Mangaluru: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (S) leader H D Deve Gowda on Friday visited Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala and offered prayers at the Lord Manjunatha temple.

On the occasion of Republic Day, renowned political economist and commentator Dr. Parakala Prabhakar delivered a keynote address at the Mahatma Gandhi Pratishtana in Mangaluru. The event took place at Tagore Park, Light House Hill, and saw Dr. Prabhakar express his concerns about the current state of governance in India.

The ladies' wing of Sahebaan Welfare Trust (SWT) hosted the inaugural session of the 'Community Welfare Talks Series 2024' at Senate Hall, Inland Ornate Complex, in the city on January 21, with Siraj Ahmed, Managing Director, Inland Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, inaugurating the event.

 Bearys Engineering, Architecture and Health Sciences institute celebrated the 75th Republic Day on Friday with great enthusiasm, with the program culminating in a beach-cleaning program at Ullal and around 300 students from various institutions participating in it, contributing to the vision of a clean and green beach.

Udupi: A young couple from Byndoor in Udupi district, who got a mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 'Mann Ki Baat', for opting to clean the Someshwara beach instead of a honeymoon trip, have received an invitation to witness the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi.

 The renowned education institution of the city St Aloysius College (Autonomous), has been granted the status of a university, with the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Ministry of Education, Government of India, approving of the proposal by the college administration board.

Mangaluru: The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (CAMPCO) has expressed concern over the 'illegal import' of arecanut through various channels to the state, which is posing a threat to the domestic market, resulting in financial loss to the government.

Mangaluru: The Congress government in Karnataka has implemented all the five guarantees it had promised before the elections, proving that the party believes in the concept of Ram Rajya, state Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Tuesday.