Hundreds of women clad in black and sporting black sashes on their forehead and arms, held a silent demonstration for as long as two hours, from Hampankatta Junction to University College, on March 6, Wednesday, to oppose violence against women.
Elections to the 35 wards of Udupi City Municipal Council commenced on March 7, Thursday. Prominent among those who exercised their franchise early in the day was senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes.
Dr.Ranjan Pai who heads the Manipal Education and Medical Group has figured in the latest list of billionaires released by the International business magazine Forbes.
Deputy commissioner N Prakash has informed that as many as 70 polling booths have been identified as sensitive and 84 booths as hyper sensitive out of the total 544 polling booths set up for the elections to the Urban Local Body polls to be held on March 7, Thursday.
Art enthusiast Naina Fernandes inaugurated the annual art exhibition and cultural programme ‘Kalotsava – 2013’ at Mahalasa Art Gallery on March 6, Wednesday.
Two persons lost their lives while two others sustained critical injuries in two separate mishaps, both involving private buses and bikes reported from Kundapur.
A meeting of police officials and sector officials was convened at the Mangalore city Corporation Meeting Hall on March 5, Tuesday under the presidentship of District Election Observer AK Monnappa to oversee the security arrangements made by the Police Department in view of the March 7 elections to local administrative bodies.
Former bureaucrat JR Lobo has been appointed the Vice President of the District Congress Committee.
The St Ann’s institutions took out a peace rally on March 5, Tuesday to condemn the brutal murder of 22 year old Sowmya, an alumnus of the institution. Sowmya hailing from Baltila in Kalladka was killed last month after a vain bid to outrage her modesty.
Several students of the Dhakheerath English Medium Higher Secondary School at Talangere near here had a narrow escape when their school bus rolled down and plunged into a railway track below minutes before they could board the bus.
International Women’s Day was celebrated by the Spandana Trust at the Infant Mary’s Convent, Sisters of Charity, Jeppu on March 5, Tuesday. Prof. Anasuya Kamath inaugurated the programme.
The district unit of JD(S) formally announced the formation of HDK Yuvasene in the district in order to unite the youth of the district and inculcate leadership qualities in them, said DK JD(S) Core Committee President A Sadananda Shetty.
A state level cricket tournament in memory of Advocate Yekkar Timmappa Hegde will be held at Nehru Maidan on March 9 and 10 under the joint aegis of Karnataka State Bar Council, Mangalore Bar Association and Y T Hegde Associates, Mangalore.
:With elections to the local administrative bodies slated to be held on March 7, the results of the same are likely to be a clear political gauge on the voters mood ahead of the impending elections to the state assembly.
In a hit and run case, a youth identified as Rithesh Kotian (25) was killed on the spot when his two-wheeler was knocked down by a speeding Bolero vehicle coming from the opposite direction at Sharbatkatte near Yeyyadi.
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