Udupi: Sindhu B Roopesh, a 2011 batch IAS officer has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Udupi Zilla Panchayat on Monday. An official notification to this effect was issued by the state government on Monday. Though Medical Education Directorate chief officer P Vasanth Kumar was slated to take over charge from […]

Mangaluru: “Without coming under any pressure voters should elect the able and deserved person as their representatives for the better future of the country,” said District Sessions Court Judge K S Bilagi. He was speaking after inaugurating the National Voters Day organised by District Administration and District Legal Service Authority, on Wednesday at Mangaluru Town […]

Mangaluru: Senior KAS Officer Dr Vijay Prakash has been appointed as personal assistant of Minister for fisheries and sports Pramod Madhwaraj. Dr Vijay Prakash earlier served as Mangaluru City Corporation commissioner, ZP CEO. Developmental works gained speed during his tenure. He worked hard to increase the number of beneficiaries of rural development schemes. He never […]

Udupi: Udupi ZP CEO Priyanka Mary Francis suspended Belle Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) Benny Quadros for the dereliction of duty, on Monday. Based n the complaint filed by the Belle GP President Ranjani Hegde, ZP CEO Priyanka Mary had ordered for enquiry against Benny. Ranjani in her complaint had mentioned that the PDO is behaving […]

Mangaluru : A high-level meeting will be convened in Bengaluru in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, to discuss runway expansion of Mangalore International Airport (MIA), District-in-Charge Minister Ramanath Rai said. Chairing the tri-monthly KDP meeting here on Tuesday, he said there is a need to discuss whether land acquisition will be carried out by […]

Udupi : District-in-Charge Secretary Maheshwar Rao directed the district administration to gear up to tackle the impending water scarcity in the district during summer. Speaking at the review meet held here to discus over the various development programmes initiated in the district, the district in charge secretary said all measures should be taken to provide […]

Mangalore : Zilla Panchayat President Koragappa Naik has directed the officials to ensure that three per cent fund is earmarked in all the local bodies, in their annual action plans, for the welfare of persons with disabilities. Chairing the monthly Karnataka Development Programmes (KDP) review meeting here on Tuesday, he said that Bantwal taluk has not […]

Mangalore : State Minister for Youth Affairs and Fisheries Abhayachandra Jain has said that a sum of Rs 390 lakhs has been allocated for the maintenance of link roads in the district. He said the roads would be upgraded by concretizing them. Participating in a meeting convened at the DC office on September 23, Monday, […]

Mangalore : In the wake of Monday’s incident wherein dead rat was found in the mid-day meal of the Krishnapur Government School in Suratkal, on July 30, Tuesday, ZP CEO Tulasi Maddineni visited the mid-day meal preparation facility of ISKCON  near Urva market in Mangalore and inspected the facility. She also looked into the cleanliness […]

Mangalore : Dr KN Vijayaprakash., Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer who has been transferred, was given a send off on behalf of ZP members on July 20, Saturday. Vijayaprakash had recently handed over charge to  Tulasi Maddineni. The new ZP CEO honoured the outgoing CEO on the occasion. In his address, Vijayaprakash said  he was […]