Mangaluru: Police detained Congress workers who attempted to gherao the BJP office in the city, protesting against the policies of the central govt. Opposing the replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G Act), Dakshina Kannada…
Manipal: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) will host the 8th edition of the Manipal Marathon on Feb 8, at KMC Greens. Recognised as one of India’s largest student-organised community fitness events, Manipal Marathon 2026 is expected to witness the participation of nearly 20,000 runners, including over 100 international athletes, competing for a total prize…
Mangaluru: Inviting legislative assembly speaker UT Khader, MLC Ivan D’Souza, and other non-Hindu leaders for cultural programmes as part of Kiru Shashti festival at Kukke Sri Subrahmanya Temple has triggered controversy. Sri Kshetra Samrakshana Samiti opposed the inclusion of the names of non-Hindu leaders in the invitation card printed by the muzrai temple authorities.The samiti…
Mangaluru: BJP leaders criticised the Congress govt under chief minister Siddaramaiah for allegedly targeting devotees who participated in the traditional ‘koli anka’ (cock fighting) held as part of rituals at the Ullalthi shrine in Kepu village of Puttur constituency. Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta, along with BJP MLAs D Vedavyas Kamath, Y Bharath Shetty,…
Mangaluru: In a move aimed at preserving and promoting Tulu, Sachin, an electrician from here, developed TuluVerse, a comprehensive web application designed to make learning and using Tulu easier and more accessible. The app brings together features such as a Tulu dictionary and an instant translator on a single platform.Sachin said that the initiative is…
Mangaluru: The Uppinangady police arrested a man and recovered a stolen ambulance that went missing from near the Gundya check post in Dakshina Kannada.According to the police, the accused is Shodan, 22, a resident of Karkala, Udupi district. He was secured at Hassan on Dec 20. The accused, a student, is suspected to have been…
Mangaluru: Congress Working Committee member Vijay Inder Singla on Monday accused the Narendra Modi-led central govt of systematically weakening the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a village-centric scheme meant to support the rural poor.Addressing reporters here, Singla said the Centre was tightening funds for MGNREGA by turning it from a demand-driven programme…
Udupi: A mega workshop on coconut development will be organised by the Central Coconut Development Board in collaboration with the district horticulture department in the district on Jan 12, said Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Kota Shrinivasa Poojary.He was speaking at a preparatory meeting held at the deputy commissioner’s office on Monday to plan an awareness programme on…
MANGALURU: The Uppinangady police arrested a man and recovered a stolen ambulance that went missing from near the Gundya check post in Dakshina Kannada.According to the police, the accused is Shodan, 22, a resident of Karkala, Udupi district, and he was secured at Hassan on Dec 20.Suresh, 46, from Kadaba, working as a driver of…
Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) carries out door-to-door waste collection from all 60 wards using vehicles, and it is shifted to Pachanaday every day. However, the city corporation faces a major issue. It lacks space to shift the collected waste from smaller vehicles to the compactors.In most of the wards, waste is transferred from…
