Friday, 13 June 2014

I fulfilled my obligations: Narayana Murthy

Bangalore (IANS): Infosys' co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, who returned to steer India's second largest IT bellwether a year ago as executive chairman, is stepping down June 14 and cutting short his second innings by four years because he says he has fulfilled his "obligations".

Science solves social evils, Tulasi Maddineni




Mangalore : Science plays a  vital role in the removal of plastic. When a scientist  Ronald Vas has been able to find out a medicine for Malaria, we can believe that science can cure all social diseases, said DK district panchayat officer Tulasi Maddineni

Thursday, 12 June 2014

Murthy to step down, Sikkar new Infosys CEO

Bangalore, June 12 (IANS) Indian IT bellwether Infosys Thursday announced that its co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy will step down June 14 and Vishal Sikka will be its new chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director from Aug 1, said a statement here.

Ugandan FM elected UN General Assembly president

United Nations, June 12 (IANS) Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa was elected president of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, media reported Thursday.

Man arrested for raising funds using fake letter head of masjid

Bantwal : Public have trapped red handed a man who was resorting to cheating on the pretext of raising funds for the marriage of girls hailing from poor families, through a written appeal  in a fake letter head and seal of the local masjid

Over 40 pc women in 20-24 yr group in Karnataka were married as minors

Bangalore (DHNS): Sixty-one per cent of women in the 25-49 years age group in India were married as minors. Over 40 per cent of women aged between 20 and 24 years in Karnataka and 12 other states were in wedlock by the age of 18.

Lokayukta complaint against a well in a playground!

Bantwal : In a rather queer case, residents of Aladka in Panemangalore have complained to the Lokayukta to look into the case of an open well  located in a playground at Aladka in Panemangalore  since the past  several years  and which has been rendered useless.

Huge tree crashes down on Mallikatta road

Mangalore Traffic on the Mallikatta Road was disrupted for a few hours during the wee hours of Thursday June 12 after a huge Mayflower tree  rolled onto the road following heavy rains.

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Rs 20 lakh each to 21 GPs under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan : ZP Chief

Mangalore : Zilla Panchayat President Asha Timmappa  Gowda has said that a  grant of Rs 20 lakh each has been sanctioned to 21 gram panchayats for solid and liquid waste management under the  Nirmal Bharath Abhiyan.

Monday, 9 June 2014

Attack on Pakistan airport leaves 23 dead

Islamabad, June 9 (IANS) : At least 23 people, including 10 terrorists, were killed at Pakistan's Jinnah International Airport in Karachi after it came under attack Sunday night, a leading Pakistani daily reported.

Ashwini Angadi's Dream Project 'Belaku Academy' School For the Blind

Bangalore: UN Awardee visually challenged Bangalorean girl Ashwini Angadi's,  dream project Ashwini Angadi Trust, 'Belaku Academy' a residential school for visually impaired children was inaugurated in Bangalore on 6th of June, 2014 by Jnana Peetha Awardee Dr. Chandrashekar Kambar at No. 9, Supraja Nagar, 7th Cross, Konankunte, Bangalore.

24 Hyderabad students washed away in Himachal, CM orders probe

Shimla, June 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has ordered a probe in which at least 24 students, including six girls of an engineering college in Hyderabad, were reported missing after strong currents in the Beas river in Pradesh's Mandi district washed them away Sunday evening.

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Quenching on Ice: Heaven or Hazard?

NewsKarnataka - Exculsive
Investigative Reports By :  Sandhya Soans , Alfi D'Cruz & Wilson Pereira 
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The port city Mangalore experienced 40 Celsius this summer. This was the highest temperature ever recorded in the history of the Costal Belt.  Many people tried to quench their thirst by opting for roadside golas, sugarcane juice and other ice related delicacies. Definitely, these are effective heat beaters.

Munde's mortal remains consigned to flames

Beed (Maharashtra), June 4 (IANS) The mortal remains of senior BJP leader and union minister Gopinath Munde, who was killed in a road accident in New Delhi Tuesday, were consigned to the flames in Parali-Vaijnath, his birthplace in Beed district, Wednesday afternoon.