Mangaluru : The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) on Wednesday took serious objections to fresh health restrictions in the guise of containing the Omicron variant of COVID-19 saying that they were impractical and anti-working class people. In a statement here, DYFI State president Muneer Katipalla and secretary Basavaraj Poojari asked the government to immediately […]

Mangaluru : The ruling party at the Centre is distracting the youth of the country with religious issues so that they do not focus on pressing issues like unemployment and poor payment of wages, said Democratic Youth Federation of India State president Muneer Katipalla here on Sunday. Speaking at the 12th Mangaluru City conference of […]

Mangaluru : Sitting Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has failed to solve the problems faced by cashew, beedi, tile and other small industries in the district, many pro-people organisations have stated. They have appealed to the voters to defeat Kateel. Speaking to reporters here, DYFI State President Muneer Katipalla said that after the BJP […]

Mangaluru : The Toll Gate Virodhi Horata Samithi’s Janagraha meeting, organised in front of Surathkal Toll Gate, seeking the closure of Surathkal Toll Gate and toll collection from local vehicles, drew good response from public on Thursday. The participants in the meeting unanimously adopted a resolution to protest against the toll plaza by not paying […]

Mangaluru : The authorities of NHAI had promised to stop toll collection at Surathkal once the Hejamady toll plaza started functioning. “It has been over six months since the toll plaza started functioning, but the Surathkal booth continues to operate. In fact, the Centre has renewed the contract for toll collection on July 30,” said, Toll gate […]

Mangaluru: Muneer Katipalla filed his nomination as CPI(M) candidate for Mangaluru North constituency on April 19, Thursday. Party leaders B K Imtiyaz, U B Lokayya, Gangaiah Amin, Sunanda Konchady and others were present. He said his priority would be to seek a government hospital and college which Suratkal area lacks at present. He also stated […]

Mangaluru: CPI(M) leader and DYFI State President Muneer Katipalla said that the upcoming elections are between the 10% who represent the rich and 90%, who represent the marginal. Speaking during the CPI(M) convention of Mangaluru South assembly constituency, at Don Bosco Hall here on Sunday, he said that all the current MLAs of the district […]

Mangaluru: The third additional district and sessions court on Saturday acquitted all three accused in the murder of a Bajrang Dal activist in 2014. On March 21, 2014, swords were used by the perpetrators to murder Bajrang Dal activist Rajesh Poojary, who was an autorickshaw driver in Bantwal. He died while being rushed to hospital. […]

Mangaluru: The general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxists) Sitaram Yechury said here on Thursday that there would be a “stiff battle between communal forces and others” in the coming Assembly elections in Karnataka as the BJP is planning re-entry in the South. Speaking to reporters on the last day of the 22nd […]

Mangaluru: One change of letter in a name resulted in a nightmare for an engineer from the city working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In a classic case of mistaken identity, the city police issued a lookout notice for an innocent. Following this, Mohammed Ashfaq, 26, an engineer working in Saudi Arabia, was detained […]