BSNL to enhance rural connectivity

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 17:19

The BSNL Dakshina Kannada Telecom District (DKTD) planned to cover all the 349 gram panchayats in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts under the national optical fibre network project this year, G R Ravi, district general manager, has said.

Kannada poet Shivarudrappa dead

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 09:14

Eminent Kannada poet G.S. Shivarudrappa passed away Monday here after prolonged illness. He was 87.

Noted Kannada writer Shivarudrappa passes away

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 15:56

Renowned poet, writer and researcher G S Shivarudrappa, who left his own indelible imprint in the Kannada literary world, died at his residence here today.

Controversial "Made snana" begins amid protests

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 17:22

Controversial ritual "Made snana" where some devotees roll over food remains on plantain leaves left behind by Brahmins, began at Kukke Sri Subrahmanya temple in Dakshina Kannada district on Friday.

Fox Star Studios acquires remake rights of `Lucia`

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 21:11

Fox Star Studios India has bought the rights to the Hindi remake of director Pawan Kumar`s Kannada-language hit `Lucia`.

Kannada director Rajendra Babu dead

Last Updated: Sunday, November 3, 2013, 16:32

Kannada director D. Rajendra Babu died here Sunday at a private hospital after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 62.

Outsiders in Karnataka should learn Kannada: Siddaramaiah

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 15:53

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said outsiders settled in Karnataka should learn local language Kannada and decried that English education system had been reduced to a commercial activity.

Varalaxmi Sarathkumar for Kannada remake of `Mirchi`

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 14:11

Varalaxmi Sarathkumar has been roped in to pair with superstar Kiccha Sudeep in the untitled Kannada remake of Telugu blockbuster `Mirchi`, which went on floors recently.