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Congress MLA’s letter to CM exposes high level of corruption in Karnataka: BJP MLA

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Congress MLA’s letter to CM exposes high level of corruption in Karnataka: BJP MLA

MLA for Mangaluru City North, Y. Bharat Shetty, speaking during a press conference at the BJP party office in Mangaluru on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH A Congress MLA writing to Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar on corruption in Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited (KRIDL) office in Dakshina Kannada has exposed the high level of corruption…

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Ex-gram panchayat president’s murder: Udupi police to take legal action on use of audio from assailant’s phone

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Ex-gram panchayat president’s murder: Udupi police to take legal action on use of audio from assailant’s phone

David D’Souza. | Photo Credit: File photo Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar said that legal action will be taken against persons who have shared and published audio clips related to a man claiming to be underworld operative Hemanth Poojary. The clips were found in a mobile phone belonging to Raju, an assailant arrested in…

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SDPI urges government to enhance income limit for social security schemes to ₹3 lakh

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SDPI urges government to enhance income limit for social security schemes to ₹3 lakh

Abdul Majeed, SDPI Karnataka president, at a press conference in Mangaluru on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) Karnataka president Abdul Majeed on Tuesday urged the State government to immediately scrap the ₹32,000 annual income limit set for social security pensions, including old age, widow, disability, and others. The…

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Khader to inaugurate Alva’s mega job fair on Friday, says chairman of Alva’s Education Foundation

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Khader to inaugurate Alva’s mega job fair on Friday, says chairman of Alva’s Education Foundation

Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader will inaugurate Alva’s Pragati, the mega job fair being organised by Alva’s Education Foundation, in Moodbidri on August 7. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT M. Mohan Alva, chairman of Alvas Education Foundation. | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader would inaugurate the 16th…

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Two-day free artificial limb fitment camp in Mangaluru on August 8, 9

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Two-day free artificial limb fitment camp in Mangaluru on August 8, 9

A free artificial limb fitment camp will be organised at the School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, in the city on August 8 and 9. The camp will be held from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is being organised by the Karnataka NRI Forum, Jeddah, in association with the Karnataka Marwadi Youth Federation, Bengaluru,…

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Retired principal, librarian couple turn an entire floor of their house into a library

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Retired principal, librarian couple turn an entire floor of their house into a library

Besides a collection of books, Ashok Kumar Moolemajalu and K. Suneetha, who subscribe to 13 newspapers, have preserved newspaper clippings as part of the library collection at their residence in Parvatamukhi, Kukke Subrahmanya. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Ashok Kumar and K. Suneetha’s deep love for reading, learning and literature prompted them to convert the…

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Mock emergency response drill conducted at Mangaluru International Airport

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Mock emergency response drill conducted at Mangaluru International Airport

Personnel at the Mangaluru International Airport conducting a mock Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan drill at the Fuel Farm facility at Bajpe near the old airport on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) conducted a mock emergency response and disaster management plan drill at the fuel farm facility at…

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Ports Secretary asks NMPA to explore inland waterways for cargo movement

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Ports Secretary asks NMPA to explore inland waterways for cargo movement

Vijay Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, at the New Mangalore Port Authority on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Secretary to the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways Vijay Kumar on Saturday directed the New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) to explore the possibilities of enhancing cargo movement through inland waterways and strengthening…

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Divisional-level convention of Congress BLAs in Mangaluru on June 23

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Divisional-level convention of Congress BLAs in Mangaluru on June 23

K Harish Kumar, President of Dakshina Kannada Congress Committee, speaks at a press conference at Congress Bhavan, in Mangaluru on Saturday. | Photo Credit: H. S. MANJUNATH The Congress will hold a convention of its booth-level assistants (BLAs) from Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts at Kudmul Rangarao Town Hall in Mangaluru on…

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MP urges industrialists to make good use of plots in Plastic Park

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MP urges industrialists to make good use of plots in Plastic Park

Capt. Brijesh Chowta, MP and Mangaluru City North MLA Y. Bharath Shetty during the visit to CIPET administration building being built in the Plastic Park, coming up in Ganjimutt in the outskirts of Mangaluru on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta has called upon industrialists to make good use of the…

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