Belthangady : The Dakshina Kannada district administration has shifted 32 families from Ganesh Nagar in Mittabagilu village of Belthangady taluk to safer areas. Ganesh Nagar was among the areas in Mittabagilu and Malavanthige villages of the taluk which were severely affected by flooding and landslips last year. The government had sanctioned land for construction of […]

Mangaluru : Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis said on Thursday that land had been identified for the construction of rehabilitation centre for victims of the insecticide, endosulfan, at Karkala and Chara in Udupi district. She was chairing a meeting of the Department of Health and Family Welfare at the District Offices Complex here. Ms. Francis […]

Udupi : District In-charge Minister Pramod Madhwaraj said that a proposal for Rs 7.50 crore would be submitted to the government to set up a permanent rehabilitation centre for endosulfan victims in Udupi. He was speaking at an endosulfan general committee meeting here on Wednesday. Five acre land would be required to set up a […]

Mangaluru : A 27-year-old event organizer was found dead in the bathroom of a rehabilitation centre in Capitanio on Friday, April 3.  The Mangaluru Rural police said Alwyn Fernandes, a resident of Kalmady in Udupi district, had been staying in the rehabilitation centre since last few months. On Friday morning, he was found hanging from […]