Karnataka

Mangalore, June 24: Criticising the move of the Mangalore City Corporation to introduce 24X7 water supply scheme in the City Corporation limits, social activist and documentary film maker Natesh Ullal said the privatisation of water supply would lead to several problems as the entire idea has several loopholes in it. He was speaking at a discussion on the Privatisation of Drinking Water Supply

Surathkal, June 25: Alleging injustice in providing jobs to the youth from the Project Displace Families (PDF) of Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ), the job aspirants have decided to move the court stating that the district administration and the Company have promised to provide jobs to only those youth who have undergone training at KPT, but the fact is that there are many more youth who

Mangaolore, June 25: Two more unreserved railway ticket issuing counters managed by private agencies will come up in the city within three months. Announcing this at a meeting here on Friday, S.K. Raina, Divisional Railway Manager, Phalghat Division, Southern Railway, said at present only one such counter functioned near the Mangalore Central Railway Station here. It issued 1,000 tickets a day. He

Udupi, June 24: General Secretary of Udupi Zilla Nagarika Samithi Nithyananda Volakad and his team, on behalf of the voters on Friday took out a march on the streets of Udupi to collect 'Tappu Kanike' (expiate), to be submitted to idol of Manjuantha located at Sri Kshethra Dharmasthala, for doing the mistake of electing representatives like CM Yedyurappa and former CM HD Kumaraswamy. They

Udupi, Jun 24: Government has given its technical sanction to the developmental projects to be taken up under the Rs 25 crore grant sanctioned by the Chief Minister as a Diamond Jubilee grant to Udupi Municipality, said Udupi MLA K Raghupathi Bhat. He was speaking after offering bhoomi pooja to the construction of an over head tank at Manipal to supply water to Vijaya Nagara, Vidyarathna Nagar and

Mangalore, June 23: The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FKCCI) has conferred – Mukka Seafood Industries Pvt. Ltd. with the Export Excellence Award 2011 –Best District Export Award, at an event organized at Le-Meridian, Bangalore recently. A Trophy and a Citation were handed over by Dr. Anup K Pujari, I.A.S., Director General of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, Mr. K

Mangalore, June 24: A case of a woman committing suicide and dying on the day of her marriage has been reported. The reason for her suicide has not been known so far. The deceased has been identified as Sumitra, resident of Bindran estate, Chikmagalur. Her marriage was fixed with her neighbour, with the approval of family members as well as Sumitra herself. But two days prior to the wedding, she

Mangalore, June 24: Pressurising the government to ban Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD), the members of Dakshina Kannada district unit of Sri Rama Sene staged a protest on Friday in front of Deputy Commissioner's office here. Madhukar Mudradi, Convener of the unit addressing the protesters said that the KDF should be banned immediately in the interest of country's security. He accused the KFD of

Mangalore, June 24: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy will be organising a 'play manuscript' competition in Beary language. According to a press release, the conditions of the play include that the play should be of two hours duration, should give a message to the society and humorous. It should be typed in one side of the paper. Selected plays will be awarded three prizes and two consolation prizes

Mangalore, June 24: Yeshwantpur-Mangalore night train, which chugs to Kannur at present from Mangalore Central railway station, will be extended to Karwar from July 2 onwards. The train, according to the proposal, will now go to Karwar from Mangalore Junction (Kankanady) station, said Southern Railways Phalgat Divison Manager S K Raina addressing the reporters after attending the Mysore and