Sooryanarayana, State Convenor of Bhajrangdal has said that the number of cases of missing of young girls has been increasing over the last six years.
A street play was presented by the students of the Department of Journalism of Besant Women’s College on March 8, Friday as part of International Women’s Day.
Morning Mist, the Padil ‘homestay’ where a group of young men and women were attacked by rightwing vigilantes last July, will become a hub for women activism and causes.
Over 65 percent voters cast their votes in the Mangalore City Corporation election held today while 65 to 70 percent voters registered their franchise in the election held for other Urban Local bodies in the Dakshina Kannada district.
Chaos and confusion prevailed at the Shivabagh ward of MCC during voting on March 7, Thursday when ACP Kavitha and other officials raised objection against political parties setting up their kiosks closer to the polling booth at St Agnes College.
Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt who had earlier decided to boycott the urban local body polls for various reasons, on March 7, Thursday, changed his mind and cast his vote in the afternoon.
The voting for the 60 wards in the Mangalore City Corporation limits as well as for the six other local administrative bodies in the district, commenced at 7 am on March 7.
The Karnataka High Court, on March 6, Wednesday granted bail to Subrahmanya Udupa, accused in the case of murder of Vasudeva Adiga, an RTI activist.
Hundreds of women clad in black and sporting black sashes on their forehead and arms, held a silent demonstration for as long as two hours, from Hampankatta Junction to University College, on March 6, Wednesday, to oppose violence against women.
Elections to the 35 wards of Udupi City Municipal Council commenced on March 7, Thursday. Prominent among those who exercised their franchise early in the day was senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes.
Dr.Ranjan Pai who heads the Manipal Education and Medical Group has figured in the latest list of billionaires released by the International business magazine Forbes.
Deputy commissioner N Prakash has informed that as many as 70 polling booths have been identified as sensitive and 84 booths as hyper sensitive out of the total 544 polling booths set up for the elections to the Urban Local Body polls to be held on March 7, Thursday.
Art enthusiast Naina Fernandes inaugurated the annual art exhibition and cultural programme ‘Kalotsava – 2013’ at Mahalasa Art Gallery on March 6, Wednesday.
Two persons lost their lives while two others sustained critical injuries in two separate mishaps, both involving private buses and bikes reported from Kundapur.
A meeting of police officials and sector officials was convened at the Mangalore city Corporation Meeting Hall on March 5, Tuesday under the presidentship of District Election Observer AK Monnappa to oversee the security arrangements made by the Police Department in view of the March 7 elections to local administrative bodies.