Mangalore  : South Canara District Central Co -operation Bank (SCDCC) in association with Navodaya Rural Development Charitable Trust will honour all the newly elected Dakshina Kannada and Udupi MLA’s and Ministers at Loyola Hall on June 16, Sunday. Speaking at the press meet held at SCDCC head office, president M N Rajendra Prasad said that […]

Mangalore: Mega Media News  has invited applications from journalists for the Mega Media Awards, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary. Journalists can send their  articles  relating to  rural development, issues of environmental concerns or human interest stories published  between   2011 and  December 20, 2012. The original article along with three Xerox copies of the […]

Mangalore :  A lesson of Dr D Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala has been included in the Class IX Hindi text book  this year. The 18th lesson in the Hindi text book with the title “ Dharmadhikari Dr Veerendra Heggade” highlights the life and achievements of Dr Heggade. The three-page lesson  has elaborated on his […]

Mangalore : N. T. Balepuni, the senior reporter of Hosa Digantha was conferred with the prestigious Sarojini Naidu Award for his report on the subjects of women and Panchayat Raj at a ceremony organized by Hunger Project at Habitat Centre on October 2, Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, said […]

Mangalore:Sarojini Naidu award prize sponsored by Hunger Project has gone to senior reporter of ‘Hosa Diganta’ Kannada daily, Guruvappa Balepuni. This is a prestigious award for a journalist. It is a national level award, given to Kannada among regional languages for the first time. The award was given to Balepuni for his report on “Idkidu […]

Bangalore: State rural development minister Jagadish Shettar informed people today that Karnataka had asked for Rs.1,400 crore from the Union Govt, to improve rural roads connectivity in the state. Shettar told reporters today that he had met Vilasrao Deshmukh, Union Rural Development minister recently, and submitted 2 proposals on improving the rural road connectivity. A […]

Mangalore : A new progressive Central Committee for Mangalore Taluk rural development under the auspices of Shree Dharmasthala Kshetra project in Mangalore, was installed at a Town Hall ceremony under the presidentship of Dr D. Veerendra Heggade on Saturday (July 31) at 11am. Shankar Shetty is the new President of this Committee. About 4000. Self- […]