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Water meter reader trapped for meter tampering
Water meter reader trapped for meter tampering

As per media reports,  Social activist and Professor of Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at Yenepoya University Dr Deepak Herald D’Souza claims to have exposed a water meter reader of Mangalore City Corporation...

Durable all-weather roads in vulnerable stretches of city
Durable all-weather roads in vulnerable stretches of city

Most of the 1,130km odd roads in the the Mangaluru City Corporation remain in motorable condition for only about half the year from January to June or so.

City Rangamandira still a far cry
City Rangamandira still a far cry

Months have gone by since the DK  district administration’s  efforts to generate funds for the Rangamandira at Bondel for the city a good quarter century ago. Yet it seems  that it still  not arrived at a reasonable goal which is a long way off and not yet in sight.

Tackling tobacco use, Udupi  to be a model
Tackling tobacco use, Udupi to be a model

Superintendent of Police Annamalai told the media that as a first step to  achieving the objectives, Police have taken a novel and crucial role as protectors of health in reducing tobacco consumption.

CPI(M) against land ordinance - protest
CPI(M) against land ordinance - protest

Communist Party of India (Marxist), led by the party’s Lok Sabha member from Tripura (East) Jitendra Chaudhury, took out a jatha and burnt a copy of the ordinance on land acquisition promulgated by the Narendra Modi government “to favour the corporates.”

Pre-Paryaya ritual Akki Muhurtha performed in Udupi
Pre-Paryaya ritual Akki Muhurtha performed in Udupi

Akki Muhurtha, a pre-Paryaya ritual was performed at the Udupi Krishna Mutt on February 11, Wednesday. Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt is set to ascend the Paryaya throne this year.

Mangaluru: National Disaster Reduction Day observed
Mangaluru: National Disaster Reduction Day observed

The National Disaster Reduction Day was observed at the SP Office Grounds here on February 11, Wednesday under the joint aegis of the District Fire Service Department and the District Home Guards.

Dreaded gangster Bannanje Raja arrested in Morocco?
Dreaded gangster Bannanje Raja arrested in Morocco?

Reliable sources have indicated that dreaded gangster and notorious underworld don Bannanje Raja has been arrested at Casablanca in Morocco on February 10, Tuesday by a special investigative team of CBI, India.

Kundapur: Cops bust major racket involved in temple thefts; arrest 4
Kundapur: Cops bust major racket involved in temple thefts; arrest 4

The Kundapur and Shankernarayana Police have busted a racket involved in thefts of donation boxes of temples. Four persons said to be associated with this racket were arrested on February 10, Tuesday.

Association to stage Konkani Yakshagana
Association to stage Konkani Yakshagana

Konkani Samskrithika Sangha, Mangaluru-based association is all set to stage an Yakshagana play in Konkani for the fourth consecutive year.  The association has been staging Yakshagana plays in Konkani, in an effort to propagate

Express train from H.Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram -New Weekly Superfast
Express train from H.Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram -New Weekly Superfast

Indian Railways is set to commence its  train 22655/22656 Thiruvananthapuram - Hazrat Nizamuddin - Thiruvananthapuram weekly superfast express (via Alappuzha) on Konkan Railway route.

Soot like carbon matter deposited widely in Jokatte
Soot like carbon matter deposited widely in Jokatte

Reports about houses, wells and other buildings in Jokatte witnessing widespread deposits of “soot  particulate matter”, the district administration has initiated inquiry with Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL).

Mescom’s power tariff revision faces stiff opposition
Mescom’s power tariff revision faces stiff opposition

  Participating in a public hearing by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission on Feb 10, over Mescom’s proposal to hike tariff by 80 paise per unit. Consumers and farmers’ representatives strongly opposed said that people should not have...

Swachh Bharat has brought new awareness
Swachh Bharat has brought new awareness

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has brought new life to cleaning service providers.

Religion vs Civil Laws: Senior Mangalorean lawyer’s plea gets attention of SC
Religion vs Civil Laws: Senior Mangalorean lawyer’s plea gets attention of SC

The Supreme Court on February 9,  stressed the need to stamp out religion from civil laws, saying India has been a secular country until now but it cannot be said how long it will remain so, a bench of Justices Vikramjit Sen and C Nagappan said.