Udupi: The Central Election Commission is acting like an agent of the BJP, supporting them in election fraud, alleged minister for women and child development and district minister Laxmi R Hebbalkar. Speaking at a candlelight protest organised by the Udupi District Congress Committees at the Gandhi statue near the Clock Tower on Thursday, the minister…
Mangaluru: A lot of govt schools in the district have no physical education (PE) teachers, and as a result, students fail to get the necessary training for sports events. To solve this issue, the SDMC coordination committee has requested the department of school education and literacy to depute physical education teachers from available schools to…
Mangaluru: Minister for health and family welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao said the SIT is conducting an unbiased and transparent investigation without any pressure to find out the truth in connection with the allegations of mass burials in Dharmasthala. The home minister will give his reply with all details in the legislature session on Monday. Our…
Mangaluru: Schools and colleges across coastal Karnataka have, in recent years, started observing Aatidonji Dina on their campuses with a special focus on the culinary and cultural practices associated with the Aati month.The celebrations are not limited to private institutions; even govt schools and colleges have been organising events. In most programmes, the main attraction…
Mangaluru: Minister for health and family welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao said that the govt has taken recent murder cases in Dakshina Kannada district seriously and has established a Special Action Force to prevent communal clashes.During the Independence Day celebration held at Nehru Maidan on Friday, the minister said that the police department was given full…
Mangaluru: A Mangaluru-based Jesuit priest, who is currently serving as Bishop of Shimoga Diocese, was appointed as the Bishop of Mysore Diocese.The official announcement of Most Rev Bishop Francis Serrao was made on Friday, which also coincided with his birthday. Bishop Serrao, a Jesuit, was appointed Bishop of Shimoga on March 19, 2014, and was…
MANGALURU: An autorickshaw driver died, and a few others sustained injuries in an accident that took place on Thursday. In a complaint, Dheeraj, 19, a resident of Mudaru, Karkala, said that the incident occurred when he was riding on a two-wheeler with Jithesh as a pillion rider and were travelling from Bajagoli towards Nitte.When they…
MANGALURU: Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) was carrying out an impartial and transparent probe into the alleged mass burials in Dharmasthala, without any pressure, to uncover the truth.He told reporters that the Home Minister would present a detailed reply in the Legislature Session…
Mangaluru: Sowjanya Horata Samiti will organise a ‘Ujire Chalo’ protest demanding an SIT probe into the murder of Sowjanya and other cases allegedly reported in Dharmasthala, in Ujire on Aug 24, said human rights activist K Dinesh Ganiga.He told reporters at the Pathrika Bhavan on Thursday, that many cases of rape, murder, and robbery were…
Mangaluru: In order to ignite scientific curiosity among rural children, who are also first-generation learners, a charitable trust, with the help of an IT firm based in the city, launched ‘Code Craft Science Mela-Empowering Rural Talents Through Science’.In a region where science exhibitions are rarely accessible to rural govt and aided schools, this mela aims…
