Mangaluru: Assembly speaker UT Khader directed officials to ensure that single-site and Form 9/11 applications are processed within the stipulated time without causing delays. He spoke while chairing a review meeting at the Dakshina Kanada Deputy Commissioner’s office on Tuesday. Khader expressed displeasure over repeated public complaints about delays, noting that citizens are being forced…
Mangaluru: The Karavali Utsava-2025-26 will take place from Dec 20 to Jan 4, and is being organised by the Dakshina Kannada district administration, zilla panchayat, and local associations, featuring a blend of cultural, sports, and entertainment activities.The festival will be inaugurated on Dec 20 at the Karavali Utsava Maidan with grand cultural programmes in the…
Mangaluru: The Karnataka Purse-Seine Meenugarara Sangha and the Mangalore Trawl Boat Meenugarara Sangha have clarified that the fishing community in Bunder is not part of the protest march being organised by the CPM in the area.Chethan Bengre of the Trawl Boat Association told reporters on Monday that fishermen remained united irrespective of caste or religion….
Mangaluru: As part of a statewide agitation demanding the central govt to increase the wages of midday meal workers and implement a minimum wage, over 400 workers conducted a sit-in protest under the leadership of CITU near the Clock Tower in the city on Monday.Expressing their anger, midday meal workers raised slogans against the central…
Udupi: Anandathirtha Vidyalaya in Pajaka, Kunjarugiri, is preparing to enter the Golden Book of World Records. The institution will attempt a record for being the first single school to gather the maximum number of students, staff, and parents to recite the 15th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita – Purushottama Yoga, said principal Geetha Shashidhar.She told…
Udupi: Former minister Pramod Madhwaraj, who donated a gold kavacha for Kanakana Kindi at Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt, said he voluntarily agreed to abstain from Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s event on Nov 28. Madhwaraj was speaking to media persons along with BJP Udupi district president Kuthyaru Naveen Shetty on Monday in the wake of a…
Mangaluru: A team of researchers from Kasaragod and Manipal revealed worrying levels of microplastic contamination in the sediments of Madagadakere, a pristine lake located at the foothills of the Western Ghats in Chikkamagaluru. The study, which analysed both surface and sub-surface sediments, shows that microplastics have been entering the lake for nearly five decades, with…
Mangaluru: A 12-hour mass protest was held in Surathkal, demanding the upgrade of the Surathkal Primary Health Centre (PHC) to a community hospital. The protest, led by the Save Govt Hospital Action Committee, Surathkal, saw participation from various public organisations and local associations on Monday.Committee coordinator Muneer Katipalla, in his inaugural address, said that the…
Udupi: A house was burgled near the Sharadamba Temple in Badagubettu village. Burglars broke into the residence of a 53-year-old woman and made away with 368g of gold ornaments worth Rs 44.6 lakh and a mobile phone belonging to her mother-in-law.The complainant stated that on Nov 29, her husband returned home around 11.30 pm after…
Mangaluru: The state finance department has given its approval for the construction of a 300-bed hospital in Puttur through the medical education department, said MLA Ashok Kumar Rai.He told reporters on Monday that an official communication regarding the approval from the finance department was issued on Nov 27. A detailed project report (DPR) for the…
