Mangaluru: The Toll Gate Virodhi Horata Samithi, whose indefinite dharna demanding closure of NITK-Surathkal toll plaza on NH 66 entered the 11th day on Thursday, said that it is temporarily withdrawing the protest following positive assurances from district in-charge Minister U.T. Khader. Mr. Khader visited the dharna venue at Surathkal Junction on Thursday evening and […]

Mangaluru: The District Kambala Samithi on Sunday decided to chalk out the kambala calendar for this season during the Navarathri even as samithi’s honorary adviser Gunapala Kadamba cautioned against commercialising events and turning them into another kind of gambling. Comprising kambala organisers, participants and well-wishers from Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Kasargod districts, the samithi had […]

Mangaluru: Minister for Women, Child Development, Kannada and Culture Jayamala categorically said, she was not in the race for a ministerial berth. she also said that she was not into any competition with any women representatives and it is not her tendency to do so. She said she received the portfolio of women and child […]

Mangaluru : The state government has waived the loans availed for Ashraya Housing scheme. The officials should see ensure that the benefit reaches the needy, said Moodbidri MLA K Abhayachandra Jain. He was chairing the monthly KDP meet at the Taluk Panchayat in Mangaluru on Monday. He directed officials to distribute title deeds to people […]

Mangaluru : At a meeting chaired by the Minister for Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fisheries, K Abhayachandra Jain at the DC’s office hall here on Monday to discuss the problems of fishermen, Principal Secretary to the department of Fisheries Veerappa Gowda said the department has written to Kerala and Tamil Nadu governments on the issue […]

Mangalore : Fisheries Minister K Abhayachandra Jain inaugurated ‘Fish Farmers’ Day – 2014’ programme at Professor H P C Shetty auditorium, Fisheries College here on Thursday July 10. The Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar, Fisheries College, Mangalore, National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad and Professional Fisheries Graduates’ Forum jointly organized the programme. After […]

Moodabidre: Centre to foot 80 per cent of the Rs. 66 crore project in Moodbidri The government approved a Rs. 66-crore underground drainage project for Moodbidri town, said K. Abhayachandra Jain, local MLA and Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Sports and Fisheries. He was addressing a gathering at a function organised by the government […]