The morning of thirteenth March 2008 was warm and pleasant in the desert kingdom of Qatar. Nevil Noronha, a 34 year old expat from Karkala, Karnataka reached his construction company after routinely dropping off his wife at the Hamad hospital where she nursed
As entire Karnataka state celebrated Kannada Rajyotsava, the celebration was also held in Udupi. Bhuvaneshwari the patron goddess, along with various cultural tableaux brought into Mahatma Gandhi municipal ground Ajjarakadu, in a grand
The grand 3 day cultural celebration concluded at Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri on Sunday 31 October 2010. Huge number of people gathered from all the districts of Karnataka at the venue, where an exhibition was also organized. Each day the programs
On the eve of the Parish Day celebration commemorating the Centenary of the foundation of the parish of Belle dedicated to St. Lawrence, the parish community has been busy preparing for the great day on 1 November 2010. The church building has been completely
Ever experienced a moment when gravity was overrated? ’Grab a Zorb’ at TAPMI, Manipal, did precisely that. The ’Zorbing event’ was hosted by one of the participating teams, Team Triumph, at TAPMI’s entreprenuerial event ’Defi’ here on Saturday October 30.
Kuwait Canara Welfare Association (KCWA) held its annual Family Picnic on Friday 29th October 2010 at Ahmadi Gardens. The day long fun-filled event included sporting activities, games, entertainment and prizes galore, thoroughly enjoyed by adults and children alike.
As the Highway Department has given clearance for the repair works of the National Highway 17 near the Udyavara bridge, the road repair works caused obstruction to traffic flow. Vehicles on both sides were stranded on the highway. The asphalt (tar) on some of the spots on the road
In an enthusiastic and purpose-filled auction spree to collect funds for the Mission Sunday, the parishioners of St. Lawrence Church, Moodubelle gave full hearted support which resulted in the collection of rupees seventy four thousand on Sunday, 31st October 2010
It is a matter of great pride to Belleans that a number of scholars from the village have been rendering great service in the field of education and also enhancing their own qualifications. Among these, Dr. Alwyn Vincent D’Sa, professor of English in St. Aloysius
Blonde, blue-eyed American teenager Alexandria Mills won the Miss World crown for 2010 on Saturday, defeating more than 100 other hopefuls at a glittering ceremony in southern China. Mills, an 18-year-old from the southern US state of Kentucky, wept as outgoing Miss World
In bright sunshine and amidst a lot of enthusiasm among the students, two days annual sports meet was organized in St. Lawrence Composite PU College in the sprawling college ground on Friday, 29th and Saturday 30th October 2010 in which PUC and high school students
Br. Philip Noronha of the Holy Cross School, Whitefield was assaulted by a bunch of hooligans on Saturday, 23rd October 2010 by forcing him out from a public transport bus and taking him back to his school with a pre-planned programme. This act was also aimed at
The Prestigious 9th Annual MCC Ladies Open Throw Ball Tournament was organized by Mangalore Cricket Club (MCC) Doha Qatar on the weekend 28 and 29 October 2010 at the old Ideal Indian School Grounds (Girls Wing). This year’s four participating teams
The beats of the looms reverberates through the house of Harishchandra Shettigar here. But now his house has become famous after news spread that he has orders to weave saris for Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation has asked
Billionaire Vijay Mallya, owner of world’s second-largest liquor company, is razing his ancestral home in Bangalore to build $4 million apartments as the number of people rich enough to afford them grows. United Breweries Holdings, which owns controlling stakes in Mallya’s liquor