Chinnara Habba, the city’s biggest children’s event, is back in a more exciting avatar. Conceptualised on a par with international standards, the four-day extravaganza promises to offer children a heady mix of fun, learning and entertainment. The habba will be held from October 29 to
The Model United Nations Summit Manipal 2010 started today with the opening ceremony taking place at A/C Seminar Hall, Block 2 in MIT. Prof. M. D. Nalapat, Director Geopolitics Department UN Peace Chair, Manipal University and Dr. M. V. Kamath, Honorary Director of Manipal Institute of
Unexpected heavy rain that has been pouring since few days gained momentum on Thursday night and continued through Friday causing flood in low lying areas in the city and all over the district. Although the rains were persistent with a few thunders and lightning, it left a trail of damage
Budding chefs and others, aspiring to make it big in the hospitality industry, put up a grand display of a variety of bread common in other countries, at Fortune Inn Valley View here. The occasion was World Chef’s Day and World Bread Day celebrated together by the staff and students
In order to make the people aware of the adverse effects of the use of plastic on the environment, the NSS volunteers of St. Lawrence Composite PU College, Moodubelle who are presently undergoing camp training in the Annual Special Camp at Shri Narayanaguru English
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes are awarded to scientists below the age of 45 for their for exceptional contribution in the field of Science. Instituted in 1957 in honour of Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, the founder director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
KCAUK held its Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) at the St. Margaret’s Hall Burnage Manchester on 6th October 2010. The event was brilliantly compeered by Mr.Santhosh Sequeira. In his introduction to the AGM, he explained the origin of KCAUK and invited the new committee
With a view to help the less fortunate in the society, the members of the Emirates Pangalites initiated a Sponsorship Project in the year 2005. This venture of social service had a humble beginning with children in 2005-2006 supported by generous sponsors.
Commuters in Mumbai can now ride on a Mercedes Benz bus on the regular BEST ticket for a month on a trial basis. The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) on Wednesday launched the swanky AC Mercedes Benz BEST bus to ply on city roads.
Families of Air India crash victims are accusing the airline and its lawyers of soft-pedalling on the compensation claims, and are considering taking legal recourse. Almost five months after one of the worst air crash incidents that claimed the lives of 158 passengers onboard
Students of under-graduate courses offered by two autonomous colleges under Mangalore University who completed the same during the last academic year (2009-10) may not receive their degrees at the annual convocation of the university scheduled for December or early January.
Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner V Ponnuraj has been transferred to Shimoga. He is being replaced by Subhod Yadav, who held charge as the DK zilla panchayat CEO. Yadav has also worked as DC of Kodagu.
Leopards’ spots and tigers’ stripes are a camouflage closely tied to their habitats, researchers say. A UK team examined the flank markings of 37 species of wild cats in a bid to understand the spectacular variety of their colour patterns. The scientists say that cats living in the trees
Chancellor of Manipal University, Dr Ramdas M Pai inaugurated the new blood bank of Kasturba Hospital here on Saturday. It has a modern infrastructure to support operations of blood collection, processing and distribution. The mission of the blood bank is to supply safe blood
A small number of people, gathered in various groups stood in hot sun as players representing their companies fought it out in the league matches of the Corporate Cup Football Tournament which began here on Sunday. The league matches were divided into two groups: Group A & Group B