Mangaluru: Sustained efforts in creating awareness on curbing food wastage is resulting in less food in the dustbin during functions hosted in the district. Those in the catering and food industry say wastage has dropped almost 50% compared to a decade ago at events, thanks to organisers and emcees who remind guests “to take only…
Mangaluru: The stakeholders in the travel, tourism, and food industry in the coastal city of Mangaluru are confident of a strong revival this Dec as Christmas, New Year, and the wedding season restore pre-pandemic activity.They say the uptick began in the mid-week of Nov, which otherwise begins in the last two weeks of Dec. They…
Mangaluru: Following a series of complaints about disruption to mobile services in areas surrounding the District Prison, Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) has realigned the parameters of the mobile jammer installed inside the prison, in accordance with the recommendations of the Wireless Monitoring Organisation (WMO).A letter to the superintendent, District Prison and Correctional Services, stated…
Karwar: Tension erupted once again at the District Jail here on Tuesday when six inamtes from Mangaluru indulged in large-scale vandalism and rioting inside the prison premises.The inmates damaged several items, including TV sets and furniture, triggering panic among jail staff and creating a tense atmosphere for sometime. The incident comes close on the heels…
Mangaluru: A dedicated jetty for Lakshadweep, along with cargo-handling facilities and a passenger cruise terminal, will be developed at the Old Mangalore Port at an estimated cost of Rs 65 crore under Sagarmala Scheme of the ministry of ports, shipping and waterways. Lakshadweep Islands depend entirely on shipping services for day-to-day needs. The administration operates…
Mangaluru: Locals using Kasaba Bengre passenger ferry point have objected to the plan to shift the point to facilitate the proposed Lakshadweep jetty at the Old Mangalore Port during the environmental public hearing on the project, which was chaired by deputy commissioner Darshan HV on Wednesday.At the same time, participants also urged the authorities to…
Mangaluru: Govt and aided schools in Dakshina Kannada district have seen a drop of nearly 3,000 students each, while private aided schools have recorded an increase of about 3,000 students this academic year.According to data from Samagra Shikshana Karnataka (SSK), the district reported 3,804 fewer admissions compared to the last academic year. Last academic year…
New Delhi/ Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP Captain Brijesh Chowta raised the need for the urgent grant of point of call (PoC) status to Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) in Parliament on Wednesday. He remarked that in 2024-25, the airport handled approximately 23.4 lakh passengers, including 7.2 lakh international passengers, along with over 16,800 aircraft movements, registering…
Mangaluru: For Rekha (name changed), a commerce lecturer with 15 years of experience in Mangaluru, the news came like a bolt from the blue when she was told she need not report to work the very next day. The department of collegiate education (DCE) has relieved guest lecturers from first-grade govt degree colleges across the…
Patient forced to travel in goods tempo due to lack of ambulance service UDUPI: A critically ill patient in Udyavara was reportedly left without an ambulance for nearly 2.5 hours, from 7 pm to 9:30 pm, recently. This situation forced social worker Vishu Shetty Ambalpadi to transport the patient to the hospital in his goods…
