Mangaluru: Newly-elected mayor K Bhaskar Moily, who has more than three decades of experience as a corporator, says he would like to convert Mangaluru into a model city. “The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has received several awards for cleanliness and for providing better amenities. However, there are many problems faced by the city, which the […]

Hassan: PM Narendra Modi touched base in Mysuru on Sunday night to go to a gathering of programmes including the launch of the electrification of the railroad line between Mysuru and Bengaluru. Narendra Modi will signal off the Hum Safar Express connecting Mysuru and Udaipur and introduce the 661 recently chiselled steps at the rough […]

Mangaluru: Though the Mangaluru City Corporation has proposed to collect tender coconut shells and chicken and other meat waste separately, the Council of the Corporation has failed to take any decision in this regard. It was proposed to entrust the contract of collecting tender coconut shells and chicken and other meat waste from all the […]

Mangaluru: Deputy commissioner S Sasikanth Senthil said on Monday the district administration will take corrective measures with regard to pollution of Gurupur river based on the reports from Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). He told reporters that the district administration has written to KSPCB and CMFRI to […]

Mangaluru: With about one month remaining to complete her one-year term, Mayor Kavita Sanil on Wednesday blamed the Revenue officials and water supply engineers for the civic body lagging behind in revenue collection. Upset over hearing that default water consumers owed about 26 crore to the civic body the Mayor, who lost her cool in […]

Mangaluru: All private buses in the city will have to be fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) soon. The move is to ensure the errant private bus drivers, who are infamously addressed as Formula 1 drivers, to keep a check on their speed as they will be on the radar of the Regional Transport Office […]

Mangaluru: Twenty-four years after it was demolished, the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has started the exercise of rebuilding the iconic Clock Tower at its original place in front of the Town Hall. The corporation authorities have awarded the tender to start the construction of the clock tower and the construction work will begin soon after […]

Mangaluru: The BJP on Monday charged J R Lobo, MLA, Mangaluru City South, of creating duplicate voter IDs to help in the ensuing polls and demanded the district deputy commissioner and the election commission to identify such duplicate votes and nullify them besides punishing the guilty. Monappa Bhandary, former MLC, on Monday said at least […]

Mangaluru: In a move that could signal a summer free from water shortage, Mayor Kavitha Sanil on Tuesday announced that Mangaluru City Corporation is all set to store water at 6 metres at its main reservoir at Thumbe starting January 11. The capacity of the new vented dam is seven metre storage and the civic […]

Mangaluru: Soon, the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) will commence a project to provide houses for 600 poor families in Mangaluru City North assembly constituency. A proposal in this regard has been sent to the government for approval. MCC has already prepared a detailed project report and the list of beneficiaries. The corporation has already started […]