Mangaluru : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday urged the Deputy Commissioner to issue permits for extracting sand from river. Addressing reporters, Sanjeeva Matandoor, president of the Dakshina Kannada unit of the party, said a lorry full of sand supplied illegally now costs Rs.18,000. The construction industry is facing a severe scarcity of sand […]

Mangaluru ; The Dakshina Kannada unit of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has alleged that vested interests, including people from the sand mafia, have been making concerted efforts to get Mangaluru Rural Police Inspector Pramod, who has been containing illegal sand extraction in the jurisdiction, transferred. DYFI president Santosh Bajal, said attempts were […]