Mangaluru : The Department of Fisheries on Thursday banned fishing by mechanised boats from June 1 to July 31 across the Karnataka coast. The ban has been imposed to facilitate the breeding of fish during the monsoon. According to a press release, all kinds of trawlers and conventional boats retrofitted with engines with more than […]

Mangalore : District in-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai said, for the permanent solution to the problem of sea erosion in Ullal and many other parts of the Karnataka coast, the State Government has set tenders to two companies to carry out the first phase of work on constructing a sea wall in sea erosion area. […]

Mangalore: Monsoon arrived with vengeance to Karnataka Coast  ahead of schedule and caught officials unaware of pre-monsoon public works on clogged drainages and road repair works. The officials are totally ill-prepared to face monsoon onslaught due to back to back elections held recently. Any development or repair works were stalled in the name of election […]

Mangalore: About 10 markets for fish sales were coming up on Karnataka coast soon is various towns, and two at Kinnigoli and Bantwal were among them. CM Sadananda Gowda has laid their foundation stones on Wednesday. The state was giving a high priority to Fisheries and the fish markets will have all modern facilities for […]

Mangalore: The itinerary of Rath-Yatri BJP leader has been altered to allow his touring vehicle to pass through only the 3 districts of Karnataka coast, namely,DK,Udupi and Kanara(north). However, he will air-dash to Bangalore from Bajpe to address a public meeting there, on his ideals. The Rath Yatra will be in Kerala on October 30. […]

Mangalore: Sudden darkening of the sky, widely spread black clouds, blowing winds, and then the rains from one end of coast to the other. One may be forgiven if rainy season continues in its seventh month this year form May. The year itself is called ‘Vikriti’ (perverted). The rainy season, and not the humid heat, […]