Mangaluru: The State government has cancelled the contract for the reconstruction of the Shiradi Ghat road as part of Package 2 as the contractor did not begin the work even 13 months after getting the work order. The National Highways division of the Public Works Department will now submit a revised estimate to the Union […]

Mangaluru: The reason behind the repeated postponement of the second phase of reconstruction work on Shiradi Ghat road has now been revealed the contractor has not gathered 70 per cent of the material required for the work nor has he completed the extension of 74 culverts on the stretch. As a result, it is highly […]

Uppinangady: The package 2 of reconstruction work on Shiradi Ghat stretch is unlikely to begin on January 3 with an order still awaited from the concerned authorities to close the highway for commencement of repair works. The contractor as well as the engineers of the National Highways division of the Karnataka Public Works Department (PWD) […]

Bengaluru: The executive committee of the Constitution Club on Thursday decided to set up the proposed recreation centre for legislators on 2.3-acre prime land near the chief minister’s official residence on Kumara Krupa Road in Bengaluru. Legislative Assembly Speaker K B Koliwad told that the committee members, at a meeting, arrived at a consensus that […]

Mangaluru: The work under Shiradi Ghat reconstruction Package 2 on National Highway 75 (Mangaluru-Bengaluru) is likely to begin in January, although the final decision is yet to be taken. An official from the National Highways division of the state Public Works Department (PWD) at the quarterly Karnataka Development Programmes (KDP) review meeting, chaired by District […]

Mangaluru: “There is need of joining citizens with the police department to curb the traffic offenses and problems to make the city as a safe city. And the police department cannot take the responsibility of all the traffic issues, because there are many reasons behind various issues,” said Mangaluru police Commissioner Chandra Sekhar. He was […]

Mangaluru : As many as eight shops demolished for road widening works by public works department, near K S Hegde Hospital at Deralakatte here on Friday March 13. These eight petty shops including three differently abled people operating shops had been served notices of eviction 12 days back. The shopkeepers alleged that the department has […]

New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has batted for honesty and integrity in public life, has not vacated his official bungalow C-II/23 at Tilak Lane despite the completion of the 15-day grace period. According to Delhi Secretariat sources, Public Works Department (PWD) has not sent a notice to Kejriwal for vacating the […]

Mangalore: Seven years on, the light at the end of the tunnel still appears as a faint, distant spot. During the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Mini Vidhana Soudha in the city in August 2007, the then Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had set a deadline of one year […]

Mangalore : The BJP Yuva Morcha along with villagers of Babukatte led by ex-MLA Jayram Shetty and Satish Kumpala ( Taluk Panchayat member ) and others, went in a protest march from Thokkottu to Babukatte  on Wednesday, demanding fell repairs to roads from Thokkottu to Konaje inclusive of Babukatte, which had been ignored by PWD […]