The Deputy Secretary of the Chief Minister has written a letter to the Principal Secretary of the Urban Development Department seeking to initiate necessary steps to provide suitable compensation to the farmers who would be losing their lands due to the second vented dam coming up at Tumbay with a view to improve the water supply situation to Mangalore.
The Karkala TMC met held here witnessed an interesting sequence of events when the ruling and opposition members entered into a verbal duel as usual over water and electricity problem
A married woman was found dead in a well near her house at Melantabettu on Friday. Meanwhile, locals have expressed strong doubts over the exact cause of the death of the woman.
In a barbaric act, a youth who was in love with a married woman, consumed poison and then attacked the woman out of frustration in Mulki on Friday.
Investigation into the recent gas leakage at the Puttur Petro Chemicals, that had sent waves of panic among locals, has revealed that the company’s negligence had led to the incident.Vittal police have already registered a case against the company owner.
Students belonging to the ABVP staged a dharna after boycotting classes on Friday to protest against a lecturer for the sole reason that he took part in a protest organized by the Dalita Sangharsha Samithi opposing the proposed Bill on Cow Slaughter.
Vijay Kumar Hegde, Executive Committee President of the Anti-Nagarjuna Action Committee has informed that it has been decided to organize a Delhi Chalo Movement against the controversial Nagarjuna thermal power project (Now UPCL), with the participation of over 100 representatives.
Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt who had virtually hijacked the movement launched by the people affected by the proposed Mangalore Special Economic Zone Project and enjoyed state wide publicity by declaring that he would launch a hunger strike against SEZ, has now dropped his proposed hunger strike, for the fifth time, this time by changing his stance after talks with the government.
The railway budget is nothing but a great disappointment for people of the coastal and Malnad regions. The main railway demand of the region i.e. setting up of a Mangalore railway division has not been considered at all by the Railway Minister
Huge quantity of gas leakage from the Konkan Gas Refilling unit at Mittur, which brought anxious moments for the citizens, was checked due to the timely and successful operation of the fire service squad, thereby averting a major mishap.