Karnataka

Mangalore, September 11: Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat in association with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) Ombudsman has chalked out a plan to plant saplings beside the roads in all 203 gram panchayats using the funds available under MGNREGS. It has envisaged to provide employment to all the 74,339 job card holders by way of planting saplings on roadsides

Mangalore, September 10: Dakshina Kannada district Fishermen Unit of Janata Dal and Janata Dal (Secular) have jointly undertaken a membership drive as well as district tour, said Ratnakar Suvarna Jeppu, president of the unit. Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, he said that office bearers for two units would be appointed at boot level and the party would be grouped at boot level during

Mangalore, September 10: Minister for health and family welfare Aravind Limbavali, who paid a visit to Government Wenlock Hospital, here on Monday said that the 150-year-old hospital needed a facelift. The minister said that the Hospital possesses funds to the tune of Rs. 9 crore which have even been collected on a PPP basis from private donors. These funds should be utilized in getting dialysis

Mangalore, September 10: The state government is considering enacting a legislation guaranteeing 'Right to Health' for every citizen similar to the Right to Education Act, Aravind Limbavali, State Health Minister said. He was speaking to mediapersons in Mangalore on Monday where he chaired a health review meeting at the Deputy Commissioner's office and visited the District Government Wenlock

Mangalore, September 10: Amidst the on-going drama in Karnataka politics, the word is once again doing rounds that Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel could well be given the post of BJP State President. With Eshwarappa slated to resign as the BJP State President, senior leaders of the party are thinking of giving the post to Mr. Kateel, who belongs to Bunt community. The Sangh Parivar has also

Mangalore, September 9: Sunday saw a rise in the sales of meat in the city. There was a huge demand in the city among people of Mangalore with regard to mutton. Meat of around 300 lambs was sold on Sunday, said Ali Hasan, chairman of Meat Traders Association. Along with being a Sunday, it was the day after Krishna Janmashtami and Feast of Nativity of Mary celebrated by Hindu and Christian

Mangalore, September 10: Mangalore North MLA Krishna J Palemar inaugurated the 'National Consumer Fair' at Karavali Utsav Ground, Mangala Stadium, here, on Sunday evening. The cine stars of Tulu movie 'Sompa' Ajatha Shatru and Namratha Hegde were the special guests on the occasion. This is the fifth exhibition at Mangalore by CNF, a pioneer in organising exhibitions and trade fairs across India

Sullia, September 10: Two Bharatiya Janata Party workers were caught red handed while distributing liquor to lure the voters during the Gram Panchayat by-election at Peruvaje in Bellare near here on Sunday. They have been identified as Kushalappa Peruvaje, the Personal Assistant of Sullia MLA S Angara and Prashanth, a local resident. Both were caught by Congress workers and handed over to the

Udupi, September 10: A youth has gone missing along with a cash amount of Rs 2.5 lakh since he left home on Thursday, September 6 in Udupi. Before leaving the house located near near Sharada Kalyana Mantapa at around 5:00 pm, 20-year-old Nitish Kumar had collected the money from his mother as per the instruction of his father Narayan Lal. When he did not come back to the shop, Mr. Lal got anxious

Mangalore, September 10: Pots and vegetables dangling way above the road seemed to be the cynosure of many people who congregated at different places in the city to celebrate “Mosaru Kudike” to mark Krishna Janmashthami. Traffic remained closed or slow-moving as Attavar, Shaktinagar, Urva Stores, Urva Market, Thokottu, Kadri, Kotttara bore witness to human pyramids, needing three tiers of people