A large number of people turned up to participate in the Syndicate Bank Udupi Half Marathon here on Sunday. The morning chill made no difference to the 2,000 participants participating in the half marathon (21 km) and other races. The 21-km marathon was flagged off at Syndicate Bank
The Environment Ministry on Monday issued a notification banning the use of plastics for packaging gutka and other tobacco products after it was pulled up by the Supreme Court for not implementing the law regulating the use of the environmentally harmful polymers. The Plastic Waste
Geleyara Balaga celebrated it’s 35th Annual Day recently. The celebration started with hoisting of the flag by Smt. Usha, the Headmistress of Narayanguru High School, Padubelle. Since three years Geleyara Balaga has made “Samuhika Anna Santarpane”
Haladi-Kunkuma program was conducted at Sakinaka Shri Durgaparameshwari Yakshagana Mandali, by the women members of Yakshagana Kalamithra Mandali on Sunday 06 February 2011. Hundreds of women from the premises participated and exchanged Haladi-Kunkuma
Thousands of people attended holy mass at the Rosario Cathedral at Pandeshwar on Sunday to commemorate the silver jubilee of the Pope’s visit to Bajpe and the completion of 125 years of the Mangalore diocese. The Bishop of Mangalore, Aloysius Paul D’Souza, unveiled the logo
The annual day was celebrated at the Manasa Rehabilitation and Training Centre, Pamboor, Padubelle on Saturday, 5th February 2011 from 2.30 to 5.30 pm in the school premises. The programme was presided over by Ms. Remedia D’Souza. Managing Trustee of the Manasa.
Konkani music today is going through a unique phase. The last one decade could well be called as the spring time of Konkani music. A number of up and coming musicians have stormed into the Konkani music world with experiments, innovation and quality. A super fusion
Though the 51st birthday of Fr. Paul Sequeira is on 8th Febraury 2011, the parish community of St. Lawrence Church, Moodubelle felicitated him on the occasion of the completion of 50 years of his life on Sunday, 6th February 2011 soon after the 7.30 am mass
The District Governor of the International Association of Lions Clubs, District 324-D4, MJF Ln. K. Jayakar Shetty paid official visit to the Lions Club of Moodubelle on Saturday, 5th February 2011 at 7.30 pm. Following the prayer song sung by Brenda Martis and Carol D’Souza
A colourful procession comprising various artistic amusements marked the beginning of the Krishi mela. The procession included ‘keelu kudure,’ ‘colourful umbrellas,’ drums ‘caparisons,’ tiger dance and kathakalli dolls. It also displayed artistic human replicas of folk arts of Tulunadu
Adapadi Shri Umamaheshwara, Shri Durgaparameshwari Temple in Palli, Karkala Taluk, which is a famous Devine Pilgrimage in Udupi District is being renovated and the construction work of new Sanctuary and Theertha Mantapa are in the finishing stage.
In a bizarre turn of events, 12 agitating farmers in Karnataka attempted suicide in a tahsildar’s office on Friday by consuming pesticide and reports said that the condition of six of them was serious.
Two investigations, one by Tehelka and the other by news channel Headlines Today, have revealed the names of 15 Indians, who have stashed their black money in the LGT bank Liechtnstein, a well-known tax haven nation, 190 km from Munich, Germany.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he will step down after elections this year, bowing after 29 years in power to a popular uprising that has begun to reshape the Middle East. Young people demonstrating in Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Yemen and Algeria over the last month began by
The Mangalorean Association of Canada (MAC) had a very fruitful 2010. The Annual General Meetingheld in November saw a change of guard with a newly elected Executive Committee (EC). The AGM witnessed a real drive towards unity among Mangaloreans in the GTA and within Canada