Mangaluru: Health minister UT Khader said Monday that financial constraints would not impede projects announced at the state cabinet meeting in Mangaluru, amid reports that the finance department had flagged the state’s fiscal position.On allegations that SC/ST communities had been left out of funds and concerns over DC Manna land, Khader said, “I understand their…
Mangaluru: TiE Mangaluru has selected eight startups from more than 80 applications for the first cohort of K-Combinator, a 16-week acceleration programme set to begin in Oct.The selected startups have either a proof of concept (PoC) or a minimum viable product (MVP), TiE Mangaluru founding president Rohit Bhat said. “This is not for idea stage,”…
Track Champ: Pandu, the celebrated racing buffalo who won over 201 medals on Kambala tracks across coastal Karnataka, died of age-related ailments on Monday Mangaluru: Pandu, a celebrated racing buffalo that won 201 medals during his career in kambala events across coastal Karnataka, died of age-related ailments on Monday. He was 26.Owned by kambala patron…
Mangaluru: As many as 405 of Dakshina Kannada’s 2,131 anganwadi centres are yet to get water purifiers, even as the department of women and child development has submitted a proposal to extend the facility to more centres under the Union govt’s Saksham Anganwadi scheme.At present, 1,726 centres have water purifiers, of which 1,384 are covered…
Mangaluru: To clear the extra rush of passengers during the weekend holidays, South Western Railways (SWR) will operate one trip of Express Special train between Bengaluru Cantonment and Madgaon. Train No. 06597 Bengaluru Cant.–Madgaon Express Special will depart from Bengaluru Cant. on Thursday at 23.50 hrs and reach Madgaon at 18.10 hrs on Friday. In…
Actor Prakash Raj is touring Karnataka to document discrepancies in the electoral rolls revision process MANGALURU: Actor and activist Prakash Raj, who is touring Karnataka with civil society groups to document alleged discrepancies in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, on Monday demanded that the exercise be scrapped and that records of Election…
Mangaluru: A 44-year-old woman was allegedly cheated of Rs 18.2 lakh by a group of unidentified persons who lured her with a work-from-home job and a gold marketing project, according to a complaint registered at CEN Crime police station.The complainant said that in April this year, she came across an advertisement on an app offering…
Image for representation only Mangaluru: Kankanady Town police have registered a case against Orla Career Solutions, a firm based in Pumpwell, for allegedly conducting overseas recruitment without the mandatory registration or licence required under the Emigration Act, 1983.The case followed a complaint filed on Sept 25 by the Protector of Emigrants, Bengaluru, under the Union…
File pic. Around 328 stands had earlier been registered, but several have since disappeared, says Dakshina Kannada Auto Chalakara Sangha Mangaluru: Autorickshaw drivers are jostling for parking space across the city, with the fleet nearly doubling in less than three years even as designated stands have failed to keep pace.Dakshina Kannada Auto Chalakara Sangha president…
Udupi: A Kukikatte resident in Udupi allegedly lost Rs 17.5 lakh to cyber fraudsters who posed as bank representatives and tricked him into sharing bank details under the pretext of a KYC update.According to the complaint, Ajay received a WhatsApp message around 4.15pm on Aug 27 from an unidentified person claiming to be bank representative…
