The Karnataka High Court has on January 9, Wednesday disposed of a Public Interest Litigation seeking the appointment of a Special Investigation Team to probe into the case of the hate speech delivered by RSS leader Kalladka Prabhaker Bhat at Uppinangady in January last year.
Mangalore University Vice Chancellor Prof. TC Shivashankera Murthy has expressed his concern over the rising violence against women and stressed the need for stringent laws to check the same.
On January 9, Wednesday, the autorickshaw drivers of Suratkal area came together and paraded a fellow driver who had allegedly molested a minor girl.
“It has been two months since Sowjanya was raped and murdered and all that the police have done so far is to arrest a mentally ill man.
Sandesha Foundation for Culture and Education (R) Mangalore will confer ‘Sandesha Awards 2013’ on nine achievers at Sandesha Premises on Jan 27, Sunday at 5.30.
Thirteen people including a few children sustained injuries when the tourist bus in which they were on an excursion overturned near Maroor Guddalangadi on January 8, Tuesday. The bus was carrying students and teachers from a school in Mandya.
Her name Gangamma. Age around 85. She is from Puttur, issueless and was under the care of a relative at Bangalore ever since her husband’s death. She boarded a bus to Mangalore on the morning of January 4, after her caretakers said it is better she find an old age home for stay.
A leopard which fell into a trap laid for a boar at Guttigar, has been rescued by officials of the Forest Department and Pilikula Nisargadhama on January 8, Tuesday.
District Regional Transport Officer Mallikarjuna has said that early steps would be taken to introduce additional private or government buses on the Mudipu route and nearby areas which are facing shortage of bus services.
Deputy Commissioner N Prakash has informed that National Youth Day and “Yuvajanotsav Camp” will be held at Ramakrishna Mutt in Mangalore from January 11 to 17, in association
A delegation of representatives from various progressive organizations met Mangalore University Vice Chancellor Prof. TC Shivashankeramurthi on January 8, Tuesday and submitted a memorandum to him urging for steps to make the University campus a safe place for women.
A licensed surveyor working in the Survey Department at Sullia was trapped red handed by the Lokayukta sleuths while he was accepting bribe from a person who had applied for a survey of his land. Interestingly, in this case the corrupt surveyor was caught not in his office, but in a bar.
Vasudeva Adiga, Secretary of The Kota Block Congress Committee has been reported missing since January 7, Monday night.
Two short films ‘Dosti’ and ‘1998 Love Story’ brought out under the banner of Mathrushri Production will be screened at Don Bosco Hall on January 21, Monday from 5 pm to 8 pm.
District Youth Congress President Mithun Rai has informed that the Youth Congress will be holding a mass vehicle rally in Mangalore on January 15 to protest against the misrule of the BJP government in the state.