Mangaluru: Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Services and Sports, said on Wednesday that he has urged the Minister for Mines and Geology, Vinay Kulkarni, to formulate a sand policy for the three coastal districts of Udupi, Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada. He was presiding over the tri-monthly Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting […]

Mangaluru : MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary said that district administration has utterly failed to maintain the effective sand mining policy in the district. Speaking to the mediapersons, the MLC said the sand mining policy is totally confusing and has led to acute shortage of sand in the district. He said that the license issued for […]

Mangaluru : The Bharatiya Janata Party will take up an information campaign to counter the alleged “disinformation campaign” by the Congress about the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015. Addressing presspersons here recently, Kota Srinivasa Poojary, MLC, said that the Union government had brought in only […]

Udupi  : Temples have played a very important role in protecting Hinduism since ages from  various types of onslaught and have  preserved the age old customs and traditions, said Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt. He was speaking after inaugurating a convention of members of the management committees of  temples notified in the district. […]

Udupi:  Congress leader and RTI activist Vasudeva Adiga who was kidnapped on Monday, January 7 and was found dead at Kadur in Chikmagalur was cremated on January 13, Sunday in the presence of a large number of people including family, friends, well-wishers and political leaders. The body was brought from Shimoga government hospital to Goliangadi […]

Kundapur: Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar who was on a maiden visit to Udupi district on October 1, Monday, inaugurated the new police station at Amasebail, a Naxal affected area. Speaking at a function held in this connect at the Garodi premises, the Chief Minister said a decision would  soon be taken if additional personnel should […]