Mangaluru : The state government has signed off the documents related to creating Ullal as a new taluk in the state on Wednesday, February 12. As per reports, nearly 90-95 percent of assembly constituency of Mangaluru assembly except for Meremajalu, Thumbe and Paudu gram Panchayat Limit in Bantwal Taluk is moved to Ullal Taluk. Former […]

Bantwal : Three people were arrested in connection to the attack on Ira gram panchayat president Razak Kukkaje, on Wednesday, December 11. The three arrested have been identified as Basheer (27), Kabeer (23) and Tanvir (23), residents of Kukkaje. They were arrested by Bantwal police on Wednesday. It may be recalled, a gang had attacked […]

Mangaluru : Vice President Venkaiah Naidu felt that there is a scope for private sector investments to promote R&D in universities and academic institutions. Delivering convocation address at the 17th annual convocation of National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, he urged private sector to create a corpus fund under CSR activities to fund research […]

Bengaluru : The Karnataka government plans to set up an “open gym” in every grama panchayat in the state aimed at supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Fit India’ movement, state Rural Development Minister K S Eshwarappa said on Wednesday. “under the Fit India concept of Prime Minister Narendra Modi we plan to set up an […]

Bantwal  :  A gram panchayat member attacked a person  at Salethur on Sunday, January 13. The injured has been identified as Hameed (52), from Palthaje, a daily wage labourer. He was attacked by Sathar (35), a member of Veerakamba gram panchayat while he was waiting for bus near Medu junction. A case has been registered […]

Udupi: K. Vidya Kumari, Additional Deputy Commissioner, said on Thursday that multi-choice electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be used for the bypolls to 79 seats in 24 gram panchayat (GP) wards in Kundapur and Byndoor taluks in Udupi district. Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Ms. Kumari said that the bypolls will be held for 33 […]

Mangaluru: The Belma Gram Panchayat has directed three establishments, including two residential/commercial complexes in Derlakatte, to set up sewage treatment plant (STP) and other measures in the next two months. The panchayat has started issuing notices to other multi-storied buildings in the area asking them to construct STPs at the earliest. The action of the […]

Mangaluru: Aadhaar Card change or correction will be done at all gram panchayats (GP) in Dakshina Kannada (D.K.) district from September 5th, said district additional deputy commissioner Kumar. It will also begin in Udupi district from the same date. But a some places there is a bit of technical difficulty, barring which the other places […]

Kundapura: A Panchayat Development Officer in Nalkur Gram Panchayat of Kundapur taluk has been caught on camera indulging in sexual act with a lady employee of the office. The CC camera in the office had duly captured the immoral act in the office. The accused Anantha Padmanabha Nayak has been working as PDO at Nalkur […]

Mangaluru: Electronic weighing machines will be installed at Indira Canteens in Dakshina Kannada district to ensure that adequate quantity of food is supplied to customers, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies U T Khader said. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the minister said that the government will not compromise on the quality and quantity of […]