Mangaluru: Health and family welfare minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Saturday clarified that disciplinary action within the Congress has no connection with the Davanagere South assembly bypoll.Speaking to reporters, Rao dismissed speculation linking internal party decisions to electoral considerations. “No one can predict election results. I am not an astrologer to say who will win….
Mangaluru: The Silicon Beach Program (SBP) on Saturday launched BaseCamp, an initiative aimed at enabling companies, founders and professionals to set up nano global capability centres (GCCs) and satellite offices in coastal Karnataka.Introduced as part of SBP’s broader vision to position the region as the Silicon Beach of India, BaseCamp is designed to help global…
Mangaluru: Minister for health and family welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Belthangady tahsildar, taluk panchayat and gram panchayat officials to take immediate action against an institute that allegedly polluted the historic Guruvayanakere lake.At a tri-monthly KDP meeting held at Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat hall on Saturday, the minister…
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District minister Dinesh Gundu Rao directed officials to serve notices to all those who were allotted sites under the Ashraya Yojana at a layout in Jodusthana under Dharmasthala gram panchayat of Belthangady taluk. The minister also asked officials to conduct a survey to assess encroachment of govt land.Chairing a tri-monthly KDP meeting…
Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on Saturday launched the Rs 165 crore Mahatma Gandhi Nagara Vikas Yojana (MGNVY) 2.0, a major urban infrastructure initiative aimed at improving civic amenities across the city. The project comprises 25 works across five packages and is slated for completion within 11 months. Officials said tenders for most works…
Mangaluru: With the onset of the monsoon expected to halt construction activity soon, builders and contractors in the city are scrambling to procure sand, amid an acute shortage that has significantly pushed up construction costs. The cost of building a standard house has increased by nearly Rs 2.25 lakh due to the spike in sand…
Udupi: MLA Yashpal Suvarna has urged chief minister Siddaramaiah to take immediate action as the strike by licenced surveyors is causing public inconvenience. “Due to the ongoing strike by licenced surveyors for the past 40 days, revenue department-related activities have come to a halt, causing problems for the public. We urged state govt to take…
Mangaluru: The principal district and sessions court has sentenced a man to six years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and fined Rs 50,000 for possession of narcotic substances.The principal district and sessions judge, Basavaraj, convicted the accused, TE Joseph, 42, of Charmadi village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. In case of failure to pay…
Mangaluru: After a video that went viral on social media showing traffic police checking an autorickshaw, which was reportedly ferrying a patient for dialysis from Kerala to a hospital in Deralakatte, commissioner of police Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH has issued a clarification stating that the auto driver violated permit regulations.“The driver himself has stated that…
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…
