Mangalore

MLC Ivan D’Souza addressing media in Mangaluru Saturday Mangaluru: Calling Mangaluru’s underground drainage network the city’s biggest civic challenge, MLC Ivan D’Souza alleged that despite rapid growth, successive state and central govts had failed to implement a comprehensive underground drainage (UGD) project, limiting efforts to minor repairs.Addressing mediapersons on Saturday, D’Souza said the Karnataka Legislature’s…

Mangaluru: City police have arrested three persons in connection with a gold trader dacoity on NH-66 near Baikampady in the early hours of June 29. Police have secured 10-day custody of the accused and intensified efforts to trace the remaining 13 suspects.City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH said complainant Vikas Subbarao Dhanawade, 44, was…

Udupi: A private company employee has been accused of defrauding the firm of Rs 13.4 lakh by altering documents.The complainant, an area manager at a private company that operates retail stores selling stationery and toys across India, stated that the accused, Nazeer Ahmed Kasimkhan, had worked as an assistant store manager at the company’s Kalsanka…

Street vendors, who were evicted by the Mangaluru City Corporation, meet DC Darshan HV in Mangaluru Friday Mangaluru: Street vendors evicted by the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) during a recent drive, including those from Sunday Bazaar, met deputy commissioner Darshan HV Friday seeking rehabilitation.They urged the DC to protect their livelihood and provide alternative arrangements….

The cover page of ‘Jana Marl,’ the first Tulu play to be printed, written by freedom fighter and social reformer Madhava Thingalaya, translated to English by Sylvia Rego Mangaluru: ‘Jana Marl’, the first printed Tulu play, has been translated into English and will be released by month-end.Written by freedom fighter and social reformer Madhava Thingalaya,…

Though the Boloor area has a large number of houses, the city corporation has been unable to lay UGD pipelines citing technical reasons Mangaluru: Residents of Boloor under Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) have been demanding an underground drainage (UGD) network for decades, but the project remains incomplete despite repeated memorandums to authorities.Though the area has…

Walk-O-Meter Rating: 2/5 Mangaluru: Central Market Road is more than just a busy thoroughfare — it is one of Mangaluru’s busiest commercial lifelines. However, navigating this bustling stretch has become an ordeal, with pedestrians forced to weave through street vendors, parked vehicles and moving traffic as shrinking footpaths leave little room to walk.A TOI reality…

Mangaluru: Around 20 Mangalore University students who left degree courses midway under the National Education Policy (NEP), expecting to return later, now find that the pathway back no longer exists.The state’s shift to the State Education Policy (SEP) two years ago has left many BA and BSc students unable to resume their studies, university officials…

Mangaluru: With the monsoon setting in and dengue cases reported in several places, Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai has directed the health department to remain vigilant.Free blood testing facilities have been arranged at all primary health centres (PHC) across Puttur assembly constituency, Rai said.Health workers and ASHA staff have been directed to go door-to-door to…

Mangaluru: Aam Aadmi Party’s Dakshina Kannada unit Thursday opposed the state govt’s proposal to tie up govt hospitals with private medical colleges under a memorandum of understanding (MoU).Addressing mediapersons, AAP state vice-president Vivekananda Salins said that instead of strengthening existing infrastructure and basic services, the state govt is rushing to hand over public assets to…