Udupi: The State Budget presented by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy received a mixed response here on Thursday. Srikrishna Rao Kodancha, president, Udupi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said it was a disappointing budget with nothing for the industry to cheer for. “This government does not want industry or commerce. It has nothing for the coastal […]

Udupi: K. Raghupati Bhat, MLA, said on Thursday he wanted more governmental control over the newly constructed Koosamma Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah District Government Maternity and Children’s Hospital. It may be recalled that the State government had in August 2016 allowed the BRS Health and Research Institute, owned by B.R. Shetty, an NRI businessman, […]

Mangaluru: The issues of bringing water from the Varahi in Bharatkal, about 36 km from here, to Baje, and underground drainage system figured prominently in the review meeting of developmental works of Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) chaired by K. Raghupati Bhat, MLA, here on Wednesday. In a presentation given on the occasion, the engineers […]

Udupi: Revenue Minister R.V. Deshpande on Thursday directed officers to provide relief to those affected by the natural calamities without any delay. He was speaking during a review meeting of the Revenue Department at the District Offices Complex here. Mr. Deshpande said that that the officers should consider those houses on which large trees had […]

Udupi: Preparations are in full swing for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at MGM ground in the afternoon at 3pm on May 1st, informed district BJP President Mattaru Ratnakar Hegde at a press meet. Previously it was planned to hold a single meeting at one place for the 20 legislative assembly constituencies but now Prime […]

Udupi: As many as 16 candidates submitted a total of 37 sets of nomination papers for the Assembly elections in five Assembly constituencies in Udupi district on Monday. According to a press release, K. Gopal Poojary of the Congress, C. Ravindra of Janata Dal (Secular), Manjunath K. of Janata Dal (United) and Abdul Azeed of […]

Udupi: The second list of 82 candidates released by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held no surprises for Udupi district as only the candidate for the Byndoor Assembly Constituency was announced on Monday. However, suspense continued on who would get the party’s nod for the prestigious Udupi Assembly Constituency and the Kaup Assembly Constituency. The […]

Mangaluru: K. Raghupati Bhat, former MLA and BJP leader, said on Monday that he would campaign if the party gave ticket to Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt to contest from Udupi. Speaking to presspersons here, Mr. Bhat, who is an aspirant for BJP ticket from the constituency, said senior party leaders were already holding […]

Udupi: The former MLA and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader K. Raghupati Bhat said on Tuesday that the party is opposed to the new National Highway 169A passing through Parkala, Manipal and Udupi city and touching National Highway 66 (at Karavali Junction in Udupi). “The NH 169A is a good proposal as it would widen […]