Mangaluru : The two MLAs of Mangaluru city on Thursday directed Antony Waste Handling Cell Pvt. Ltd., which handles solid waste of the city for Mangaluru City Corporation, to deploy 60 vehicles for the door-to-door collection of garbage from Friday. The MLAs – Y. Bharat Shetty (Mangaluru City North) and D. Vedavyas Kamath (Mangaluru City […]

Mangaluru : A huge fire broke out at Pachanady landfill site yard triggered panic among residents in surrounding areas on Friday. About 10 fire tenders and water tankers were rushed to the dumping yard in order to douse the fire. “The fire might have been self-ignited due to methane content. Owing to strong wind and scorching […]

Mangaluru  : To mark Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav the Thumbay Dam which supplies water to Mangaluru City is illuminated with the Indian tri-colour lights. Mayor Premananda Shetty said the dam has been illuminated by the MCC with the active co-operation of MLAs Vedavyas Kamath and Dr Bharath Shetty. The public can view the attractive illumination […]

Mangaluru : A total ban on movement of private vehicles – cars and two wheelers – in commissionerate limits from 12.30 p.m. onwards during the lockout period. Commissioner P. S. Harsha in a tweet said those in emergency may avail ambulance services. Vehicles with emergency passes however are allowed to ply, Dr Harsha told. Meanwhile, […]

Mangaluru : Mangaluru City police commissioner Dr. P S Harsha has tweeted a request calling the public to share any videos they have recorded with the police which will help them in investigating the violence. Violent disturbances occurred in many parts of Mangaluru city on 19 December while protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act and […]

Mangaluru : The city will continue to run no water for the fourth day in a row on Thursday. The supply of water to Mangaluru city and the surrounding areas is disrupted since Monday, following a leak in the pipeline near the Kannur Masjid on the outskirts of the city. The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) is […]

Mangaluru : After the civic workers boycotted the work demanding an increase in wages and other issues with the contractor, the city witnessed tonnes of garbage piled up across Mangaluru on Friday . Around 750 workers stopped lifting garbage from Thursday itself pressing for their demands. They alleged that the contractor has not revised their salary since […]

Mangaluru: After Kerala the deadly Nipah cases have been suspected in neighborhood city Mangaluru. At least nine people have reportedly died and 25 more have been infected in an outbreak of the Nipah virus in India. Addressing in a press conference the District Health Officer, Dr M Ramakrishna Rao said, “The suspected patients are not […]

Mangaluru: Mayor Kavitha Sanil took on skill-game centres and massage parlours head-on in the city during her one-year tenure ending March 7. While taking this concerted action, she had a run in with the judiciary, leading to the high court issuing a notice to her, it also put Kavitha in the crosshairs of the underworld, […]

Mangaluru: The CCB sleuths arrested a woman and two men at an apartment in Padavu, Mangaluru city, on charges of engaging in flesh trade. The arrested are Sujatha alias Arundathi (30), Manjunath (38) and Harish (53). Acting on a tip-off that flesh trade is being carried out in an apartment, the police raided and arrested […]