Southern Railway will run the following Special Trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during the summer months of April, May and June 2013. Advance reservation for the above trains will commence on 10.3.2013
With Assembly elections just round the corner in Karnataka, the central BJP held consultations with key leaders to pick a new state unit President
Vidya Poshak and Yakshagana Kalaranga of Udupi, in a kind gesture, have provided solar power connection to the residence of a meritorious female student who resided in a small hutment at Beedinagudde.
Vanaja Poojarti, a woman hailing from Beedinagudde in Udupi can be described as a woman of grit by all means. She has been part of a profession which not many women may dare to venture.
In a concerted bid to put an end to the practice of child labour, the Deputy Commissioner who is also the interim administrator of the Mangalore City Corporation, has directed the officials concerned to conduct an inspection of houses and apartments in the city with immediate effect.
In a latest case of train robbery, an unidentified man snatched the vanity bag of a woman from Thane who was travelling in the Matsyagandha Express bound to Mangalore from Mumbai. The bag contained jewellery cash, all worth around Rs 8 lakh.
“There is no need for the victims of rape to be ashamed of; instead they should fight for justice and make the rapists ashamed of themselves, said Bhanwari Devi from Rajasthan
Sooryanarayana, State Convenor of Bhajrangdal has said that the number of cases of missing of young girls has been increasing over the last six years.
A street play was presented by the students of the Department of Journalism of Besant Women’s College on March 8, Friday as part of International Women’s Day.
Morning Mist, the Padil ‘homestay’ where a group of young men and women were attacked by rightwing vigilantes last July, will become a hub for women activism and causes.
Over 65 percent voters cast their votes in the Mangalore City Corporation election held today while 65 to 70 percent voters registered their franchise in the election held for other Urban Local bodies in the Dakshina Kannada district.
Chaos and confusion prevailed at the Shivabagh ward of MCC during voting on March 7, Thursday when ACP Kavitha and other officials raised objection against political parties setting up their kiosks closer to the polling booth at St Agnes College.
Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt who had earlier decided to boycott the urban local body polls for various reasons, on March 7, Thursday, changed his mind and cast his vote in the afternoon.
The voting for the 60 wards in the Mangalore City Corporation limits as well as for the six other local administrative bodies in the district, commenced at 7 am on March 7.
The Karnataka High Court, on March 6, Wednesday granted bail to Subrahmanya Udupa, accused in the case of murder of Vasudeva Adiga, an RTI activist.