Udupi : Pramodh Madhwaraj said the government is committed for the empowerment of the Backward Classes, SC/ST and minority communities which make up 80 per cent of the total population in the state. Speaking after distributing benefits of various government schemes to beneficiaries belonging to the minority communities, he said financial and social support need […]

Mangaluru : Netravathi Nadi Samrakshana Okkoota has decided to lay siege on Bantwal Taluk Office on December 15 as a mark of protest against the Yettinahole diversion project. Talking to reporters here on Friday, Niranjan Rai of the Okkoota said they were carrying out the protest demanding scrapping of the project that causes extensive harm […]

Mangaluru : Dissidence in the ruling Congress came to the fore on Monday with the re-nomination of sitting Member of Legislative Council K.Pratapchandra Shetty to the forthcoming Council polls, after two prominent leaders challenged the party to field a candidate who has really contributed to the growth of the party. “Only after Mr. Shetty wrote […]

Mangaluru : For the last five days, the residents of Mangaluru, suffered when water could not be supplied to the city from Thumbe.  For not keeping a close watch  of the main water pipe, to city and for the rupture of the pipeline, by allowing mud to be dumped on them,, the officials of the […]

Mangaluru: On Tuesday, MLA J.R Lobo handed over a cheque of Rs 70,000 to the family of one Mr. Dayakar Bangera of Maroli, to renovate their house, which had collapsed due to rain recently.  Both the legs of Mr. Bangera has been amputated and his wife works for printing press. Seeing the poor condition of […]

Gulbarga : Subhash Guttedar, former MLA of the JD(S), joined the BJP in the city on Tuesday. The development comes in the wake of reports that B R Patil, the KJP legislator from Aland, is planning to join the saffron party. Guttedar was welcomed into the party by Bidar MP Bhagwant Khuba, former minister Revu Naik Belamagi, […]

Mangalore: Wednesday, March 26, the last day to submit nomination papers, Janardhan Poojary, Congress MP candidate, Dakshina Kannada, filed his nomination papers at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Mangalore for the upcoming Lok Sabha eletions. Poojary was accompanied by U.T. Khader, minister for health and family welfare, Ramanath Rai, minister for forest, ecology and environment and […]

Bangalore: Dissatisfied senior MLAs of the ruling Congress party on Sunday urged AICC Karnataka in charge Digvijay Singh to take up another expansion of the State Cabinet and accommodate them before the Lok Sabha polls. Senior leaders K B Koliwad, Malikaiah Guttedar, Dr A B Maalaka Raddy, Shivanand Patil and others met him at the […]

Mangalore: Speeking at a crowded meeting full of MLAs, ministers and Govt. officers on Monday Dec.30, union labor and surface transport minister Oskar Fernandez of Udupi stated that an amount of Rs. 100 crores ( Rs.5 crores in the first stage and Rs.95 crores ion the second) had been sanctioned to take up urgent repairs […]

Mangalore : MLA of Mangalore South JR Lobo visited the  Fisheries Port of Mangalore on August 13, Tuesday along with Congress leaders and officials and held discussions on the measures to be taken to make things better at the port. The MLA noticed that cleanliness was lacking with drainage overflowing. He also directed the authorities […]