Mangaluru : The power supply to the Central Market building restored as per the request made by the Central Market Merchants Association. As of now 33 licensed merchants can carry out their business at the market building as they have already submitted the requisite documents to the City Corporation. The City Corporation had earlier snapped […]

Mangaluru: Farmers living in the Baje-Hiriyadka belt are sore over the district administration’s fiat to cut off power supply to irrigation pumpsets which pump water from the Swarna to save water at the Baje reservoir to supply drinking water to Udupi city. These farmers reside on the right and left banks of the river in […]

Puttur: An LPG bullet tanker belonging to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) toppled near Nelyadi on Tuesday morning; no leak has been reported. The Quick Response Team rushed to the spot and took charge of the situation. Police, fire personnel and ambulances also reached the spot. Power supply throughout the area was cut off to […]

Uppinangady (Dakshina Kannada) and Udupi : More than 2,000 arecanut trees and over 500 banana plants, coconut trees and cocoa plants have been damaged. The houses have also been damaged. The roof tiles of houses and asbestos sheets of the houses have bore the brunt of the rain. The gusty wind has also uprooted electric […]

Bantwal : The police arrested farmers for blocking the National Highway near BC Road Circle on Wednesday. The members of Raita Sangha and Hasiru Sene had staged a protest urging fulfilment of demands like waiving of loans, uninterrupted water and power supply and others to the farmers. The protesters alleged that though suicide by farmers […]

Bantwal : The BJP State president Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the district-level ‘Raitha Chaitanya Yatre,’ at  B.C Road here on Friday, September 11. Speaking after inauguration  he said the Congress party had failed on all aspects in terms of administration. The fake assurances and development schemes have become the signpost of the Congress governance in the […]

Bangalore:  Minister for Energy D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday announced in the Legislative Council that the government will extend the duration of three-phase power supply to farmers from six hours to seven hours with immediate effect. The announcement comes ahead of the Lok Sabha elections amidst shortage of power as admitted by the Minister himself. Responding […]