Mangaluru : Social worker Tabassum, who runs Snehadeep that takes care of HIV/AIDs affected children, will be felicitated with Mangaluru Press Club’s ‘Person of Year’ award on Febuary 29. The selection committee comprising of Professor Balakrishna Gatti, Vasanth Kumar Perla and Dr Nagaveni Manchi selected Tabassum for the award. The award ceremony will be held […]
Mangaluru: A traditional fishing boat capsized near Kotepura, in Ullal on Saturday, a fisherman is feared drowned, and others two rescued. A Tamil Nadu origin Chandran (32) is gone missing. His companions Kumaran and Menex have been rescued. Mohammed Fayaz, a social worker and resident of Kotepura who jumped in to rescue the fishermen, suffered […]
Karkala : A man was arrested on Friday after he allegedly repeatedly raped a bedridden woman. It is said that the accused, identified as Ganesh Nayak (36), posed as a social worker and repeatedly raped a bedridden woman despite her refusal. He also threatened the woman and her mother with dire consequences if they revealed […]
Mangalore: The DK Bajarang Dal activist Sunil Kumar (32) has exposed his true colors and has been found to be a rowdy in the roll of a Bajarang dal social worker in city. He got married to Sumitra (23) a few months ago with Rs.20 lakhs spent on his marriage by Sumitra’s relatives and 20 […]
Mangalore : The Congress Seva Dal workers training camp organized at the Scout Bhavan at Pilikula was inaugurated on August 16, Friday. The three-day camp was declared open by senior Congress leader and former union minister B Janardhan Poojari. In his address, Poojari urged the Seva Dal workers to give top most priority to honesty […]
Mangalore : Syed Mohamamad Hussain, a renowned social worker and leader of Hidayat Foundation, died on July 12, Friday. He was a former administrative officer of the Foundation and is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. He had also worked as Jamiyyatul Falah Manager.
Bantwal : Ramanna kottary (63) a popular figure in Navoor village of Bantwal taluk succumbed to dengue fever on 26th June 2013 . He has been shifted to a hospital in Mangalore after diagnosed as dengue inflicted patient by a Navoor health center. He was further referred to a doctor in B.C.Road and shifted to […]
Udupi : Eminent advocate and social worker Shirthady William Pinto was conferred the IFKCA Samaja Ratna Award-2012 by Dr J S Sadananda, Bishop of CSI, Karnataka Southern Diocese at a function held at Muddana Mantap of Christian High School here on February 28, Thursday. Indian Federation of Karnataka Christian Association(IFKCA) honorary awards were presented to […]
Mangalore: The Roshni Nilaya College of Social Work in Jeppu conducted a daylong Workshop on Professional social work in India with emerging trends in theory and practice, for practitioners and educators. This was to commemorate 75 years of social work education in India. Samraksha(Bangalore) Chief Trustee, Sanghamitra Iyengar was chief guest, and made the keynote […]
Mangalore : National Alliance of People’s Movement and social worker Medha Patkar will visit Mangalore on March 6 Tuesday. The press release stated that Medha Patkar, who played a crucial role in the Narmada Bachao Andolan, will participate in an interactive session at a programme organized at School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya. The interactive […]
