Mangalore: Has monsoon entered southern state of Kerala on the west coast? Yes. The farmers are getting busy in preliminary agricultural operations, of separating good seeds from the bad, ploughing the fields readied by organic compost manure, and welcoming rains in their regions in glee. Blankets are coming out at night. Rains have already lashed [...]

Mangalore: When produce from farms keep on arriving in the market, prices start to come down. Local Vegetables (more of small durability) known as perishable have fluctuating prices depending upon stocks on hand in the shops on a given day. Fresh vegetables come at day break in huge loads, and get snapped up by local [...]

(from P. Ramesh Rao) Desk : No one is against the Commonwealth Games. But only it should not be held in India, under Sheila Dixit, Suresh Kalmadi, others like Lalit Modi and Shashi Tharoor as in IPL-3, where sports and games begin with a BANG and end in whimper. We hear presently that many outstanding [...]

Mangalore : The programme started at 10am on Monday (Aug 2), with information officer Rohini who gave the presents called Padi (Fruits, arecanuts and Paddy) to the Aati Kalenja Folk dance players. Once the players decorated as ‘Aati Kalenja’ dancers in folk dress, the programme started in a meeting. A foreword for the event was [...]

Bangalore : Who says this year Monsoon will play truant? Not in Karnataka. Out of a dozen reservoirs connected to flood waters of rivers in this state, nearly 10 of them are reaching danger mark and sluice gates will have to be opened to allow excess water to flow out. No border dispute on Mahadayi [...]

Mumbai : Railway tracks near Nivsar station in Ratnagiri ( S.Maharastra) are under repairs since four days due to hill collapse, forcing Matsyagandha Express to take leave for nearly a week now. Ratnagiri, famous for mango orchards, is facing heavy rains, with hill collapses and mudfall on to the tracks in Adivali near Nivsar. At [...]

Kasaragod : The sunshine on the coastal districts from Kasaragod to Karwar is becoming a Chimera in Monsoon, and one cannot trust such short – lived hot climate as in summer, as half day there is hot sun and in the afternoons rains start pouring all over the region. In Uppala Munimunda (Kasaragod) the sea [...]

Mangalore : It is Aashada, a rainy month in July. The rains have come in May / June months intermittently, though heavily. There was a 10-day break and now regular rains have started during nights with cloudy skies and occasional rains during the day in the west coast of Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra. Even the [...]

Mangalore : Until Thursday, the main river of DK dt, Nethravathi appeared thin and lanky, without much water flowing in it in Bantwal. Last year at this time, she had crossed the danger level in her obesity and fat proportions, threatening those who lived on her banks. But this year, even after a month of [...]

Mangalore : Addressing a Press Meet today (Friday, July 16) in the afternoon at his office premises, B. Nagaraja Shetty, former Minister and Chairman of CDA, stated here that CM Yeddyurappa created the CDA specifically to improve conditions in the 3 coastal districts, by planning and implementing development works on a priority basis. The plans [...]