Fishermen led by the Malpe Fishermen’s Association staged a demonstration
in front of the DC office in Udupi on October 29, Friday, to press for the fulfillment of
several of their demands including the abolition of the CRZ Act.
The Mangalore City Corporation authorities cleared the encroachments
on roadsides by shops and street vendors in the busy State Bank and Central Market area
in the city on October 29, Friday.
It is a known fact that the BJP is a party which doesn’t mind speaking
volumes about the need for Anti-Cow Slaughter Bill. But, in Mangalore City Corporation
under the BJP rule, there is a cattle shed which has failed to attract the attention of the
authorities despite its pathetic condition since the past several years. The cattle shed at
Kulai is in such a sorry state that at least one cow or calf succumbs here every week.
Of late several cases of customers who pledged gold in private finance
companies to avail easy loans, getting duped is coming to light forcing people to lose
faith in these companies advancing easy loans.
A court in Puttur has ordered attachment of the Bolero jeep, computer and
other furnitures of the Puttur Assistant Commissioner’s office for not heeding to a court
ruling to provide justifiable compensation to those who lost their lands for the National
The AC had acquired a total of 4.05 acres of land belonging to Ummakke and others
in Kemminje village in the year 1990 for the Centre
An under trial named Radhakrishna was attacked by four other fellow
mates at the District Prison in Mangalore on October 29, Friday over a trivial reason.
The accused have been identified as Tikki Mohan, Sumesh, Vittesh and Prakash. The
incident is said to have occurred at around 6.45 in the morning, when a little toothpaste
accidentally spilt over the others while Radhakrishna was brushing.
The refusal by Mulki-Moodbidri Legislator Abhayachandra to wear
a traditional turban (Mundasu) at the inaugural of the Alva’s Nudisiri which began at
Vidyagiri on October 29, Friday, has aroused much curiosity.
A person from Udupi origin who runs a hotel in Dharwad has lodged a
complaint with the Dharwad Police Commissioner alleging that the Dharwad police
inspector was committing atrocities on him and his hotel workers.
The State BJP administration which had embarked on a denotification spree that has
paved way for several land scams, has now earned the dubious distinction of extending
the same even to temples.
The recent scuffle between students of the Bantwal Government First
Grade College, that led to the hospitalization of two students, has been settled amicably
through talks.