Shankar Bhat

The city has a new mayor in M shankar bhat with Rajani Dugganna as his deputy.

The mortal remains of the 105-year-old freedom fighter Uday shankar bhat were consigned to flames at the Subernarekha cremation on Thursday.

While Paul has been selected for his service to language and literature, Bhat, known by his pen name Krishna Sharma, has been recognized for his contribution to Konkani art.

Unidentified miscreants damaged the personal vehicle of mayor M shankar bhat parked at his residence at Haripadavu under Kavoor police station limits on Sunday evening.

A direction to the officials of forest department to accord permission to fell trees that hamper execution of development works left the deputy conservator of forest Vijay Kumar red-faced at the quarterly review meeting of KDP here on Tuesday.

Chew it, spit it and forget it attitude towards areca nut is all set for a change. The red stain that chewing areca nut with lime and beetle leaf, leaves on one's lips could become a regular colour on lips of fashion conscious women six months down the line.

The red stain that chewing areca nut with lime and beetle leaf leaves on one's lips could now be a part of cosmetics for women. Agriculturist and researcher Badanaje shankar bhat of Vittla is bringing out a lipstick made of arecanut fruit extract in the next six months.

Mangalore City Corporation has forwarded far reaching recommendations on simplifying provisions in the masterplan to Mangalore Urban Development Authority to mitigate problems faced by people

A remark by MLC Ganesh Karnik congratulating outgoing mayor Ganesh Hosabettu for seeking legal recourse to defend the honour of the city reportedly tarnished by Renuka Chowdhury raised the heckles of opposition Congress corporators.

Free yoga camp, Sri Krishna Jnanodaya Bhajana Mandir, Kottara, 530 am...

The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) will undertake a pilot survey in selected wards to ascertain the extent to which revenue due to it from various sources is being met.

The shoot of the movie will commence from next month

BANGALORE: Noted writers Aryamba Pattabhi, D.N. shankar bhat and Rajashekara Niramanavi are among the five persons selected for the Karnataka Sahitya Academy award for the year 2001. The other two are R.S. Lokapura and M.N. Jawaraiah.

A move by the EC to announce the LS poll schedule makes it only a matter of time that the district administration takes away the official car allotted to him.

The high court on Monday asked the directorate of correspondence courses, Bangalore University, to recognize admission of students.

Pulling up the railways for the delay in providing a night train between Bangalore and Karwar via Mangalore, the Karnataka High Court on Monday gave the railway board three weeks to respond.

The dubbing for the Kannada film Burfee, featuring Diganth Manchale and Bhama as an onscreen couple for the first time, has been completed. The audio release is likely to be later this month, and the theatrical release in May.

Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA), Mangaluru, celebrated World Anaesthesia Day at IMA Hall on Friday.

Multi-state cooperative Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (CAMPCO) Ltd is planning to branch out and procure additional horticultural crops to help farmers of the region.

Residents of Ullal Town Municipality, some 12 km from the city, will have to go without water supply a week from now. This if the municipality fails to clear the Rs 1.60crore due it owes Mangalore City Corporation by this time.

In a view to check food adulteration and prevent artificial ripening of fruits using chemicals, the Mangalore City Corporation has urged the government to sanction a food-testing laboratory to the civic body.

Mangalore City Corporation approved an action plan for Rs 12.67 lakh to be spent on controlling malaria for next three months at its monthly meeting here on Tuesday.

"The Mangalore City Corporation will formally implement the Self Assessment Tax Scheme within a month," said mayor M shankar bhat.

A childhood dream to don the ubiquitous khaki uniform of a policeman has come true for Karthik Kashyap, the son of mayor M shankar bhat.

In recognition of the services of Flight Lieutenant Ronald Kevin Serrao, the Kuchikad Road at Kulashekhar here will be renamed Flight Lieutenant Ronald Kevin Serrao Road.

Hosabettu Mogaveera Vidya Sangha will celebrate its diamond jubilee for two days at Hosabettu village.

A division bench headed by Chief Justice P D Dinakaran on Monday ordered notices to the Union and state governments.