Putturu : Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) personnel arrested Puttur tahsildar Pradeep Kumar on the charge of demanding and accepting a bribe. He had allegedly demanded ₹1.25 lakh to clear the bills of a catering contractor who supplied food during the recent Lok Sabha elections. The catering contractor, who was to be paid ₹9.37 lakh by the […]

Mangaluru: “IESA Makeathon" an India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) initiative to enable the maker community in India drive technology innovation, is the largest designing event in South Asia. A total of 20 teams were selected from 36-hour overnight design challenge that spanned across 5 cities. Mr. Nithin T from the Fifth semester Electronics & […]

Mangaluru: “The concept of plastic surgery was thought and performed for the first time ever in this world by Lord Shiva,” opined Nalin Kumar Kateel, member of parliament, at the Vishwakarma Jayanti programme on Monday, September 17. The MP, who narrated the story of Parvati asking her son Ganapati to man the door while she […]

Mangaluru: Literature is abreast with nature and its components such as culture and folklore. Finest literature has always been inspired by nature. There is a sweet relationship between culture and literature,” said writer and 22nd Dakshina Kannada district Kannada literary convention president A P Malati. She was speaking during the inauguration of the three-day district […]

New Delhi: Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar was today unanimously chosen the next Chief Vigilance Commissioner, four months after the Supreme Court had quashed the appointment of P J Thomas to the post. Though no official announcement has been made yet, sources said Kumar, who retires as Defence Secretary on July 31, was chosen by consensus […]

Mangalore: In a press release issued today at DCO, the DK-DC Subodh Yadav has informed news reporters about a conman of KIADB in Baikampady who as second division clerk was working on Land acquisition (LA) matters, had stolen a cheque from special LA officer, had used artificial documents after creating them for a false beneficiary […]