Bengaluru : Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan on Sunday said the state government will take steps to include diabetes under the Disability Act. “The government will take adequate measures to address the concerns of people with Type 1 diabetes, from creating a comprehensive database to awareness creation and coverage of Type 1 […]

Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada in-charge Minister U.T. Khader on Saturday said the government will pay an immediate compensation of ₹1 lakh to those who have lost houses in sea erosion. He said the victims will also be paid ₹10,000 a month for renting a house till alternative accommodation is constructed. The government will either allot […]

Mangaluru: Several transgenders staged a protest in front of the DC office here on December 28, Friday to oppose the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill. The protest was held under the aegis of the Parivartana Charitable Trust. Addressing the protestors, Sanjana, Secretary of the Trust, questioned why the transgenders whose long standing demands have […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday, December 5 decided to bear the education expenses of girl students pursuing pre-university, graduation and post-graduate courses in colleges run by it. The scheme, approved by the state cabinet that met here, would come into effect from this academic year and the government would bear the college fees of […]

Kerala: 1.Corporation Bank donated Rs. 3.18 crores to the Government of Kerala in support of relief efforts following the devastating floods that had affected the state earlier this year. Shri Jai Kumar Garg, Managing Director & CEO, Corporation Bank handed over the cheque to Shri Pinarayi Vijayan, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Govt. of Kerala on 23rd […]

Mangaluru: Yuva Brigade activists from across the State cleaned Netravathi River at Snanaghatta where hundreds of devotees take bath daily before visiting the Manjunatha temple at Dharmasthala. Heaps of garbage was removed from here on Sunday. The garbage removed from the river included cloth waste, photos of Gods, soaps, mirrors, combs, tooth brushes, footwear, children’s […]

Udupi: District BJP unit organised a protest rally and observed a black day against the swearing in ceremony of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and also the formation of JD(S) and Congress coalition government. Udupi MLA Raghupathy Bhat alleged that Congress and JD(S) have deceived the people of Karnataka who had given majority to the […]

Mangaluru: The State Government has appointed IPS officer Vipul Kumar as the new City Police Commissioner. The outgoing Police Commissioner T R Suresh has not been given any posting as to yet. Vipul Kumar is presently the IGP and Director of Karnataka Police Academy in Mysuru. An IPS officer of the 1999 batch he will […]

Mangaluru: As many as 21 students and three faculty members from Sikkim visited Alva’s Education Foundation as part of its yearly student exchange programme of a Gangtok-based non-Governmental organisation, 24 hours Inspired. Fifteen boys and six girls from various schools across Sikkim arrived at Alva’s College recently. The team of students was exposed to various […]

Mangaluru: Yakshagana staged by government school children of Dakshina Kannada has bagged the first prize at a national-level competition organised by the Union government in Bhopal. A visually- impaired girl was among the 10 students who performed. The prasanga (episode) titled “Kishkinda Koutuka” performed by Bondala Jagannatha Shetty Memorial Government High School, Shambhoor in Bantwal […]