Like lambs sent to the wolves, an NGO entrusted with the welfare of minor girls — many of them disabled and mentally weak — had been sending them for months to the boys’ hostel next door in the name of "punishment". The shocking..
Jet airways flight to Dubai on Wednesday was cancelled due to operational reasons. The flight was scheduled to leave at 8 pm. Sources said pilot had called in sick at the last minute and since Mangalore was not a base they did not have the replacement crew available.
The Sandesha Awards for the year 2013, instituted by Sandesha Foundation for Culture and Education, will be conferred on nine personalities from various fields, said Fr Victor Vijay Lobo, director of Sandesha Foundation,
The railway minister on Wednesday announced a hike in train fares ranging from 2 to 10 paise per kilometre, which will come into effect from midnight January 21. The sleeper class hike is 6 paise per kilometre. The hike in AC chair car is 10 paise per kilometre, AC III tier 10 paise per kilometr
A youngster had the aspiration to put in hard work and lead self-sufficient life, care for his mother and get marry-off her sister. However, all those aspirations have waned when he suffered polio attack in his early schooling.
The miserable plight of the residents of Jarukudru in Udyavar in Udupi taluk has continued to exist even after several years of fight. Jarukudru which is surrounded by water throughout the year has no road or bridge connectivity to the main road. Residents of the Kudru have no other..
The new-generation of students get everything, but lack moral education that makes them responsible citizens when they grow up. Meanwhile, Prakruti Group of education institutions fills this void, said MLC Captain Ganesh Karnik.
Kavita Trust will be organising Kavita Fest – 2013, a festival of poetry, at Thumbay in Bantwal, in the courtyard of Basti Vaman Shenoy’s residence, on 13th January. Kavita Trust is a trust that works for the promotion of Konkani poetry.
Fifty-five-years-old Shankar Poojary, a resident of Hunsemakki that is located in the limits of Yadadimadyady village, near here who was arrested by the police for raping his daughter and was found pregnant, has been remanded
The Bangalore-based Federation of Konkani Catholic Associations (FKCA), a premier umbrella organization representing Konkani Catholics of Karnataka and world-wide, has announced the names of its prestigious FKCA...
The acute poverty on one hand, elderly parents, on the other hand, a child born in the family is suffering from heart ailment. Despite, her husband is addicted to alcohol, she is faced with shouldering the entire family
Hailing the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church’s ’Enlight,’ sex education initiative for eighth-grade catechism students, Mumbai-based community NGO Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) has called upon the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of India (CBCI)
Come January 11, and for the first time in centuries, Dalits of this remote village on the Karnataka-Kerala border will henceforth be allowed to witness a temple procession pass through, instead of being evicted. However, it was not social reform, but Rs. 1 lakh spent as “offerings”,
Bellevision Bahrain organized the Tent Party on 3rd January to celebrate the spirit of Christmas and New Year with family members. The venue was simply superb and was arranged by Hilda D’sa. The other arrangements were made by our event coordinator
Jain University Bangalore became the all-India Inter-Zone cricket University champions with a resounding 82-run win over Bombay University in the final at the Manipal University ground here on Sunday. It was sweet revenge also for Jain