‘Roads have improved, but motorists still break rules’

‘Roads have improved, but motorists still break rules’

Though statistics hide the magnitude of human suffering behind impassive numbers, it is still a concern that the number of people dying in road accidents are on the rise, said C.H. Pratap Reddy, Inspector-General of Police (Western Range), here on Tuesday. Speaking at...
New swimming pool to come up at Yemmekere

New swimming pool to come up at Yemmekere

Minister of State for Youth Services, Sports and Fisheries K. Abhayachandra Jain said here on Tuesday that his department will build an additional swimming pool at Yemmekere near Pandeshwar in the city. At the meet-the-press at Patrika Bhawan, Mr. Jain said Mangalore...
MCC begins to clear city of concrete debris

MCC begins to clear city of concrete debris

Early on Monday morning, the city corporation started clearing out tonnes of construction debris that had been piled along stretches of city roads. Launching the campaign by getting earthmovers to clear out the debris in front of the Police Commissioner’s office and...
‘Give us our road back’

‘Give us our road back’

Residents interacting with J.R. Lobo, MLA, at the site of the proposed bus terminus, which is hanging fire for four years, in Mangalore on Thursday. Photo: H.S. Manjunath Residents lose key road to Pumpwell bus terminus project In the land acquisition for a new city...
New swimming pool to come up at Yemmekere

Lobo takes up Wenlock woes

Crumbling walls, peeling plaster and leaking drainage dog the hospital Government Wenlock Hospital may be able to cure its patients of deadly diseases, but what ails the hospital itself are crumbling walls, peeling plaster and wastewater woes. City MLA J.R. Lobo,...