DK District Congress Committee will organise taluk-level awareness programmes to emphasise the necessity of passing the Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill in the nation
A middle aged man, who was later identified as Mohammed, was found murdered near Mari Gudi temple at Urva, Mangalore on December 5, Monday morning.
Since St. Ignatius Loyola Church of Paladka will celebrate its 100th anniversary in Nov 2013, the members of the parish, under the leadership of Fr. Gilbert D’Souza, the parish priest, participated in the preparatory celebrations held on the church grounds on Dec 4, Sunday in the presence of Andrew D’Souza,
The Kambla rider, all sweaty due to the prickly heat and covered with the marshy mud tightened his grip on the buffaloes. Focused on his track, he waited for the race to be flagged off.
A saw mill beside the Brahmavar – Hebri road was destroyed in a fire early in the morning of December 4 Sunday.
The annual Kadri Kambala event commenced with the traditional ritual of honoring a pair of buffaloes on the morning of Dec 4 Sunday.
The fifth Rxlife Cycle Rally, an annual cycling event organized to convey messages of healthy lifestyle, was flagged off by Dr. M. Mohan Alva
The cultural forum Raga Taranga organized Bala Prathibothsava 2011 at Town Hall on Saturday, during which prizes were distributed among the winners of the district-level competitions organized by the forum.
The Young Christian Students’ Movement (YCS), Kulshekar unit, organized a dance competition as part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Kulshekar Church
K. L. Ashok, the secretary of the Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike said that people are still following superstitious rituals such as Made Snana in spite of 5000 years of rich history.
Oscar Fernandes, the Rajya Sabha MP, visited Bhagini Samaj, a home for poor and orphaned children in Mangalore, yesterday in the company of Dharmesh Sir
Franklin Monteiro of the BJP Minority Morcha, said that he welcomes the government’s decision to withdraw the 23 cases against Christian youth filed during the church attacks of 2008.
Senior Congress leader Janardhan Poojary stated that Made Snana will increase people’s chances of getting AIDS along with other skin ailments.
World Disability Day was jointly observed at Town Hall by the DK district administration, DK Zilla Panchayat (ZP), Handicapped and Senior Citizens Welfare Department, DK District Handicap Federation (DKDHF), Women and Children Welfare Department, District Legal Service Authority, Public Education Department, and Sarva Shikshana Abhiyan.
John Paul D’Souza, a 47-year-old farmer, was killed when he slipped and fell under a land tiller while tilling his field at Kottarikudru in Harekala on Friday.