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.
DM Aslam, President of the Minorities Wing of the Janata Dal(S) has charged senior Congress leader B Janardhan Poojari of trying to mislead voters through a malicious propaganda against the JD(S).
MLA and former minister J Krishna Palemar went on a hectic campaigning spree on March 4, Monday in support of BJP candidates contesting from various wards of MCC which come under the Mangalore North Assembly constituency limits.
The historic Koti Chennaya Jodukare Kambala was held at the Devamaru fields here on March 3, Sunday in the presence of hundreds of Kambala enthusiasts.
Police have arrested a person resorting to drug peddling at Pumpwell near here on March 4, Monday night. Nearly 1.1kg ganja worth Rs 12000 and an Alto car has been seized.