Mangaluru: The mid-term holidays for students of primary and high schools in Dakshina Kannada district, originally scheduled between October 7 to 21 has been reduced by seven days i.e from October 14 to 21, to make up for the deficit in the school studies, resulting out of the holidays granted owing to the torrential rains. […]

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister U T Khader, on Monday, informed that a help desk would soon be set up for those people, returning from Gulf countries, having lost their jobs or having quit the same due to the enactment of the Nitaqat’ scheme in Saudi Arabia and prevailing job crisis in Gulf nations. […]

Udupi: The Bharatiya Janata Party continued its sway in its stronghold, coastal Karnataka, by winning 193 seats out of 386 seats of different urban local bodies that went to polls on August 31. The Congress came second by winning 145 seats, followed by 12 seats by the Janata Dal (Secular), 11 seats by the Social […]

Mangaluru: The Konkani Catholics in Karavali will be celebrating Mother Mary’s birthday as Monti Fest on September 8th and in preparation to the feast have already begun the 9 day novena and prayers since Thursday, August 30th. During these 9 days novena, little children take flowers with them to the church daily and dedicate it […]

Mangaluru: Barring a reported heated exchange of words between the former Congress councillor in Kallapu in Ullal with a police officer, the election to the City Municipal Councils (CMCs) of Ullal and Puttur and Town Municipal Council of Bantwal passed off peacefully on Friday. The average polling at the three urban local bodies was 68.5%. […]

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district administration will celebrate Sri Krishna Jayanti at the Mini Town Hall here on September 2. Mosaru Kudike : Sri Krishna Janmamahotsava Samithi, Kadri, will organise the 49th annual Mosaru Kudike at Kadri on September 3 from 7.30 p.m. Cultural programmes will begin at 6.30 p.m. Further, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Kannada Sahitya […]

Mangaluru: Students are missing out classes due to the precautionary rain holidays issued by the district administration because of the intermittent heavy rains lashing the coastal districts of Mangaluru and Udupi. These additional holidays are adversely affecting the students’ education and thus the department of Public Instruction may cut short Dasara vacation to help school’s […]

Mangaluru : Nagarapanchami celebrated with religious fervour in Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday, August 15. People gathered in large numbers at “Naga banas” and offered pujas to the serpent god. Huge crowds visited to the Ananthapadmanabha temple at Kudupu in Mangalore from the early hours of the day. The special “Alankara” made to Lord Ananthapadmanabha […]

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Mattu Udupi Rashtriya Heddari Horata Samiti threatened on Monday that it will forcibly close four toll booths along NH 66 between Talapady and Kundapura if the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) did not complete the four-lane project at the earliest. Devi Prasad Shetty, president, samiti, said the concessionaire of the NHAI […]

Mangaluru: The situation of ‘beedi’ workers is deplorable and therefore the central and state governments must come together and see to it that the working class is not cheated and provide encouragement to the beedi industry, appealed Mohammed Rafi, Secretary of Canara-Udupi District Beedi Contractor Union. Speaking at a press conference in the city he […]