Udupi : Members of the Udupi district Congress unit staged a dharna in front of the Clock Tower here on Thursday, protesting against private bus operators, who they said had acted “against public interest” by getting 55 low-floor government bus permits cancelled in Udupi district. Addressing the protesters, Janardhan Bhandarkar, general secretary of the unit, […]

Mangaluru : Breaking the jinx over issue of city bus permits to KSRTC in Mangaluru, the Dakshina Kannada Regional Transport Authority (RTA) on Tuesday asked the corporation to file fresh applications for 17 services avoiding saturated routes. Amidst vociferous opposition from private bus operators, the RTA had earlier issued permits to KSRTC on 18 routes […]

Mangaluru : Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe should be given preference and be allowed to extract sand in Dakshina Kannada, said Dalit activist during a meeting of Dalits at the office of Deputy Commissioner in Mangaluru on Wednesday. Speaking at a meeting of Dalit leaders here on Wednesday, activist Narayan accused the district administration of […]

Bangalore: The Autorickshaw Drivers Union (ARDU), under the banner of CITU, will hold a one-day strike on July 22 against the State Government’s decision to permit additional 40,000 autorickshaws in the city. “We will not operate autorickshaws on Friday (July 22) to oppose the government’s decision of issuing a huge number of new permits. We […]

Mangalore : Dakshina Kannada Private Bus Owner’s Association president Bhaskar Salian demanded to restrict the permission for the new buses to move on district highways. He was speaking at a meeting held to discuss transportation issues with the DC V Ponnuraj at auditorium on September 18, Saturday. While DC V Ponnuraj said that public demands […]