Femina Miss India 2010 national shortlist round of beauties was conducted here in Mumbai on Monday, March 14 where the finalists who would be a part of Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2010 journey would be selected.

Present on the occasion were Neha Dhupia, Bollywood actress and Femina Mis

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For Maharashtrians Gudi Padwa is symbolic of the beginning of ‘Maharashtrian and Hindu Konkanis’ New Year. This is also first day of Marathi Calendar. The ushering in of a new year heralding new hope, new dreams and greater chances of prosperity and wish fulfillment and therefore it is celebrated

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A march to the Indian Parliament is being organized as part of a two month long nationwide campaign for Muslim Reservation by Popular Front of India (PFI). The message conveyed here, the demand raised here, reflects the will of not only the Muslims in India, but the conscience of a nation. Muslim R

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Shirtady William Pinto, Senior Advocate, Udupi and Karnataka Rajyotsava Awardee has been nominated as head of Legal Aid and Services Cell of Indian Red Cross Society, Udupi district branch, informs a release here on March 17.


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17 March, 2010 If all things augur well as per the plans of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC), the garbage dumping yard at Beedinagudde will soon be transformed into a playground, a small park and a walking track in a year''s time.

Around fifty tons of waste material used to

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March 17, 2010: Manipal Institute of Management (MIM) is celebrating it''s decennial this year. Since past ten years, the Institute has been organizing various conferences, workshops, faculty & entrepreneurship development programmes and symposiums to benefit the faculty and student commu

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March 17, 2010: Catholic Women's Council of Shirva deanery organized a second year Women's Day Celebratory event on Sunday March 14, 2010 at the Don Bosco Hall, Shirva. Our Lady of Health church. Parish Priest Very Rev. Fr. Richard Coelho inaugurated the function, by setting free a white p

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17 March, 2010 Mandd Sobhann is organizing a ''Konkani Talent Residential Camp'' for girls and boys who have completed 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th std. this year, from April 24 to May 2, 2010, at Kalaangann. The camp as translated from Konkani to English is named ‘Let Konkani Talents Bloom’. <

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The 16th Dakshina Kannada District Sahitya Sammelanan a literary meet kicked off with a grand festive procession followed by the unfurling of National, Kannada and Sammelana flags here on Monday, March 15th morning.

The national flag was hoisted by District-In-Charge Minister and Samme

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A function to commemorate World Consumer Rights Day was organized by the district administration and other organizations here on Monday, March 15. The Home Minister V.S. Acharya duly inaugurated the function by traditional lighting of the lamp.

Speaking on the occasion, Acharya opined t

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Chandramana Ugadi (Lunar calendar) popularly known as Gudi Padwa is being ushered in by the people of the city and coastal districts on a note of deep reverence, piety and devotion,with celebrations galore all round here, on Tuesday, March 16. Large number of people in the city are seen visiting te

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March 16, 2010: A three-week long national-level tribal art camp "Impact 2010" was inaugurated here on Sunday, March 14. The camp was organized by Gurukula Public School, as part of a country-wide endeavor to promote tribal arts.

Speaking at the inaugural function of the camp, th

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March 16, 2010: One person was badly beaten up by people of Kadekar village in Malpe near here, on Monday, March 15 on charges of him committing incest.

The said person one Keshava Madivala (40) was on Monday evening roughed up and severely beaten on charges of raping his own

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‘Bible, Day and Night,’ a 25-hour non-stop gospel proclamation programme began at the Holy Cross Parish, Kulshekar, at 5.00 pm on Monday March 15. The bible was brought to the venue in a procession by the Parish council members and Bishop Rev Fr Aloysius P D’souza.

Bishop Aloysius Paul

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March 16, 2010: International statistics indicate that only around one third of the family businesses survive upto the 2nd generation, whereas a mere 10% of them survive into the 3rd generation. Many family businesses, especially the small and medium ones that do not have a professional man

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A dharna was launched outside the gates of the Govt.Wenlock Hospital here on Sunday, March 14, by the hospital''s women security guards backed by the city unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India ( DYFI) activitsts.

The reason for the protest was that the long serving Wenlock securi

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There is good news in the offing for city commuters, students, business persons and office-goers who regularly have to commute to Udupi and Manipal. They can now heave a sigh of relief, as after decades of putting-up with the rude and haughty behavior of most of the private bus operators, its sta

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Hi everyone! I am sure you are surprised that this nun is using the very famous quote of a movie to start her article. Has she gone nuts or is she promoting the movie ‘3 idiots’. No none of that stuff buddies!

Actually what provoked me into writing was the fact that of the many things t

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