At least 18 pilgrims sleeping near the roadside were killed and ten others injured after they were run over by a speeding truck near here today. The mishap took place on the Dholka-Bagodara Highway this morning when a group of people were sleeping near a road side `dhaba’
Pejavara Shree of Udupi said that he will be going to Delhi on 10th June along with Suthur Shree of Mysore and Shree Ravishankar Guruji of Bangalore and try to mediate and have an agreement between Baba Ramdev and the central government.
Taking on the government, civil rights activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday went on a day-long fast at Rajghat, declaring that his agitation against corruption was the "second freedom struggle" and threatened another hunger strike from August 16 if Lokpal Bill is not passed by August 15, 2011.
Two wild elephants stormed into Mysore early Wednesday, trampling one person to death and causing panic in this cultural city. "The wild elephants entered the city around 6 a.m. from a nearby forest, wreaked havoc in a suburb trampling one person to death and caused panic
The long awaited remodeling of the Moodubelle Santekatte began with the laying of the foundation stone for the fish market on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 10.30 am in the presence of the Belle Grama Panchayat members, representatives from the Karnataka Fisher..
If everything goes as per the plan, then a green park similar to Kabban Park, Lal Bagh will emerge in Udupi within one year! said Manjunatha Shetty Asst. Forest Officer of Kundapura Sub Division, while he briefed on the project details of this year at forest department
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Tuesday said that he had pardoned the UPA government for the crackdown on his satyagraha at the Ramlila Ground in Delhi on the intervening night of June 5-6. “If the Prime Minister thinks that the Ramlila Ground incident was unfortunate, then I too have no regrets.
The Passport Seva Project, an ambitious e-governance programme that aims at passport delivery in three days, has entered its most crucial stage. The rollout of 77 Passport Seva Kendras is expected to begin any time now in major Indian cities and be completed by January 2012.
Udupi MLA K. Ragupathi Bhat and Kaup MLA Lalaji R. Mendon jointly handed over the house built by entrepreneur Ramesh Shetty to Prema Shetty of Bellampalli who was living in a rented house. Speaking on the occasion Prema Shetty said that
Six years after she was expelled for indiscipline, firebrand leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party at a crowded press conference at the party headquarters at 11 Ashok Road on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister’s re-induction in the party
Criticizing the protest conducted by BJP for the action taken by central government on Baba Ramdev fasting movement, Udupi District JDS President said that it is like they are trying to cook with the fire that is burning someone else’s house. BJP leaders do not have the courage
Rev. Fr. John Mendonca was given a warm welcome on June 1, 2011 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church Kanajar as he took charge as the new parish priest of Kanajar parish from Fr. Alwyn D’Cunha. Fr. John Mendonca received a warm welcome from the Kanajar parishioners at 3.30 pm.
The 19th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Mangalore Cricket Club was held on Friday, June 3, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. at the Ashoka Hall of Indian Cultural Center. The AGM was attended by 250.members. The objective of the AGM is to update the members on the activities of the club and also to provide
Facing the heat over his alleged role in the 2G sacm, Union Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran may be dropped in the next cabinet reshuffle, reports claimed Tuesday. Maran is arriving in Delhi and is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. As per reports the CBI may name him in the FIR
A thick plume of ash from the erupting Puyehue volcano in the Andes shifted direction into Chile after spewing volcanic dust over parts of Argentina.North-westerly winds pushed the giant column of ash from the Chilean volcano, located 870 kms south of the capital Santiago near the border