Journalists of Mangalore staged a protest in front of the DC office on January 3, Thursday opposing the arrest of a local TV channel cameraman Sharanraj with regard to the homestay attack case.
The hazards posed by mobile towers located in close proximity to residential areas, came up for discussion at the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat meeting held on January 3, Thursday.
Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists’ Association, on January 3, Thursday, submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister through DC N Prakash, against the arrest of Cameraman Sharan in connection with the homestay attack case.
A two National Vendor Development Programme cum Exhibition will be held at Karnataka Government Polytechnic (KPT) here on January 5 and 6 under the joint aegis of the Branch MSME Development Institute, Ministry of MSME, Government of India, Yeyyadi, Mangalore, District Industries Centre, Government of Karnataka and District Small Industries Association, Yeyyadi.
The Village Accountant of Pavoor Gram Panchayat in Mangalore Taluk was caught red handed by the Lokayukta sleuths on January 2, Wednesday while he was accepting bribe from a person for issuing death certificates.
The Shiroor Mutt elephant Lakshmisha who gave tense moments for the authorities and public on January 1 Tuesday and had cooled down on Wednesday after being injected with tranquilizers, went wild again on the night of January 2, Wednesday and killed its mahout by lifting him with its trunk and flinging him to a distance.
Former chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda has said all parties in the state are bundles of confusion and admitted that even the BJP was no exception to this.
Hundreds of physiotherapy students took part in a candle light vigil held at Nehru Maidan in Mangalore on January 2 to pray for the soul of the Delhi gang rape victim and also to demand justice in the case. The programme was organised by the Physiotherapy Students Association.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered for maintaining the status quo on buildings constructed on sites allotted by the BDA to former Karnataka chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda and Food and Civil Supplies Minister D N Jeevaraj in Bangalore.
Sharan , a cameraman of prominent Kannada TV channel has been arrested by the Kankanady police, near Pandeshwar Fire Station, Mangalore, on January 2.
The Indian Christian Laity Forum will be holding a conference at Don Bosco Hall on January 26 in order to create an awareness among the masses regarding the alleged misuse of power by Christian clergy.
The annual feast of Infant Jesus Shrine at Carmel Hill, Bikarnakatte will be celebrated on January 14, Monday.
The funeral of Lancelot D’Souza a resident of Jeppu Bappal, who met a tragic end in a mishap at Muscat on December 23, was held at St Rita Church, Cascia on January 2, Wednesday in the presence of family, friends and hundreds of well-wishers.
The Janatha Dal (Secular) will hold a huge convention of party workers at Asaigoli Central Maidan on January 4, Friday at 2 pm.
An elephant was the centre of attraction at Elmudi in Puttur on January 1, Tuesday as the pachyderm belonging to the Shiroor Mutt, which was being taken towards Sullia in a lorry, all of a sudden turned wild and began to show its prowess.