A procession carrying the Golden Throne (Swarna Simhaasana) of Lord Veera Venkatesha, the presiding deity of the Sri Venkatramana Temple at Carstreet concluded at the temple today, January, 10, 2012.
Seemanth Kumar Singh, the Mangalore police commissioner, said at a press conference on Jan 10 Tuesday that the police department has made elaborate security arrangements for the 17th National Youth Festival, which is scheduled to be held in Mangalore from Jan 12.
Kanhangad Ramanchandran hosted a musical concert along with Yesudas, who turned 72 on Tuesday, to seek blessing the singer’s healthy and prosperous life.
Dr. Veerendra Heggade, the dharmadhikari of Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala, inaugurated the 23rd National Road Safety Week organized in the premises of St. Aloysius Pre-university College on Jan 9 Tuesday.
Following the hoisting of the Pakistani flag on the premises of government buildings in Sindhagi, Bijapur, the Muslim Central Committee
The Lokayukta police have arrested C. M. Mahesh, a taluk office surveyor, in the act of receiving a bribe on Jan 9 Monday.
A team of 112 young people has already arrived from Sikkim to participate in the 17th National Youth Festival, scheduled to be held in Mangalore from Thursday.
Rafique Khan and Nagesh A. Bappanadu presented a unique jugalbhandi, during which the audience was treated to the melodious sounds of the sitar and the nagaswara at Ravindra Kalabhavan on Monday.
Two shops, located at a commercial complex in Kaup, were completely destroyed in a fire on Jan 9 Monday between the hours of 7:45 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., causing a financial loss of Rs. 3 – 4 lakhs to the owners.
The Popular Front of India (PFI), DK unit, organized a protest in front of the DC’s office on Jan 9 Monday demanding that legal action should be taken against the members of Shri Rama Sene who stand accused of hoisting the Pakistani flag on a government building in Bijapur.
Dr. Parameshwar, the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), said that around half the Rs. 66,000 crore allotted by the central government for state programs when B. S. Yeddyurappa, the former chief minister of Karnataka, was in power have not been utilized.
Krishna J. Palemar, the district-in-charge minister of DK, inaugurated the Adventure Festival on the banks of the River Nethravathi in Jeppinamogaru in Mangalore on Jan 8 Sunday.
The annual diocesan Eucharistic procession, along with a mass, was held on Jan 8 Sunday. The mass was celebrated by Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, the bishop of Mangalore Diocese,
Four boys died of drowning in a tributary of River Nethravathi on Jan 8 Sunday. The deceased are Afir (11), the son of Jameela and Kabir of Sanjay Nagar; Javed Hassan (12) and Jamseed (7), sons of Rasheeda and Haroon Rashid; and Sayed Nasir (12), the son of Taseen and Syed.
Gopal Kharvi, the ace swimmer, swam in handcuffs from St. Mary’s Island to Malpe Beach on Jan 8 Sunday in order to get a world record.