State Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Kimmane Ratnaker has said that a committee will be formed to ensure effective implementation of the Right to Education Act all over the state.
Chairing a meeting to discuss measures to protect and rejuvenate lakes as per the High Court’s order, on June 16. Deputy Commissioner A BIbrahim has directed the officials to conduct a survey on the encroachment of lakes by private individuals in the district.
Addressing a press meet here on June 16, Dakshina Kannada district BJP President Prathap Simha Nayak has urged the State government to convene a meeting to discuss on pros and cons of Yettinahole project, in Mangalore at the earliest.
Speaking at the inauguration of her office in Manipal on June 16, Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Shobha Karandlaje has said that an expert committee will be constituted to collect opinions for the integrated development of Udupi-Chikmagalur and Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituencies.
In a shocking case reported from Koorikatta near Baikampady, an elderly man has attempted to molest a seven year old girl.
Many houses in Ullal are on the verge of collapse following intense sea erosion, in places like Kaiko, Hilary Nagara, Rifayiya Nagara. Atleast 100 persons have been shifted to a nearby stores building on June 14. Elected representatives or officials have not responded to our plight.
Mangalore International Airport at Bajpe is on high alert after Intelligence sources have warned of a possible terror strike. Central Industrial Security Force officials have been posted at the Airport for additional security.
Belthangady police have arrested 64 year old Kuttan alias Narayanan of Miyar Barali in Puduvettu village on the charges of killing his son-in-law in an inebriated state on June 14, Saturday. The arrest was made on June 15, Sunday.
Deputy Commissioner of Udupi Dr Muddu Mohan visited the sea erosion affected areas in Kaup and Malpe on June 15, Sunday.
Reports state police have on June 14, arrested one Imthiyaz Ahamed engaged in selling ganja, at Valacchil. City Crime Bureau (CCB) detectives and Tahsildar T G Guruprasad arrested the accused who was selling ganja kept in a motor cycle in front of the main gate of a college, they got a tip off on the crime.
Sridhar Gowda, President, ’Endosulfan Virodhi Horata Samithi’ , said that in the past two years the health department’s figures given through RTI on victims of endosulfan poisoning has been incorrect.
A press note received from the Fisheries Department in Mangalore said that the 57-day deep-sea fishing ban along Dakshina Kannada and Udupi coast will commence from June 15, and will be in force till August 10.
Police have arrested six persons in connection with the alleged attempt to assault and molest a woman who worked as a Director of the Pandith Resorts at Bannadka in Alangar, Moodbidri on June 13, Friday.
In what was a new experience for the blood donors, blood donation camp was held in a luxurious in-house built blood collection bus in Mangalore on Saturday.
A woman hailing from Bekal has been found dead on the railway track near the Bekal Railway Station. The suspicion is that she might have ended her life by coming under a moving train.