Magaluru : Activists of Dalit Sangarsha Samithi staged a demonstration in front of B.R. Ambedkar’s statue on the premises of the Town Hall to protest against delay in building Ambedkar Bhavan in the city here on Monday April 14. They first garlanded the statue on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti. Later, holding placards they shouted […]

Mangaluru : A Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) Review meeting here on Saturday decided to summon senior officials from Bengaluru responsible for Aadhaar registration after legislators pointed out that there is a mess at the registration counters. Raising the issue, Ivan D’Souza, MLC, said that at some counters, people would have to stand in queue from […]

Mangaluru : The 342-metre long road between Bunts Hostel Junction and Ambedkar (Jyothi) Circle upgraded with concrete was opened for traffic on Monday February 23 evening. The Mangaluru City Corporation has upgraded this road at an estimated cost of Rs. 2.19 crore. Work was launched in November 2014. District in-charge Minister Ramanath Rai Inaugurated the […]

Mangaluru : As a step forward in the move to construct a terminal (bus stand) for private buses at Pumpwell Circle, a meeting chaired by B. Ramanath Rai, Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada, here on Saturday gave in-principle approval to the concept plan prepared by a private consultant. Mr. Rai instructed officials to take steps […]

Mangaluru : Usually a centre of social activities in the city, the Town Hall, closed for renovation for the past four months, will not be ready in the near future. This came to light at the meeting of the Mangaluru City Corporation council on Tuesday. Neither Mayor Mahabala Marla nor Commissioner Hephsiba Rani Korlapati were […]

Mangaluru : The two districts together have reported more than 9,800 cases of Malaria in 2014, which is more than 50 per cent of the total cases of Malaria in the State that has recorded a total of 12,141 cases. At an inter-departmental coordination meeting of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts regarding Malaria, held at […]

Mangaluru : Hephsiba Rani Korlapati took charge as the Commissioner of the Mangaluru City Corporation on Thursday. Earlier, she was the Assistant Commissioner of Basavakalyan Revenue sub-division in Bidar district. After assuming charge, she said it would require at least two weeks to assess various issues related to the civic body. She said she would […]