Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district city bus owners association proposed to increase ticket fares in the city buses plying within the district. The fares are likely to increase for up to ten percent, the new fares will be applicable from next week. Aziz Parthipadi, President of the association clarified that “The hike is due to an […]

Mangaluru: The newly formed Sasantra Tulunad Paksha would be fielding its candidates in all five Assembly constituencies in Udupi district and all eight Assembly constituencies in Dakshina Kannada district. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, Aikalbawa Chittaranjandas Shetty, president of the Udupi district unit of Sasantra Tulunad Paksha, said that the aim of the party was […]

Mangaluru: The Kerala police will set up 19 check-posts in the border areas in light of the Assembly elections. They will cooperate with their counterparts in Dakshina Kannada in execution of warrants against those involved in property and other offences. These were among the issues discussed by officers from Kasaragod and Dakshina Kannada police during […]

Sullia: According to a release from BJP, its first candidate for Dakshina Kannada district will be A.S. Angara who will be contesting for the 7th time. BJP considers Sullia to be its stronghold and though there were other names doing round for this constituency, the party has given the ticket to the former MLA. Since […]

Mangaluru: In relation to the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections, the first phase of checking the voting machine and VVPAT has been successfully completed. In the second phase, a mock election will be conducted in the presence of political party representatives, informed Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil. He was speaking at a meeting conducted at […]

Mangaluru: Around 29 Government hostels in the Dakshina Kannada district have installed Bio gas units. The units were installed with the help of MRPL and Zilla Panchayats. The units will use kitchen waste to produce gas. The unit was set up with the theme ‘Our Waste- Our Responsibility’ and is being carried out as a […]

Mangaluru: Sullia Assembly constituency in Dakshina Kannada has remained a reserved constituency for the past six decades. Sullia was part of Madras Presidency in 1952. When the Assembly elections were announced in 1957, there was no Sullia constituency. Instead, Puttur had two Assembly seats, of which one was reserved for the STs, and another was […]

Mangaluru: Christians across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Sunday observed the Palm Sunday, commemorating the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, ahead of his crucifixion and resurrection, marking the beginning of the Holy Week. Devotees were seen flocking to their respective churches to mark the occasion. While Mangaluru diocesan Bishop Rev Dr Aloysius […]

Mangaluru: The Central government has allocated only Rs 900 crore in its annual sports budget, which is meagre compared to the annual sports budget of England, which is to the tune of Rs 2,200 crore,” said Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fisheries Minister Pramod Madhwaraj. He was speaking after laying the foundation stone for the state-of-the-art […]

Mangaluru: After spending Rs 20 crore and firing 1.7 lakh bullets, the 3,000-member-strong Anti-Naxal Force hasn’t captured a single rebel alive in the past seven years. The only fatality is one of its own members when the force opened fire on a cop believing him to be a Naxalite in 2011. This is part of […]