DPR on sea erosion to be submitted in October
MANGALURU: A detailed project report (DPR) for the second phase of ADB-funded sea erosion prevention project in coastal Karnataka will be submitted in October . B Channappa Naik, MD of Karnataka State...
View ArticleWork to stem sea erosion gets under way in Ullal
To make sea erosion in Ullal, a thing of the past, one of the component of work on modification and re-alignment of existing breakwater at estuary is in progress. The work is taken up as a part of ADB...
View ArticleMangaluru church attack case: Police arrest vandal
The Mangaluru police on Tuesday arrested a man on the charges of breaking the glass enclosure of a statue of Mother Mary at St Joseph Vaz Church in Paneer at...
View ArticleBJP worker found dead in Periyapatna, cops register murder case
Tension prevailed in Periyapatna taluk in the district following the death of BJP worker Ravi (31) on Friday night near Magali village. Ravi’s family and BJP workers suspect the death to be a murder....
View ArticleOfficials told to address water crisis on war footing
District incharge Minister Ramanath Rai directed officials from taluk panchayats and ULBs to take up emergency work related to drinking water to mitigate the water crisis. Chairing a meeting here on...
View ArticleBJP leaders’ SUV catches fire
Mystery surrounds the circumstances under which the SUV belonging to a local BJP leader caught fire at Muthupet in...
View Article4,000 cops, 700 cameras for security during Virat Hindu Samajotsava: DC
MANGALURU: Dakshina Kannada district fully is geared up with additional police force of 4,000 cops and officials for the smooth conduct of Virat Hindu Samajotsava, the Golden Jubilee of Vishwa Hindu...
View ArticleSpecial train to Indore
The Railways would operate a superfast special train between Indore-Kochuveli-Indore to clear extra rush during the summer via Konkan Railway network. Train No. 09310 Indore-Kochuveli would leave...
View ArticleZP plans steps towards clean DK
To make Dakshina Kannada clean and beautiful district, workshops will be conducted on waste management to Gram Panchayat elected representatives and Panchayat Development Officers in taluk-level within...
View ArticleMangaluru city police nabs wanted burglar
MANGALURU: Basic professional policing has helped Mangaluru City Police nab a notorious burglar, resulting in seizure of stolen property worth Rs 11.36-lakh including foreign currency worth Rs 68,000....
View ArticleKarnataka: BJP leader found dead in Periyapatna
Mysore: Just days after the brutal murder of RSS worker Rudresh in Bengaluru, the vice-president of BJP Yuva Morcha in Periyapatna taluk, Magali Ravi, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in...
View ArticleHis music was beyond religion
The death of Esmail Mohamed Hanifa, populaly known world over as ‘Nagore’ E. M. Hanifa, a singer-turned-politician, has left an ‘indelible ink’ mark in the Islamic music world. Hanifa was known for his...
View ArticleWho will protect Karnataka’s battered shores?
Over the last three decades, lakhs of boulders have been swept away by the raging Arabian Sea along 50 km of the total 300 km coastline of Karnataka. With it, lives of those who lived on the seafront...
View Article3,800 BPL households to get electricity supply, says MP Nalin Kumar Kateel
'Rs 405.66 crore project proposal submitted to Ministry of Power' All the 3,800 BPL households that do not have electricity connections will get electricity supply under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram...
View ArticleNotice issued to pvt nursing home in Puttur
MANGALURU: Private nursing homes in the coastal district have come in the line of fire. The department of health and family welfare has warned that nursing homes must treat patients only if they are...
View ArticleWhen his life was a song
The elderly gentleman takes a minute to arrange his lambswool cap on the silver locks lovingly combed by his son. His white full-sleeved shirt and veshti are crisp and starched. He looks at his son for...
View ArticleGoonda Act invoked against two persons
Mangaluru Police Commissioner M. Chandra Sekhar has invoked the Goonda (The Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic...
View ArticleRavanduru in Mysore district records maximum rainfall of 89.5mm
MANGALORE : Ravanduru in Periyapatna taluk of Mysore district recorded maximum rainfall of 89.5mm in Karnataka in the last 24-hours up to 8.30am on October 12. Ghadasaya hobli in Karwar taluk of Uttara...
View ArticleKSRTC to run 400 more buses for Dasara
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has made arrangements for operating 400 special buses in a phased manner, in addition to the existing Express, Karnataka Vaibhav, Rajahamsa, Volvo...
View ArticleNo facilities in Dargah Jahangirpiran
Hyderabad , December 05: Famous Dargah of Jahangirpiran situated at Shadnagar lacks basic minimum facilities. Wakf Board gets lakhs of rupees as income from this dargah but it has failed to provide...
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