Mangaluru: A voluntary bandh is being observed by merchants, labourers at the Central Market and people working at the fisheries dock at old port on April 23. The bandh is in protest to the Kathua rape and murder case. The voluntary bandh is being backed by no organization. It is workers voluntary call in protest […]

Mangaluru: The election officials are harassing the common man in the name of the Model Code of Conduct. In regard to this issue, MLC Ivan D’Souza on April 16, informed that he would file a complaint with Election Commission and bring Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner’s attention to this issue. Ivan was speaking at a press […]

Mangaluru: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Women’s Wing President Laxmi Hebbalkar dared and demanded that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader and Member of Parliament Shobha Karandlaje should speak against the two incidents of rape at Kathua and Unnao with her party legislator also being accused and condemn the incidents of atrocities against women. Hebbalkar speaking […]

Mangaluru: In a bid to condemn the Kathua rape and murder incident, the women’s wing leader of the Karnataka Congress Prathibha Kulai stirred a controversy by saying that she feels ashamed to call herself a woman of India. At a press conference in Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee office in Mangaluru on Monday, Kulai said, […]

Mangaluru: U T Khader, Minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs has urged the central government to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Khader condemned the Kathua rape and murder case and said that it was necessary to make amendments to the Posco Act to prevent such instances from reccuring. […]