Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, bishop of Mangalore Diocese, inaugurated and blessed the renovated St. Vincent Ferrer Church of Valencia and the new adoration chapel and new presbytery and hall on May 20, Sunday. The bishop was also the main celebrant of the Holy Mass held that evening.
Shedde Friends cricket team of Moodushedde beat New Star team of Soorinje with a clear lead of 17 runs, thereby claiming the coveted Sri Bhoothanantheshwara Trophy and the cash prize of Rs. 3 lakh of Sri Bhoothanantheshwara Halli Cricket – II.
The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) raided chaat stalls in different parts of Mangalore on May 21, Monday.
Vittala Malekudiya, who is now in jail for alleged connection with Naxals, answered his semester exams on May 21, Monday.
The BJP Yuva Morcha organized a bike rally and a ratha yatra to publicize the state-level Yuva Jaagrithi Samavesha, which it will organize in Mangalore on May 22, Tuesday.
The Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to engineering, medical, and dental courses started on May 21, Monday at 16 centres all over DK.
A. S. Zainaba, vice president of NWF, said at a women’s convention that dowry deaths and female feticide were on the rise in spite of the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961.
A scrap shop on Ansari Ground near Bunder caught fire at around 11:00 a.m. on May 21, Monday.
MLC B. Puttanna urged voters to vote for S. L. Bhoje Gowda, who is contesting the legislative council elections from the south-west graduates’ constituency, and Panchakshari, who is contesting for the same from the south-west teachers’ constituency.
The members of the DK District Congress Committee offered flowers to the portrait of India’s sixth prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was killed by a suicide bomber 21 years back
Dr. N. S. Channappa Gowda, the deputy commissioner of DK, directed all local bodies to give priority to waste disposal and the officials of the Pollution Control Board to visit Bantwal and submit a report on the TMC’s progress in waste disposal.
Krishi Utsav 2012 organized by the District Krishi Utsav Committee and many other organizations at Nehru Maidan in Kapady on May 20, Sunday attracted huge crowds.
Speaking on the evils of Naxalism and the human rights violation of adivasis, Prakash Karat, general secretary of CPI (M)
Nagma Fareed Malik, who was recently appointed as the new ambassador to Tunisia, will take over her new post soon.
A house in Alape, near Bajal caught fire at 10:00 a.m. on May 20, Sunday.