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BJP demands apology from Shindhe for remarks on party, RSS; warns stir
BJP demands apology from Shindhe for remarks on party, RSS; warns stir

District BJP Spokesperson and MLC Monappa Bhandari has said that the party strongly condemned the statement of Union Minister of State for Home Sushil Kumar Shindhe that the RSS and BJP were manufacturing Hindu terrorists.

Bhoothanatheshwara Kreedotsava-III: Team Badaga Yedapadavu Bags ‘Best Village’ Trophy
Bhoothanatheshwara Kreedotsava-III: Team Badaga Yedapadavu Bags ‘Best Village’ Trophy

Home team ‘Badaga Yedapadav’ bagged the overall ‘Best Village’ trophy with a cash prize of Rs. One Lakh at the Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Kreedotsava-III villages games tournament...

Society must look  beyond caste perspectives: Amritha Someshwara
Society must look beyond caste perspectives: Amritha Someshwara

“There is a need for society to look at things beyond the caste perspectives as done by Sharanas like Basavanna and Ambigara Chaudayya whose thoughts and literature advocated  a life beyond casteism,” said noted scholar Amritha Someshwara.

Mangalore:  Media-Manthan 2013 inaugurated at St Aloysius College
Mangalore: Media-Manthan 2013 inaugurated at St Aloysius College

A two-day national level media fest ‘Media Manthan 2013’ was inaugurated by Rohini K, District Information Officer at the Eric Mathias Hall of St Aloysius College (Autonomous) on January 21, Monday.

Fr Pius Thomas D’Souza of Agrar installed as Bishop of Ajmer
Fr Pius Thomas D’Souza of Agrar installed as Bishop of Ajmer

Most . Rev Pius Thomas D’Souza hailing from Agrar in Bantwal, was installed as the Bishop of the Diocese of Ajmer at a function held at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral on January 19, Saturday.

Mangalore air crash: panel formed to implement preventive steps
Mangalore air crash: panel formed to implement preventive steps

Thirty months after India’s deadliest plane crash in a decade left 158 people dead in Mangalore, the aviation ministry has formed a group to fast-track implementation of the recommendations made by a panel that investigated the disaster.

Udupi’s little known chrysanthemum garden
Udupi’s little known chrysanthemum garden

The fragrance of ‘sevantige’ (chrysanthemum) flowers pervades the village of Hemmady, about 45 km from Udupi. It is a pleasing sight to see the yellow sevantige flowers dance gently to a breeze. Although Udupi district is known for Shankarpura ‘mallige’ (jasmine), the Hemmady sevantige, as it is called, though equally popular, is not all that well known.

Golden Garuda Vahana dedicated to Shree Vyasa Raghupathi at Venkatramana Temple
Golden Garuda Vahana dedicated to Shree Vyasa Raghupathi at Venkatramana Temple

A golden Garuda Vahana, the vehicle of  Shree Vyasa Raghupathi, the presiding deity of Shree Kashi Mutt Samsthan, was dedicated  to the Lord by Sri Sudhindra Theertha Swamiji, the Senior Pontiff of the Kashi Mutt Samsthan at the Sri Venkatramana Temple at Carstreet...

Mangalore : Centenary celebrations of St Sebastian Church, Bendore inaugurated
Mangalore : Centenary celebrations of St Sebastian Church, Bendore inaugurated

The centenary celebrations of the St Sebastian Church at Bendore in Mangalore was inaugurated at a colourful ceremony held on January 20, Sunday to coincide with the annual feast of St Sebastian. Fr Henry D’Souza, Bishop of Bellary,  celebrated the festival mass.

Honest auto driver earns appreciation
Honest auto driver earns appreciation

Basavaraj(44) hailing from Badami, who has been an autorickshaw driver in Mangalore since the past 25 years,  has  won the appreciation of his fellow drivers as well as the society through his sincerity and honesty in returning  a gold bracelet which a customer had left behind in his autorickshaw.

 

1st round of Pulse Polio Drive held in Mangalore
1st round of Pulse Polio Drive held in Mangalore

The first round of the Pulse Polio immunization drive as part of the National Polio Control Programme  , was inaugurated   on January 20, Sunday by Deputy Commissioner N Prakash at Wenlock Hospital.

 

Make best use of opportunities, Dalits told
Make best use of opportunities, Dalits told

The  social development of the Dalit community can be a reality when the community comes forward both financially and academically, said JR Lobo, former Commissioner of Mangalore City Corporation

Udupi Beach Utsav-2013 inaugurated with fanfare
Udupi Beach Utsav-2013 inaugurated with fanfare

The Udupi Beach Utsav 2013 organised by the Udupi Utsav Samithi was  inaugurated with much fanfare at the Malpe-Vadabhandeshwar beach  on January 19, Saturday

Citizens Throng at Greenathon - 2013 for Clean Green City
Citizens Throng at Greenathon - 2013 for Clean Green City

Greenathon - 2013 was flagged off by the Deputy Commissioner N Prakash at the Nehru Maidan Grounds here, on January 20.

Mangalore unit of Alva’s Nudisiri comes into being
Mangalore unit of Alva’s Nudisiri comes into being

The Mangalore unit of Alva’s Nudisiri was inaugurated by Dr K Chinnappa Gowda, former registrar of Mangalore University at a function held at Milagres College grounds on January 19, Saturday.