Mangaluru: Five IPS officers, including Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Vipul Kumar were transferred by the state government on Friday. A 1999-batch IPS officer Vipul kumar, IGP and Mangaluru city police commissioner has been transferred and posted as IGP and Director, Karnataka Police Academy, Mysuru with immediate effect . IGP and Commissioner of Police of Belgavi […]

Mangaluru: Kochuveli-Mangaluru Junction bi-weekly Antyodaya Express will be flagged off by Minister Rajen Gohain on June 9 here at 10.30 a.m. This service will run on an unreserved service. A press release which was published states that the inaugural service would run as Antyodaya special service from Kochuveli to Mangaluru Junction. Leaving Kochuveli at 10.30 […]

Mangaluru: The postal strike which was conducted by the rural postal workers who accused that they had not received the benefits of the central government’s 7th pay commission that was introduced a year back, has finally ended after sixteen days on Wednesday. The 16 day strike came to an end after the central government promised […]

Mangaluru: Encroachments on stormwater drains is the prime reason for the flooding that marooned the city last week, revealed an interim report submitted by an expert committee set up by the district deputy commissioner, on the recent flood situation. Giving out details about the same, deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil told the media that the report […]

Mangaluru: Former MLA J R Lobo refuted allegations particular from the opposition party, for claiming that ‘faulty’ development works during his tenure resulted in heavy flooding in the city on May 29th. On Saturday June 2nd, he addressed a press meet here and said, “The heavy rainfall that lashed Mangaluru flooded most parts of the […]

Mangaluru: Former MLA JR Lobo has stated that there is no common knowledge of the people who criticize me. Former MLA JR Lobo spoke on the same day in Mangalore with 24 cm rain. It did not come in the past, but it’s being criticized on my part, “he said. Similarly, there was a flood […]

Mangaluru: Unfinished work by the National Highway at Thokkottu junction and Pumpwell circle along with incompetent handling led to the flooding problems from the heavy rains on May 29, Tuesday, alleged Mangaluru MLA U T Khader on May 30th. Addressing media he said that the procrastinating attitude of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) […]

Mangaluru: As the city is recovering from the shock of heavy showers, its aftermath has kept scores of car and two-wheeler service centres busy. Vehicles into whose engines water entered and got damaged, are flooding service centres across the city. An estimated 400 cars were damaged either fully or partially due to the deluge on […]

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru-based Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Vikram on Wednesday saved a fishing boat on the high seas off the coast of Kochi from distress and facilitated its safe towing. A release from the Coast Guard, Karnataka, said Mumbai’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre received a message at 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday from a fishing […]

Mangaluru: Fire engines and additional staff has been requisitioned from various locations in the state to assist in emergency operations due to the unpredictability of rain and the chance for another flood. On the night of May 29th, fire engines and additional staff arrived at Mangaluru along with the arrival of Fire department Deputy Director […]