Mangaluru: Consumers in city are bearing the brunt of high prices of vegetables even after the festival season is over. Contrary to the prediction of leading vegetable vendors in the city that prices would drop after Deepavali, the rates have shot up considerably. Vegetable rates in Mangaluru have a direct link with rain in Malnad […]

Mangalore : DK District-in-Charge Minister B Ramanath Rai directed the police officials to take stringent action against the untoward incident taking place to disrupt the law and order in the district. He was speaking after chairing a peace committee meeting held at DC’s office on September 30, Tuesday to discuss overall measures to be taken […]

In India, festivals are the celebration of togetherness, of being one of the family. Raksha Bandhan is one such festival that is all about affection, fraternity and sublime sentiments. It is also known as Raksha Bandhan which means a ‘bond of protection’. This is an occasion to flourish love, care, affection and sacred feeling of […]

Udupi: A harmony meet was held at Don Bosco Hall in Udupi on December 22, Saturday  under the auspices of the District Minority, Catholic Sabha, Udupi and Kalianpur Deanery. An inter-religious discourse on the main festivals of the respective religion, was attended by religious heads of all the three faiths. The topic of the inter-religious […]

Udupi: The sand-sculpture on beaches and wet sands began with an  Odisha sand artist Sudarshan who won great laurels for India all over the world as it is a rare art. Subsequently, sand sculptors were discovered in Mangalore and Udupi in small groups on special occasions like festivals. On World Health Day, also Good Friday […]

Manjeshwar: Muslims have only two primary religious festivals the world over, and these are holy Ramzan(Ram dhyan) month of fasting during the day and being charitable to the poor brethren, and the other, Bakri-Id which is common to Bible in Old Testament, which has Adam and Abraham, common with Mohammedans. When devotees of Allah assemble […]

Mangalore:  Lord Ganesha is believed to be the remover of all obstacles hence people offer first puja to him in auspicious occasion.  When the time comes to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, people of Mangalore were fully ready with the preparations for the festivals which were celebrated on Saturday September 11. The idols were prepared as per […]