The trend is similar to the Covid‑19 period, when students returned from Gulf countries to continue their studies in their hometowns, says school managements Mangaluru: As the West Asia crisis disrupts livelihoods in the Gulf, private schools in undivided Dakshina Kannada are seeing more students return midstream, leading to a modest rise in admissions.Anthony Joseph,…
Mamatha Gatti, chairperson of Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation, addressing the media on Friday regarding the cashew festival in Mangaluru Mangaluru: Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation Ltd (KCDC) will organise an art contest for school students at Kadri Park on May 17, alongside the two-day cashew mela.The competition will be held from 9am to 10.30am, with prize…
MP Kota Shrinivas Poojary Udupi: MP Kota Shrinivas Poojary directed the concerned to expedite the ongoing pipeline works for supplying PNG connections to households in the city and ensure connectivity to the public at the earliest.Chairing a progress review meeting on PNG supply to households and CNG distribution for vehicles at the deputy commissioner’s office…
Udupi: Minor irrigation minister NS Boseraju on Wednesday said strict action must be taken against those involved in the NEET question paper leak case, and asserted that students’ futures should not be jeopardised under any circumstances.The minister told reporters during his visit to Kundapur, that a cabinet committee meeting will be convened to discuss the…
Minor irrigation minister NS Boseraju inaugurates the e-ticketing kiosk at Pilikula on Wednesday Mangaluru: E-ticketing kiosks launched to facilitate easy accessibility to tourists at the city’s Dr Shivarama Karantha Pilikula Nisargadhama were inaugurated by minister NS Boseraju on Wednesday. The centre, which is one of the major educational, scientific and tourist destinations in coastal Karnataka,…
Mangaluru: Minister for Minor Irrigation NS Boseraju said the state has around 27 lakh registered borewells and that nearly 13,000 borewells have been drilled over the past two years for the benefit of SC/ST communities.He was speaking after visiting the Belthangady block Congress office at Santekatte on Tuesday, and heard to the grievances of the…
Mangaluru: KPCC president and MLC Manjunath Bhandary criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent remarks, describing them as ‘childish’ and added that the people of the country did not expect such statements from a Prime Minister.Bhandary said the country was already facing severe economic pressure, with commercial LPG prices rising sharply, industries struggling under…
Mangaluru: A compound wall of Govt Model School in Vittal collapsed Saturday evening following rain, triggering fresh concerns over school safety in the district ahead of the monsoon.The school wall abutting the main road collapsed onto the roadside at night. No one was injured in the incident.Most vehicles usually parked along the stretch had already…
Mangaluru: State govt has permitted the felling of 1,088 trees in Mundoor and Bajathur in Puttur taluk, clearing the way for an RTO driving track and a Dr BR Ambedkar Residential School complex, MLA Ashok Kumar Rai said in a release.Of these, 267 trees on four acres of govt land in Mundoor village, under the…
Mangaluru: With summer drinking water availability emerging as a concern, the Dakshina Kannada district administration has directed the release of water from the AMR dam to the Thumbe vented dam to maintain the level at six metres and avert any shortage in the city.The directive was issued by the DC’s office following a proposal from…
