Kaup: KPCC election campaign committee president D K Shivakumar claimed that sufficient developments in constituency will ascertain Sorake’s win in the upcoming legislative assembly elections. He was speaking at the meeting of party leaders and activists held in Rajiv Bhavan in Kaup on Wednesday, May 2. He said that “sufficient developments have taken place in […]

Udupi: Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, on Wednesday directed the officers of MESCOM and KPTCL to supply power to the drinking water pumping station at Baje round the clock. He was chairing a meeting of engineers of MESCOM and KPTCL here. Water to Udupi city and surrounding areas is supplied from […]

Padubidri: “UPCL’s many problems have been tackled intelligently by Adani group. Previous companies like Nagarjun and LANCO had done many damage to the district, but Adani group has stood above all allegations,” said Jaya Sri Krishna environmentalists’ committee President Thonse Jayakrishna. After visiting many units of UPCL under Udaan programme, on Thursday he said that […]

Padubidri: The Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL), a subsidiary of Adani Power Limited, has commenced acquisition of 724 acres to set up two more units of 800 MW each at a total cost of Rs 11,500 crore. UPCL executive director Kishore Alva told the media on Wednesday that out of the 724 acres, the main plant […]

Padubidri: Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment B Ramanath Rai instructed the Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) management to take up afforestation all over the district under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. Speaking after a spot visit on Monday, the minister said the plant, which has come up following stiff opposition from public, should […]

Udupi : Power Corporation Ltd has granted an aid of Rs 13 crore for the development of Mudarangadi, Yellur and Thenka Yermal villages under the CSR programme and the implementation has already begun as per information by Kishore Alva, Executive Director of UPCL. On Thursday, the management at UPL distributed 20 automated garbage bins worth […]

Udupi: A decomposed body of a man who was gone missing found at Bikriguttu near Padebettu in Padubidri here on Friday May 8. The police have identified the man as Raja Patel, son of Rukurma Patel, a resident of Kanameshwar in Jevargi in Kalaburagi who had attend a cousin’s wedding on April 17. Raja Patel […]

Mangalore : Minister for Energy D K Shivakumar inaugurated ‘Swarna Soudha’, to mark the golden jubilee celebrations of Karnataka Electricity Board (KEB) Engineers’ Association at Kavoor on October 28, Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the people and elected representatives of Coastal district must identify the land for the implementation of proposed ultra […]

Udupi : The Government has decided to develop the Hejamady Port at a cost of Rs 100 crore and would be releasing Rs 50 crore as an initial amount, said Udupi district in-charge Minister and State Minister for Urban Development Vinaya Kumar Sorake. He was  speaking after visiting the Hejamady Port on July 27, Saturday. […]

Mangalore : The members of Karnataka Rajya Raita Sangha organized a protest against Mescom in front of its office at A B Shetty circle on April 8, Monday over frequent power cuts in twin districts. Addressing the protestors, Vijay Hegde State vice-president said that the since the power generated from Jog Falls and UPCL is […]