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Jingle bell, Jingle bell, jingle all the way, Santa Claus is coming around in one horse open sleigh
Jingle bell, Jingle bell, jingle all the way, Santa Claus is coming around in one horse open sleigh

This Christmas, Santa Claus is coming to Mangalore in his horse drawn ‘Silver Sleigh’. The cart will move around the city on 22, 23 and 24 December.

Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda wins council bypoll
Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda wins council bypoll

Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Thursday won legislative council bypoll comfortably getting 123 votes in his favour while the Opposition Congress could manage only 69 votes.

Chief Minister to inaugurate Shrinivas Hospital on Dec 25
Chief Minister to inaugurate Shrinivas Hospital on Dec 25

Shrinivas Institute of Medical Science and Research Centre and Shrinivas Hospital will be inaugurated at Shrinivas Nagar in Mukka in Suratkal on Dec 25 Sunday.

Commonwealth gold medal winner Vincent Carlo gets warm welcome
Commonwealth gold medal winner Vincent Carlo gets warm welcome

Vincent Prakash Carlo, who won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Unequipped Bench-press Championship 2011, was warmly welcomed at Mangalore Central Railway Station on the morning of Dec 22 Thursday.

New DC office complex at Manipal to function from Dec 26
New DC office complex at Manipal to function from Dec 26

Rajathadri, the brand new DC office complex, the construction of which cost the government Rs. 30 crore, will start functioning from Dec 26. Over 25 government departments will be moved to it soon.

Poovamma M. R. rises as top woman athlete of All India Inter-Varsity Championship
Poovamma M. R. rises as top woman athlete of All India Inter-Varsity Championship

Poovamma M. R. of Mangalore University emerged as the top athlete of the women’s division, while Jagdish Singh, the athlete of GNDU Amritsar University, emerged as the top athlete of the men’s division in the 72nd All India Inter-Varsity Athletics Championship held on Swarajya

5 injured in bus accident at Jyothi Circle
5 injured in bus accident at Jyothi Circle

A KSRTC bus dashed into a private bus on the night of Dec 21 Wednesday near Jyothi Circle, Balmatta, injuring 5 passengers.

Progressive-minded organizations unite lovers in trouble
Progressive-minded organizations unite lovers in trouble

Well, this is not the clichéd title of a wedding invitation but the narration of events that led to this wedding! For, Sandesh is a Pambada, a caste of Dalits who are untouchables

Karnataka is the most corrupt state in India – R. Balasubramaniam
Karnataka is the most corrupt state in India – R. Balasubramaniam

R. Balasubramaniam, the state convener of India against Corruption and former vigilance director of the Lokayukta, stated that Karnataka is the most corrupt state in India

Kendra Sahitya Academy Award for Melwyn Rodrigues, Gopalakrishna Pai
Kendra Sahitya Academy Award for Melwyn Rodrigues, Gopalakrishna Pai

The World Konkani Centre has issued a press release stating Konkani poet Melwyn Rodrigues, and senior writer B. Gopalakrishna Pai, have bagged the Kendra Sahithya Academy Awards.

Bishop inaugurates centenary celebrations of Loretto School
Bishop inaugurates centenary celebrations of Loretto School

Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, the bishop of Mangalore Diocese, inaugurated the centenary celebrations of Loretto Aided Higher Primary School and its new English

Srilankan band to present fund-raiser Christmas show
Srilankan band to present fund-raiser Christmas show

Black Velvet, the popular Srilankan music band, which created waves at an international level in the late eighties, will present the Black Velvet Winter Christmas Dance in Mangalore at Ladies’ Club on Dec 25.

Delayed flight makes passengers furious
Delayed flight makes passengers furious

The Dubai to Mangalore Air India Express flight on Dec 20 Tuesday was late by several hours, putting a number of people to inconvenience.

Shifani D’Souza of Bajpe wins third prize in poetry competition
Shifani D’Souza of Bajpe wins third prize in poetry competition

Shifani D’Souza, a student of Little Flower Higher Primary School in Bajpe, has bagged the third prize in the Late Charles and Theresa Rodrigues Memorial All India Konkani Poetry Writing Competition conducted by Kavita Trust. The first and second prizes have been won by Anisha Naik

M. Praveen Kumar bags Pilikula Open Trophy
M. Praveen Kumar bags Pilikula Open Trophy

M. Praveen Kumar of Hubli has bagged the Pilikula Open Trophy, having won the 13th Pilikula Golf Tournament played on the Pilikula Golf Course last weekend. The runner up was Col. Rajesh Parman of Bangalore.