Mangaluru: BJP staged protest on Wednesday before Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has alleging that MCC creating artificial water shortage even if there is enough water storage in Thumbe vented dam for the people in the city. Speaking on the occasion, senior BJP leader and former MLC Monappa Bhandary said that, MCC including Mayor Kavitha Sanil […]

Mangaluru : The CPI(M) has accused Mayor Kavitha Sanil of misguiding the people saying the region is facing shortage of water and imposing rationing of water. “Even though there is sufficient water in Thumbe dam, Mayor Kavitha Sanil has been misleading the public by providing false information through the media saying that there is no […]

Mangaluru : The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has served a notice on Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) Limited for digging footpaths to lay underground cables without taking pre-requisite permission from the local body. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday here, Mayor Kavitha Sanil said that she has directed the officials to serve notice as the Mescom has to pay […]

Mangaluru: “To provide a permanent protection to the traditional sport Kambala, the government is all set to present a bill in the assembly session which will be started from February 6,” said Chief Whip of the government in Legislative Council Ivan D’Souza. Addressing the press personnel on Thursday at his office in MCC, he said […]

Mangaluru: The water you drink at home or outside may not be fit for consumption. With the recent tests of water samples collected at six places in the city, confirming the presence of total coliform bacteria in alarming level in water. J Palemar, who released a copy of the reports to media on Thursday, said, “Of […]

Mangaluru: Infrastructure facilities like expansion, construction of roads, construction of foot paths and others will be done in the city at an estimated cost of Rs 500 crore in the next three years, said MLA JR Lobo speaking after stone laying ceremony form various road construction, expansion projects at 24th ward of south Derebail in […]

Mangaluru: While small and medium entrepreneurs in Baikampady Industrial Area off Mangaluru city are eagerly expecting breather with the imminent formation of the Baikampady Industrial Town Authority, the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) is likely to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for ceding the industrial area from its jurisdiction to the proposed authority. The prospects […]

Mangaluru: Mangaluru City Corporation has decided to pay Rs 3 crore as compensation to 18 farmers whose land would be partially submerged once water at the new Thumbe vented dam was stored at up to 5 meters. Mohammed Nazir, Commissioner addressing the Karnataka Development Programme Review Committee meeting said that the survey on the land […]

Mangaluru: “Revenue Minister has ordered the Tahashildars to receive applications regarding providing the land deeds to paternity lease holders. Process of receiving applications with this regard will begin soon,” said Chief Whip of government in legislative council and MLC Ivan D’Souza. Speaking to the reporters on Monday at his office in MCC he said that […]

Mangaluru: Activists on Monday questioned the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) for seeking suggestions from people before preparing the draft annual budget and then setting them aside later. At the public consultative meeting seeking proposals before drafting the budget for 2017-18, G.K. Bhat, an activist, said that in the consultative meeting last year he had suggested […]