Mangaluru: “The government will form a 17 members committee of directors to plan the blueprint of Mangaluru as smart city,” said MLA J R Lobo. Addressing a press conference at DK Congress office on Saturday, he said that the committee will have 7 members from MCC, 7 from state government, one Central government representative, one […]

Mangaluru: In the third list of 27 cities which were chosen for smart city project announced by the Central government, Mangaluru has succeeded to secure a place. It was very good news for Karnataka as four of its cities have been chosen for the smart city mission, on Tuesday. Other Karnataka bound cities which are […]

Mangaluru : Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing, Urban Poverty Alleviation M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday asked Mangaluru and other 79 cities to look inward, refine their proposals and compete in the second round for the selection of 40 cities that will be receiving grants under the Smart city scheme. Speaking on “Sustainable Development – […]

Mangaluru : Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake directed the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) officials to fix a target of Rs 100 crore of revenue collection for the next financial year. Chairing a meet on Smart City and review of MCC development works and allied issues on Monday, the minister expressed discontent over the […]

Mangaluru : The Mangaluru City Corporation has, on Monday, launched an innovative and mobile-enabled web application to receive suggestions from citizens. The move is a part of the Corporation’s endeavour to maximise the participation of citizens in providing necessary inputs for the preparation of the smart city proposal. Addressing a press release, Corporation Commissioner H […]

Mangaluru : Member of Legislative Council, Ivan D’Souza has urged MP Nalin Kumar Kateel to impress upon the centre and ensure that Mangalore finds place in the list of 20 cities for the Smart City scheme of the Union government. Briefing mediapersons here on Saturday, he said, he will organise a one-day seminar on Smart […]

Mangaluru : The proposal for smart city will be finalized after consultation with stakeholders and sent to the Union government for approval, said H N Gopalakrishna, commissioner, MCC. Speaking at a stakeholders’ consultation meet chaired by the mayor on Saturday, Gopalakrishna said that an in-depth consultation with stakeholders within a short span of time is […]

Mangaluru : The Mangalore City Corporation has not sent any proposal to the government to upgrade the corporation as Greater Mangaluru City Corporation, according to Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake. He was answering a question by Ivan D’Souza, MLC, in the winter session of the Legislative Council at Belagavi,  that he asked the corporation […]

Mangalore, Oct 28: Police have arrested the fourth accused on October 27 in connection to the Smart City office extortion case located at Thokkottu. The accused has been identified as Naufal (20) from Kunjathabail. Previously police had arrested other three persons identified as Kavoor Shanthinagar residents Iqbal (35), Hakim (24) and Isham (21). According to […]

Mangalore : MCC Mayor Mahabala Marla said that, Mangalore city is eligible to be developed as Smart City project of the union government, since it has the population of 4,99,487 as per 2011 census. Speaking at the meeting held on September 17, Wednesday Mayor urged State government to include Moodushedde and Bala gram panchayats to […]