Mangaluru : The Aarogya Raksha Samiti of the Government Wenlock Hospital on Saturday asked the Kasturba Medical College to build a new building for the hospital on its premises. During a meeting, Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim, who is the member secretary of the samiti, said that Manipal University Chancellor Ramdas Pai had assured of constructing […]

Mangaluru : Taking exception to Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim’s order on lifting the ban on supplying water to industries from the Nethravati, Mayor Harinath said on Friday that the water supply to industries would have to be stopped if the storage level at Thumbe vented dam dipped to 7 ft and below. Addressing presspersons at […]

Mangaluru : Tourism Minister R.V. Deshpande here on Friday questioned Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim about the delay on the part of the district administration in submitting proposals for development of five beaches in the city. After the inauguration of the three-day Indian Open of Surfing on Sasihitlu Beach, Mr. Deshpande said that the district has […]

Mangaluru : Industries can now lift water from the Netravathi as Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate A.B. Ibrahim has withdrawn all ban orders on drawing water from the river, issued by him earlier. The orders issued earlier were to be in force till May 31. In an order issued on Thursday, Mr. Ibrahim said that […]

Mangaluru : Unhappy with Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim lifting the ban on industries drawing water from the Netravathi, Mayor Harinath said on Thursday that the decision has pained him as normality in drinking water supply in the city has not been restored yet. The Mayor said that being the first citizen of Mangaluru he has […]

Mangaluru : Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim has called representatives of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilisers and other major industries for a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the use of desalinised water for industries. Talking to presspersons here on Tuesday, he said that the need of water for industries, which were an […]

Mangaluru : A meeting chaired by B. Ramanath Rai, Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada, here on Tuesday decided to invite expression of interest under public-private-partnership (PPP) mode at the national level for building a modern bus stand with civic amenities at Pumpwell. The Mangaluru City Corporation would invite the expression of interest. At the same […]

Mangaluru : Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim has asked the government to appoint an administrator to the Ullal Jumma Masjid where fights have occurred between members of two administrative committees in the past. In a letter to the Secretary for the Minority Welfare Department recently, Mr. Ibrahim said as many as 50 members from five zones […]

Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada district administration on Tuesday made a futile attempt to convince the Netravathi Rakshana Samyukta Samithi of the need to withdraw its call for “voluntary Dakshina Kannada bandh” on Thursday against the Yettinahole or Netravathi diversion project. Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim, who convened a meeting of activists of the samithi and other […]

Mangaluru : At a meeting convened by Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim to review preparedness to face monsoon and its implications, the Tahsildar said that Kasba Bengre, Pandeshwar, Hoige Bazaar, Bokkapatna, Jeppinamogaru and Bajal Kudpu areas in the city are prone to floods. The Deputy Commissioner asked all Tahsildars of the taluk to prepare an action […]