up the lives of meritorious students

Vidya Poshak and Yakshagana Kalaranga of Udupi, in a kind gesture, have provided solar power connection to the residence of a meritorious female student who resided in a  small hutment at Beedinagudde. 

This woman of grit is caretaker of Beedinagudde crematorium
This woman of grit is caretaker of Beedinagudde crematorium

Vanaja Poojarti, a woman hailing from Beedinagudde in Udupi can be described as a woman of grit by all means. She has been part of a profession which not many women may dare to venture.

DC  orders inspection of houses to end child labour
DC orders inspection of houses to end child labour

In a concerted bid to put an end to the practice of child labour, the Deputy Commissioner who is also the interim administrator of the Mangalore City Corporation, has directed the officials concerned  to conduct an inspection of houses and apartments in the city with immediate effect.

Woman robbed of gold, cash in Matsyagandha Express
Woman robbed of gold, cash in Matsyagandha Express

In a latest case of train robbery, an unidentified man snatched the vanity bag of a woman from Thane who was travelling in the Matsyagandha Express bound to Mangalore from Mumbai.  The bag contained jewellery cash, all worth around Rs 8 lakh.

 

Rape victims’ fight for justice should make rapists ashamed of themselves: Bhanwari Devi
Rape victims’ fight for justice should make rapists ashamed of themselves: Bhanwari Devi

“There is no need for the victims of rape to be ashamed of; instead  they  should fight for justice and make the rapists ashamed of themselves, said Bhanwari Devi from Rajasthan

Bhajrangdal leader demands CoD probe into Palthady incident
Bhajrangdal leader demands CoD probe into Palthady incident

Sooryanarayana, State Convenor of Bhajrangdal has said that the number of  cases of missing of young girls has  been increasing over the last six years.