Mangaluru: Raise your hand for a plate of ‘goli baje’, the waiter takes your order to the kitchen and places the cooked meal on his robot helper. This four-foot-tall Japanese robot comes right to your table, and turns around so you can see and pick up from the tray(s) carrying your food.The eatery, part of…
Mangaluru: Shortage of powermen is affecting the functioning of Mescom, which covers Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga districts. The services of powermen are most essential during monsoon to clear line breakages and other natural calamity-related damages. However, Mescom functions with 42% of the sanctioned posts of powermen remaining vacant. Out of 9,248 sanctioned posts,…
Udupi/ Mangaluru: A car driver died after his vehicle collided with a truck at Pangala in Kaup taluk in Udupi on Friday. The deceased is Shreyas Achar.According to complainant Manjunath Gowda from Ron taluk, who works as a truck driver, he was driving his truck towards Udupi on the Mangaluru-Udupi NH-66 when the incident took…
Mangaluru: The forest department organised a public hearing to address concerns regarding the axing of trees on approximately 1.5 acres for the construction of an academy and reservoir within the Pilikula golf course area.A total of 196 trees, including species like acasia, magilam, hebbalasu, uppalige, baine, baleendra pale, cashew, spathodea, chere and cherry trees, will…
Mangaluru: Construction activity in Dakshina Kannada has slowed in April, as the number of migrant labourers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal has come down.While elections seem to be a routine trend where workers choose to go back home till voting and beyond, another factor that is keeping them close to their roots…
Mangaluru: Mangaluru City South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath accused the Congress govt of attempting to create confusion among the public with regard to the development works to be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 165 crore in the city under the Mahatma Gandhi Nagar Vikas Yojana (MGNVY 2.0).The MLA told reporters on Friday…
Mangaluru: As temperatures continue to soar along the coast, an unusual trend of snakes accidentally landing inside wells is becoming increasingly common. Wildlife rescuers say the spike in heat is forcing reptiles to seek cooler, damp environments, making wells an easy refuge. Most fall accidentally while searching for prey, shelter or escape routes.Akshay N Shet,…
Mangaluru: Even as preparations began for the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the second phase of the Mahatma Gandhi Nagar Vikas Yojana (MGNVY 2.0) worth Rs 165 crore, local vigilance squads will be formed in all the wards of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC), where various works will be taken up. MLC Ivan D’Souza said that development…
Mangaluru: A food inspector intercepted a pickup vehicle allegedly transporting illegally procured Public Distribution System (PDS) rice in Mangaluru.The complainant, food inspector Prasanna Kumar Pakkala, received information on Tuesday at 5.30pm while in Mangaluru that PDS rice was being loaded into a pickup vehicle at Bajpe with the intention of selling it for profit. To…
Mangaluru: While Mangaluru remains relatively cooler than Bengaluru this mid-summer, recording 34°C compared to Bengaluru’s 37°C on April 16, high humidity levels of around 80% continue to drive discomfort. According to IMD data, temperatures in Mangaluru are expected to rise by about a degree over the weekend, bringing it closer to Bengaluru’s projected high of…
