Mangaluru: With 777 of its 1,801 sanctioned posts vacant, Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) is grappling with a severe staff shortage that is challenging the implementation of key civic projects and essential services.The cabinet has resolved to provide a special grant of Rs 400 crore to convert and improve damaged city roads and has allocated Rs…
Old Makes Way: Demolition begins at Mangaluru’s district court building, one of the city’s oldest public structures Mangaluru: Demolition of Mangaluru’s 164-year-old district court building has begun, marking the end of one of the city’s oldest public structures. But a distinctive part of the old courthouse will live on. Workers are carefully dismantling the central…
Belly dance: Sharlaine Sequeira, founder of ShimmyLaine, during a belly dance performance Mangaluru: Pole fitness, aerial arts, and belly dance are entering Mangaluru’s dance vocabulary as residents look beyond the familiar terrain of classical, Bollywood, and folk forms to move, express themselves, and stay fit.For Susan Misquith, a certified aerial artist and probably the first…
Mangaluru: A 25-year-old woman allegedly lost Rs 9.3 lakh after being lured by fraudsters with a work-from-home data-entry job, according to a complaint filed with the CEN crime police.The woman said she received a WhatsApp message on Sept 11 from an unknown number. The sender introduced himself as an HR representative of the head office…
Mangaluru: The Tulu Parishath, Mangaluru has sought from the state govt a concrete roadmap for taking the language into schools, govt offices, research institutions and other public institutions. This comes after the state cabinet on Sept 18 declared Tulu as the second additional official language for administrative and govt purposes in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi…
Japan will host India in a historic one-off T20 International in Sano on Tuesday, marking the biggest match in the country’s cricket history and celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations between India and Japan.The fixture was announced recently and has been scheduled ahead of India’s Asian Games campaign in Aichi-Nagoya.On paper, it is a one-sided…
Zaheer Khan, Hemang Badani NEW DELHI: There has been much intrigue around the head coach position at Chennai Super Kings ever since the franchise ended its long-term association with Stephen Fleming. The leadership group, under owner Rupa Gurunath, was keen on having an Indian-led support staff, but conversations with multiple candidates didn’t materialise due to…
India Under-19 team (Photo/screengrab) There was no stopping Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan as he followed his Player of the Match performance in the series opener with a century to help India Under 19 beat Australia Under 19 by 103 runs in Rajkot and seal the three-match Youth ODI series with a game to spare.Chauhan hit 122…
Zaheer Khan, CSK’s MS Dhoni NEW DELHI: Five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Monday appointed former India pacer Zaheer Khan as their head coach.“Left Arm ‘Taking’ Over! Welcoming Zaheer Khan as the Head Coach of Chennai Super Kings,” CSK said in a post on X. Zaheer Khan will take over…
India captain Shreyas Iyer (Video grab) NEW DELHI: India’s preparations for their historic T20 International against Japan were disrupted by rain and stormy conditions on Monday, with Typhoon Dujuan approaching eastern Japan and preventing the Shreyas Iyer-led side from training on the eve of the landmark fixture.The powerful typhoon was moving towards Japan’s Pacific coast,…
