Bengaluru : “About 3% of young voters from 28 assembly constituencies of the city will be enrolled in the voters’ revised list,” said B H Anil Kumar, BBMP commissioner. Addressing the media persons on Monday, Kumar said: “The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken up the exercise of revising electoral list by 2020. As […]

Bengaluru : As part of a special initiative by city police and ‘Make a Wish’ foundation, five terminally-ill children on Monday assumed command as Commissioner of Police for a day. The five children namely- Ruthan Kumar, Mohammad Sahib, Sayed Imad, Shravani and Arfath Pasha were also given the customary guard of honour from police team […]

Mangaluru : To prevent crimes and to keep a tab on criminals, with the backdrop of an awareness programme the Commissioner of Police conducted a parade of rowdy sheeters in Mangaluru at Police grounds here on Wednesday. Commissioner of Police, P.S. Harsha warned more than 350 rowdies who had assembled here to refrain from indulging […]

Mangaluru : The 10 citizen services have been proposed to be reintroduced by Mangaluru City Corporation this month. The online services announced in November 2017 when Kavita Sanil was the Mayor did not become a reality with they remaining off-line. According to Commissioner of the corporation Mohammed Nazir, they will be reintroduced within a week. He […]

Mangaluru : A fraudster posing as “Deputy Chief Commissioner of Central Excise” Kirthy Kumar with an ID card issued by Mangalore International Airport has cheated over a dozen people through OLX and each person has lost over Rs 2 lakh. However, no one has filed any complaint in this regard. The modus operandi of “Deputy […]

Mangaluru: The district administration has set up a committee to study and find a solution to the pollution of the Phalguni, according to Mohammad Nazir, Commissioner, Mangaluru City Corporation. The committee consists of officials from the city corporation, Revenue Department, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, Department of Industries and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), he […]

Mangaluru: During the current financial year (upto October 2017), the customs officers at Mangaluru International Airport seized contraband valued about Rs.2.36 crores in 35 cases of smuggling, said office of the commissioner of customs in a statement on Saturday. The seizures include hitherto undetected cases of live plants and plant products attempted to be cleared […]

Mangaluru: Civil Contractors Association Mangaluru has urged the district administration and elected representatives to solve the row over the shortage of sand in the district. Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday, association president Purushotham Kottary sought to know when the district administration will lift the ban on extraction and transportation of sand. The extraction, […]

Mangaluru: Salafi Movement South Kanara Vice President Ismail Shafi has lodged a Police complaint with the City Police Commissioner against those who manipulated the contents in his speech in an audio which went viral over social media platforms. The audio contained the speech of Shafi claiming ISIS links in the coastal city. In his complaint, Shafi […]

Mangaluru : Karnataka High court in an order on Wednesday directed Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Mayor Kavita Sanil and Commissioner Mohammed Nazir to deposit Rs 20,000 as security deposit at registrar office immediately. A single high court bench consist of Justice Vineet Kothari released the order hearing a writ petition filed by both owner, manager […]