Locals had a field day collecting as much petrol as possible after a petrol tanker that was on way to Kushalnagar from Mangalore overturned near Bolubailu on May 27, Monday.
State Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment B Ramanatha Rai will be the in-charge Minister of Dakshina Kannada District, while Urban Development Minister Vinaykumar Sorake will be in-charge of Udupi district.
A speeding KSRTC bus hit a stationed Wagon R which due to the impact of the collision hit a nearby transformer opposite Gold Finch near Jyothi Circle on May 27
A ‘Vijayotsava Rally’ was organised by Mangalore South MLA JR Lobo along with his supporters from Kankanady Market Grounds to Pumpwell here on May 27
Mohammad Arif Padubidri, Chief Reporter of Vijaya Karnataka daily has been selected for Pa.Go. Rural Reporting Award for the year 2012.
Villagers of Niddodi in Moodbidri who participated in a protest meet at Bangerapadavu on May 26, Sunday have reaffirmed their decision against disallowing the ultra mega thermal power plant in the village.
We should drive away the poverty which is in our minds. The nation can prosper and progress when its citizens shed the feeling of helplessness, said M Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Petroleum.
Five year old Aruna, hailing from Ariyadka village in Kumbra of Puttur taluk, has been diagnosed with blood cancer (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma) with doctors saying she needs about Rs 5 lakhs to Rs 6 lakhs for her treatment spread over two years.
MLA from Moodbidri Abhayachandra Jain who was recently inducted into the Siddaramaiah cabinet has informed reporters on May 27, Monday that he was quitting his post as fisheries minister owing to religious reasons.
Met Department sources have informed that pre-monsoon showers will continue in coastal Karnataka during the next couple of days.
Mangalore South MLA JR Lobo was felicitated on behalf of Rachana, a forum of Catholic businessmen, entrepreneurs and professionals at a function held in the city on May 26, Sunday.
Seven couples tied the nuptial knot at a mass marriage ceremony organised by the Billawara Samaja Seva Sangha at the Narayana Guru Kalyana Mantap here on May 26, Sunday.
At the SC ST grievance redressal meeting held at the Mangalore Police Commissioner’s office on May 26, Sunday, a Dalit headmistress of the ZP School at Panelabarike in Pajeer village, complained that she was subject to harassment by two sub-ordinate teachers belonging to upper caste.
The SDPI office at BC Road-Kaikamba was attacked by a group of hundreds of people on May 26, Sunday evening. Reports say that the assailants targeted four persons in the office and went beserk and damaged flex banners and even a bus shelter which was a contribution of SDPI.
A Konkani convention organised by the Konkani Sanskritika Sangha at the TV Raman Pai Hall, Mangalore on May 26, Sunday was inaugurated by Basti Vaman Shenoy, President of the World Konkani Centre.