Udupi : Former Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat who has decided to contest as an independent candidate from the Southwest Graduates’ constituency after he was denied an opportunity by the BJP to contest, held a meeting of a large number of his supporters at his residence. In his address, Raghupathi Bhat said he has taken the […]

Udupi : After denying ticket to contest from South West Graduates constituency, former MLA and BJP leader Raghupathi Bhat has decided to contest the election as an independent candidate. His decision comes after the BJP has decided to field Dr Dhananjaya Sarji, a pediatrician and chairman of the Sarji Group of Hospitals in Shivamogga. Raghupathi […]

Udupi: The first additional CJM Court Udupi has sentenced Atul Rao, accused in the Padmapriya case, to one year of imprisonment and a penalty of Rs 5,000, for forging documents. Padmapriya, the 33-year-old wife of BJP’s then Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat, was missing from Udupi on June 10, 2008. Later, she allegedly died by suicide […]

Mangaluru : BJP MLA and Chairperson of the Government Women’s PU College, Udupi, Raghupathi Bhat on Monday claimed that the college administration had evidences to counter the claims of six girls, who were barred from entering the classrooms last month for wearing the hijab. “No Muslim girl was wearing hijab in the classrooms. The CCTV camera footage of 45 […]

Udupi: The town council decided to cancel the license of the shop whose employees attacked a waste collector of the council. Speaking at the meeting in a special session held on Sunday, Sumitra R Nayak, who presided over the meeting, said that the town council will always protect municipal officials and on-contract cleaning workers. Also […]

Udupi : The City Municipal Council of Udupi is contemplating opting for a public-private partnership initiative to make the city smart at an estimated cost of ₹ 130 crore. City planning officials informed CMC members at the first meeting of the council that the city is likely to get 3,000 smart poles that accommodate closed […]

Udupi: Due to the stat government and deputy commissioner’s wrong standing, Udupi district is facing a san shortage. In order to permanently solve this issue, attempts are being made in the level of the central government and accordingly, a delegation has once again left or Delhi on Monday, informed Udupi MLA Raghupati Bhat after taking […]

Udupi: Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt, on November 1, Thursday visited the venue of the indefinite dharna against sand problem that is underway in front of the DC office since the past seven days and pledged his support to the protest which has entered the eighth day today. He also threatened to go […]

Udupi: A memorandum listing out demands of fishermen relating to Malpe port in particular and coastal Karnataka in general was handed over to chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru by a delegation representing Malpe Fishermen’s Association, led by local MLA K Raghupati Bhat and Kaup MLA Lalaji R Mendon. The delegation met the CM at […]

Udupi: The BJP has staged a protest here “CMC Commissioner Hatao Programme” demanding an immediate removal of city municipal council (CMC) commissioner, D Manjunathaiah. The protesters claimed that Manjunathaiah lacks technical knowledge required for the post he holds, as he is from education department, and also that he is corrupt. They said that the CMC […]