Mangaluru: Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s famous remark in 1985, that only 15 paise of every rupee meant for the welfare of the downtrodden reaches them, has found mention in the speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ujire on Sunday. He made the remarks while launching a scathing attack on Congress over corruption, and […]

Belthangady: Mathrushri Hemavathi Hegde, Dharmasthala hoisted the flag on the occasion of Independence Day celebration at SDM College Rathnavarma Stadium, Ujire. Though it was a rain ridded day, even the rain couldn’t stop the students from expressing their respect and commemorated scarifies of the freedom fighters. Hemavathi Hegde and other guests entered the stadium with […]

Mangaluru : Nearly two per cent of voters among those who voted in the zilla panchayat election in Dakshina Kannada on February 20 have exercised the None of The Above (NOTA) option. 7,34,575 votes cast in 36 zilla panchayat constituencies, 14,243 voters (1.93 per cent) have pressed the NOTA button. The highest NOTA votes of […]

Mangaluru : The golden jubilee celebrations of Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College, Ujire, will be held on December 17 and 18. The college was started by the then Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Ratnavarma Heggade in 1966 while it was developed by the present Dharmadhikari Veerendra Heggade. At present five undergraduate and 12 postgraduate courses are being offered. There […]

Belthangady : Dharmasthala Hemavathy Heggade’s mother Peradibeedu Pushpavathi (90), passed away at SDM hospital in Ujire on August 30, Saturday. Pushpavathi was admitted followed due to brief illness. She is survived by two daughters and five sons. She was a scholar in Kannada, Tulu and Hindi and had good command over the language. She had […]

Mangalore : The High Court on Wednesday directed the state Home department to initiate action against SP Dr.Sharanappa Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada district and police officials of Belthangdy for their inaction against a history-sheeter who had vandalised a private property with an intention to encroach upon it. Hearing a petition by Shashikala J Shetty and […]

Belthangady : The Police arrested four persons for questioning a young pair at Ujire bus stand. Around 50 members surrounded the boy and girl for misgivings on Wednesday July 16. Ajith Kumar (23) of Maani in Bantwal, Gopal (32), of Laila, Suresh Salian (22) from Valpady in Moodbidri, and Lingappa Naik (37) of Ujire. The […]

Belthangady : The state government will waive tution fee for girls studying degree in aided colleges in the state from next academic year, Higher Education minister R V Deshpande said on Thursday. This measure is being taken to improve enrollment of girls in higher education. Talking after inaugurating a new block for post graduate courses […]

Belthangady: The Belthangady police station got a call from Ujire where a two wheeler cyclist, Shabeer (22), a driver in a motor driving school in Belthangady was traveling at 2 am in the night of New Year’s day back home after dropping a friend to his house, was knocked down by a speeding Lorry near […]