Mangaluru : The city Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal on Tuesday said a provocative statement referring to Pakistan by those celebrating the Narendra Modi swearing-in ceremony sparked tension leading to stabbing of two BJP workers at Boliyar near here on Sunday night. Mr. Agrawal told reporters here that those in the victory procession raised slogans: “You […]

Mangaluru :  Akshy Sridhar, the Commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has given clarifications regarding the functioning of Ward Committee (WC) in response to the representation made by a delegation of ten members of the Mangalore Civic Group (Regd.) which met him at his office. The delegation had sought his clarifications on the Ward Committee […]

Mangaluru : After the complaint lodged by Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr Rajendra K V against the Vedike’s  Organising Secretary Jagadish Karanth, The Hindu Jagarana Vedike has demanded the withdrawal of complaint. Speaking to reporters on November 25, Thursday, Radhakrishna Adyanthaya, Regional Executive Committee Member of the Vedike, said the case against Karanth was a […]

Mangaluru : After almost two years, the government has given a clean chit to Mangaluru Police. The firing happened when the then Commissioner PS Harsha was the police chief and he defended the department’s action. The inquiry report was submitted in a closed envelope to the Karnataka government and the matter will come up for […]

Mangaluru  : The Mangaluru City Corporation has made it mandatory for all the staff of hotels and restaurants in Mangaluru City Corporation limits to undergo Covid-19 tests. MCC Commissioner Akshy Sridhar said that for public convenience, all the Urban Healthcare Centres in MCC limits have been conducting Covid-19 tests in the evening. The general public, […]

Mangaluru : After the protest of Talapady residents on toll gate issue, the  deputy commissioner K V Rajendra on Thursday, put an end to the problems of people travelling on Mangaluru-Talapady buses. Ever since the National Highway toll gate started functioning at Talapady, on the inter-state border, city buses from Mangaluru to Talapady terminated their trips near […]

Mangaluru : The city police have arrested eight persons in connection to attacked with a machete to a head constable on duty near the New Chitra Junction in the city recently. It has been now learnt that this was an attack to avenge the December 19 police firing that took place during the anti-CAA protest […]

Mangaluru : The City Corporation said on Monday that it will stop collecting solid waste from individual houses if segregated waste is not handed over to it after a week from now. Corporation Commissioner Akshy Sridhar said in a release that individual houses will be given a week’s time to adopt to the new system […]

Mangaluru : The City Corporation (MCC) will start fining those who fail to segregate waste at source and hand it over to waste-collectors from October 2, MCC Commissioner Akshy Sridhar warned on Wednesday. Waste should be segregated at source. MCC will collect wet waste on all the days and dry waste on every Friday. The […]

Mangaluru: The state government appointed Akshy Sridhar as the new commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on Tuesday, August 25 The post was lying vacant after the transfer of Ajith Kumar Hegde Shanady earlier this month. Prior to this posting Sridhar, a 2017 batch IAS officer, was serving as Assistant Commissionser, Bidar Sub-division. Akshy Sridhar […]