Mangaluru : A special team has been constituted for cross-verification of Open Defecation Free (ODF) villages under social auditing of household toilets in Dakshina Kannada district. Social Auditing wing district coordinator Rakshith Jain said that social auditing of household toilets in 230 gram panchayats with 366 villages as per the direction of Directorate of Social […]

New Delhi: Government today said it is strictly adhering to Supreme Court’s order that production of Aadhaar Card will not be a condition for citizens to obtain any benefit due to them. Individuals without Aadhaar number can offer alternate means of identification for availing government subsidies, benefits and services, it added. “Section 7 of the […]

Mangaluru: During an interaction with the Fourth State Finance Commission, members of zilla panchayat and taluk panchayat raised the voice against the lack of funds to implement the projects. ZP and TP members told the commission delegation headed by Chairman C G Chinnaswamy that the work speed is hindering due to the lack of funds […]

Mangaluru : Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim took the officials to task for failing to furnish details on the implementation of Prime Minister’s 15-point programme for the welfare of minorities. Chairing a meeting here on Friday, the deputy commissioner said that the officials should furnish details on the progress made in the last financial year […]

Mangalore: Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat in association with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) Ombudsman has chalked out a plan to plant saplings beside the roads in all 203 gram panchayats using the funds available under MGNREGS. It has envisaged to provide employment to all the 74,339 job card holders by way of […]

Mangalore : Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has taken the alleged fund embezzlement in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS) quite seriously as was evident with him directing all taluk panchayat executive officers in the district  to get the misappropriated funds reimbursed within a month. Kateel who presided over the District Vigilance […]