Mangaluru: A special gram sabha scheduled at Kaliya gram panchayat in Belthangady taluk on Tuesday was cancelled after villagers refused to proceed with the meeting over a delay in its commencement. Meanwhile, villagers allege that a disagreement over the use of Tulu also lead to the cancellation of the meeting.Villagers who gathered at 10.30 am…
Mangaluru: Deputy commissioner Darshan HV has directed the police department to regularly share information with the department of women and child development (W&CD) regarding cases involving women and children as victims. Chairing a district-level review committee meeting of the women and child development department on Friday, the DC emphasised that timely information is critical for…
Mangaluru: Police exhumed the body of an 86-year-old man on Friday, nearly three months after his burial, following a murder case registered against his daughter.Following court orders, the body of Albert Rego, a resident of Kottara First Cross, was exhumed at the Derebail Church cemetery under the supervision of the Mangaluru tahsildar. Forensic Science Laboratory…
New Brahmaratha being constructed at the Kateel temple Mangaluru: The procession of Goddess Durgaparameshwari (Bhramarambika) during the annual festival at Kateel temple in April 2027 will be held on a newly constructed Brahmaratha, with preparations for the chariot nearing completion.Temple hereditary priest Harinarayana Asranna said the chariot is donated by a family from Mumbai, and…
Srikrishna Gajanana Kulkarni, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, delivers a special lecture on ‘Gandhi and World Peace’ in Mangaluru on Thursday Mangaluru: Ego-driven and self-serving narratives cannot be treated as truth, said Srikrishna Gajanana Kulkarni, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, while delivering a special lecture on “Gandhi and World Peace” at Ravindra Kalabhavana, University College, here on…
Mangaluru: The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal has put into operation ‘NITKere’ by connecting a 30-million-litre rainwater harvesting reservoir with a 1 MLD filtration plant through an 850m pipeline. MM Murugappan, chairperson, board of governors, NITK, and Prof B Ravi, director, NITK, inaugurated the facility on Tuesday, in the presence of Air Marshal…
Mangaluru: St John the Baptist Church at Permude will celebrate its diamond jubilee with the blessing and inauguration of its renovated church building on Oct 15. The celebrations will commence at 3pm, parish priest Rev Fr Ronald Pinto announced at a press meet on Thursday.The Permude parish was established on Oct 15, 1965, marking six…
Mangaluru: A car in which Sullia MLA Bhagirathi Murulya was travelling was involved in an accident at Muchila in Kalmadka village on Tuesday. No one was injured in the incident.According to police, the MLA was travelling from Panja towards Nintikallu in an Innova, when the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle and it collided…
Mangaluru: The body of 14-year-old Shreyas S Kumbara, who went missing after allegedly being swept away by strong waves while playing in the sea at Kurikatta, Panambur, on Sunday evening, was found at Hejamady beach in Padubidri police station limits on Tuesday. Shreyas, from Renkeda Guttu in Kasaba village, Belthangady taluk, had come to Mangaluru…
Mangaluru: MRPL Mazdoor Sangha has given Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) a one-week ultimatum to address alleged safety lapses and discrimination against contract workers, warning of a district-wide “MRPL Chalo” agitation if its demands are not met.Addressing a press meet on Tuesday, union honorary president Satyajit Surathkal alleged that contract workers continued to face…
