The brewing resentment between former mayor Ashraf and senior Congress leader and former union minister B Janardhan Poojari, resurfaced yet again.
As part of the two-day nation-wide strike call, various organizations under the banner of United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) staged a protest in front of DC Office on Feb 20, Wednesday demanding urgent steps to control price hike and strict enforcement of labour laws in all places of work.
The two-day trade union strike which began on February 20, Wednesday, has disrupted normal life in the city, with both private and government buses remaining off the roads. People were seen waiting for buses at several places.
Monappa Bhandari, MLC and BJP spokesperson has informed that the party would contest in all seats for all the local bodies in the district which are going to the polls on March 7.
Sandeep Poojari (28), hailing from Idya near Suratkal who was reported missing since February 15, has been found dead at Meenakaliya, Baikampady on February 19...
Various trade unions namely CITU, BMS, AITUC, INTUC and the HMS in the district have supported the two-day nationwide strike call given on February 20 and 21 by eleven central trade unions and workers’ federations against the government’s “inaction” on price rise and alleged violation of labour laws.
The services of the police department do not get as much recognition as the army though the total number of policemen who lose their lives while on duty is more when compared to the defense personnel, said Pratap Reddy, IGP, Western Range.
Villagers of Kuppepadavu near here staged a Rasta Roko agitation on February 19, Tuesday under the aegis of the JD(S) in protest against the deplorable condition of the road leading to Boliyakke from Kadakeri in Kuppepadavu village
Hundreds of auto rickshaw drivers from rural areas under the aegis of Tulunada Rakshana Vedike staged a massive protest near the DC’s office demanding licence to ferry passengers from rural areas to the city.
Motorists using the approach road leading to the Mangalore International Airport (MIA) will have to cautious from Wednesday.
“We can expect dramatic changes in Banking industry in a digitally dominated world. Bankers must evolve themselves into economic , technological and social philosophers to be able to foresee and foretell the future,” said Justice MN Venkatachalaiah, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of India.
A father and a daughter have made Mangalore proud by being outstanding swimmers and winning medals at various Aquatic events.
The BJP’s national joint organising secretary V Satish held talks with former chief minister D V Sadananda (DVS) Gowda at the State party office for more than an hour on Monday, in a bid to placate him.
A Tulu convention named “Delhi Tulu Siri’ will be held at Delhi Kannada School premises on February 24 in order to pressurize the government to include Tulu in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution. The event will be held under the joint auspices of Tulu Siri, Tulu Sahitya Academy and Department of Kannada and Culture.
Six years after the USD 1 billion project was put in cold storage, state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) will by this month-end revive plans to set up a liquid gas (LNG) import terminal near its Mangalore refinery in Karnataka.