Mangaluru : District In-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai said the district will be declared as child labour-free district by September. He was speaking after inaugurating World Day Against Child Labour programme organised by the District Legal Services Authority, Labour Department, district administration, Zilla Panchayat and various other government departments at Town Hall in Mangaluru on Sunday. […]

Mangaluru : The Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has asked gram pachayats to ensure that all new houses and commercial buildings in villages have toilets and rainwater harvesting structures. Proposing before the first general body meeting of the zilla panchayat, Deputy Secretary N.R. Umesh said that while granting building licence for a house, the gram panchayats […]

Mangaluru : Chairing the monthly KDP review meeting at the Nethravathi Hall of the Zilla Panchayat in Mangaluru on Tuesday, she said that there have been complaints from the public regarding the collection of money for the water distributed through tankers. It is the duty of the gram panchayats to provide water to people, she […]

Mangaluru : Elections to the posts of president and vice-president of the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat will be held on April 28 at 1 p.m., as per the calendar of events announced by the Regional Commissioner, Mysuru. The commissioner will conduct the elections at the Netravati Auditorium of the panchayat. Nominations to the posts will […]

Mangaluru : The district administration, Zilla Panchayat, Department of Health and Family Welfare organised World Health Day programme here on Thursday, April 8. Speaking to media MLA J R Lobo said that, the change in lifestyle is one of the main reasons for diabetes. “The youth consume junk food instead of healthy food. There is […]

Mangaluru : The BJP alleged on Tuesday that the State government has failed to ensure sand supply to people in Dakshina Kannada without foreseeing the problem. Addressing presspersons, Pratapsimha Nayak, president, Dakshina Kannada unit of the party, said that people who were struggling to get sand for construction works had come to the streets. The […]

Mangaluru : The State government has banned the manufacture, transport, supply, sale and use of 12 plastic products in the State with immediate effect, but it will be implemented in Dakshina Kannada only from April 15. The use of all types of plastic carry bags, banners, buntings, flex boards, flags, plates, cups, spoons, cling films, […]

Mangaluru : Zilla Panchayat Executive Officer P I Srividya stressed on the need to question violation of consumer rights, no matter how insignificant they might seem, as they are at stake. She was speaking after inaugurating the World Consumer Day programme organised by the district administration, Department of Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and District […]

Mangalur: The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress supporters clashed at a polling booth in Addur, on the outskirts of Mangaluru, on Saturday. The car belonging to Jagadish Shenava, president of the Dakshina Kannada district unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, was also attacked. According to the police, Mr. Shenava was accompanying BJP’s zilla panchayat candidate […]

Mangaluru : Former minister Krishna J Palemar said that by providing incomplete information on the relaxation in Forms 9 and 11, Congress have played a hoax on people. Addressing mediapersons in Mangaluru on Monday, Palemar said that the leaders – including District In-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai, Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake and MLC […]