The booming sound of a conch cell (shanka), shrill noise of a trumpet and pounding of flat metal disc with a wooden stick attracted my attention when I was working in the Bellevision Media Network office. As my curiosity about the source of these multiple sounds increased,
India’s long wait for athletics gold at the Commonwealth Games is over. Krishna Poonia gave the country its gold, in women’s discus, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday evening. And with Harwant Kaur and Seema Antil taking the silver and bronze, India celebrate
The railways has approved construction of a bridge at Ekkur on the National Highway 17 in the city under phase III of the National Highways Development Project. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) would widen the highway to four lanes between Kundapur-Surathkal
In a dramatic course of events and unprecedented commotion and confusion in the Karnataka Assembly, on the morning of Monday, 11th October 2010 the much troubled BJP Government eventually succeeded in winning the confidence motion passed by voice vote
The ‘cold desert’ of Leh on Sunday entered the Guinness Book of World Records after 50,300 saplings were planted at a village here in less than an hour by 9,000 volunteers under a drive supported by Buddhist monks to mark the ‘green’ Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
It has been a Super Sunday for India as it produced yet another eye-catching all-round display to scoop up a sackful of medals and surge past England to the second spot in the medals rostrum at the Commonwealth Games. The hosts raked up five gold medals and as many
The ‘Cha Parka Kalavider Kudla’ troupe led by popular Tulu stage artist Devadas Kapikad on Saturday, October 9, celebrated their 25 years of successful theatre journey through a jubilant cultural programme at Town Hall here. The programme was organised
A golden mask and silver coated doors were offered for the presiding deity of the Mangala Devi temple here on Friday, the first day of the Navaratri festival. Deputy Commissioner V. Ponnuraj did the honours. Temple authorities had ordered the creation of a mask of gold
Before the Commonwealth Games started, everyday we used to come to know about the preparation for the Games in India. The bridge, the damaged residential arrangement for the athletes are not good, Dengue, flood and condition of road sand and then the snake
India’s top drawer marksmen were bang on target while freestyle grapplers Yogeshwar Dutt and Narsingh Pancham Yadav came up with a power-packed display to help India bag four gold medals but England nosed ahead of the hosts in the medals table at the CWG on Saturday.
The Secular Franciscan Order also known as the Third Order members of St. Lawrence Parish, Moodubelle celebrated the feast of their patron saint-St. Francis of Assisi on Saturday, 9th October 2010 with the Holy Mass at 4pm and thereafter a get-together
Over the last decade, there has been a gradual increase in mixed marriages in the Catholic community. From 12% mixed marriages at the turn of the millennium, these climbed to 26% in 2008 before falling back to 22% in 2009. On an average, there are around 2,500 marriages in churches
If you think women say "I’m sorry" more than men do, you may be right, scientists say. Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, found that women tend to apologise more compared to the opposite sex but it doesn’t mean that men are reluctant to admit wrongdoing
The Parish Feast of Our Lady of Rosary Qatar was celebrated on Friday 08 October 2010 and the parishioners gathered at the church in huge numbers. The celebration began at 4:30pm with Living Rosary in the Main Church followed by Festal Solemn High Mass
In what turned out to be another big harvest for India on Friday culled an impressive tally of 14 medals, including six gold, to remain well on course in their aim to eventually finish second at the CWG. The question, as rightly asked by our Philip Mudhartha, is whether India can keep