Udupi: K. Raghupati Bhat, MLA, said on Monday that Panchayat Development Officers (PDOs) should be sensitive to the needs of the people while discharging their duties. He was speaking after inaugurating the foundation training programme for 50 newly-appointed PDOs, organised by the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, the Abdul Nazeer Sab State Institute […]

Mangaluru: Abuse of the Western Ghats has turned out to be an issue for the first time in an Assembly election in Dakshina Kannada where campaigning ended on Thursday. Environmentalists took out a week-long campaign against the Yettinahole or the Netravathi diversion project, while the government called it an Integrated Drinking Water Project, highlighting all […]

Chikkamagaluru: Zilla Panchayat CEO C Sathyabhama called upon the voters to exercise franchise judiciously to strengthen the democracy. “It is our duty to elect representatives in the democratic setup. The right to exercise franchise should not be neglected,” she said. She was speaking at the voter awareness and EVM/VVPAT demonstration held at Nethaji Subhashchandra Bose […]

Mangaluru: Around 29 Government hostels in the Dakshina Kannada district have installed Bio gas units. The units were installed with the help of MRPL and Zilla Panchayats. The units will use kitchen waste to produce gas. The unit was set up with the theme ‘Our Waste- Our Responsibility’ and is being carried out as a […]

Mangaluru: The Dakshina Kannada Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation Committee will help physically challenged and sexuality minority voters to exercise their franchise in the Assembly elections, said M.R. Ravi, chairman of the committee and chief executive officer of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat. He told reporters on Monday that physically challenged voters would be provided […]

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Higher Primary School at Ananthady in Bantwal taluk is a fine example of how a school can be developed with community participation. The school has completed centenary celebrations last December with better infrastructure facilities created by the local residents, teachers, old students, elected representatives and officials from the department of […]

Mangaluru: The issues of problems due to widening of National Highway 66, vented dams and suspension of a senior geologist dominated the general body meeting of the Udupi Zilla Panchayat here on Thursday. Raising the issue, Gitanjali Suvarna, member, said that she had been repeatedly complaining about the improper widening works on the National Highway […]

Mangaluru: “Chatrapathi Shivaji Jayanthi” was celebrated in the city on Monday. The event was jointly organized by the district administration, Zilla Panchayat and Karnataka Kshatriya Maratha Parishat at Arya Maratha Bhavana, Jeppinamogaru. A grand procession was taken from Yekkur bus stop to Arya Maratha Bhavan before the function. Adreessing the gathering at the event, Mangaluru […]

Mangaluru: Ramakrishna Mission, during its 12th week of Swachhata Abhiyan drive on Sunday, undertook cleaning of the areas around Nehru Circle in Pandeshwar here. About 300 volunteers of Swachh Mangaluru team and employees of Corporation Bank head office were involved in the exercise. Some stepped into drains and cleaned them, while a few others spruced […]

Udupi: Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, said on Thursday that it was essential to create more awareness about consumer rights. He was speaking after inaugurating the National Consumer Rights Day function organised by the district administration, the zilla panchayat, and other organisations, here. Mr. Madhwaraj said that school and […]