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Former MLC Octavia Albuquerque NO More

Mangalore:Former MLC Octavia Albuquerque passed away on Wednesday, March 9 in a private hospital in city.She was 92.Octavia Albuquerque was member of Karnataka legislative council from 1970 to 1972. She was member of Congress party. She was also a social worker and a fireband activist all her life. Octavia Albuquerque an ex- MLC , a Rajyotsava awardee, and Founder MBeing the daughter of a Deputy Collector and later through marriage she was the daughter-in-law of the late Felix Pai Albuquerque, the famous tile business magnate of Mangaluru, Smt Octavia got the exposure and opportunity to turn philanthropic dreams and desires into reality. Her husband the late Cyril Albuquerque too was a guiding force and encouragement to her in all her activities. Unfortunately he passed away when she was just 54 years old but yet she did not deter from her set goals of doing good to society.ember of Cheshire Home-. Octavia Albuquerque is an Institution by herself ! in Mangalore, Known to all

4 tourists Saved panambur Beach

Mangalore:Sept 12: 4 tourists were saved from drowning at Panambur beach today morning at 6.45 am by our lifegaurds. They were 7 members arrived from Bangalore today morning. They are residents of Tin factory layout working for MPHASIS .Vishwanath Swami aged 25 yrs s/o Kashidhar, Sunil s/o Narasimha age 23 yrs, Suhas s/o Suresh age 21 yrs and Karthik s/o Chandrappa age 24yrs. The Lifegaurds were assisted by Mr.Francis D'souza a shopkeeper at the beach. Till now 154 lives have been saved by our lifeguards till date.

Former police officer B J Bhandari Nomore

Udupi: An accident at Brahmavar on Monday June 1 claimed the life of a former police officer. The deceased has been identified as retired deputy superintendent of police (DySP) Beltangady Jaya Bhandary (66). It is said that on Monday, he had been to attend a function in connection to a relative's wedding at a hall in Brahmavar along with another person identified as Rama Bhandary. They were standing near Mahesh hospital, ready to cross the road, when a Wagon R hit him. A seriously injured Bhandary was rushed to Mahesh hospital and then taken to KMC, Manipal, where he breathed his last. The car was moving from Udupi towards Kundapur. Its driver Abdul Rahim has been arrested. A case has been registered in Brahmavar police station. Bhandary, who joined the police department in 1979, was serving Mangaluru district crime intelligence bureau in the capacity of deputy superintendent of police at the time of retirement in 2011. He had joined the department after completing BA L

DRI Mangalore seized 16.990 tons red sanders valued at Rs. 6,79,60,000

Mangalore.Aug:21:Based on the credible intelligence, the officers of DRI Mangalore seized 16.990 tons red sanders valued at Rs. 6,79,60,000/- (as per the prevailing market value for export) from a container No. GESU 3039340 at NMPT, Mangalore. The said container was at first instance loaded to per vessel M.V. Tiger Mango V.130 and was exported by declaring the goods as ‘Mysore Detergent Cake’ destined for Sharjah and that the said ship sailed out on 09.08.2014 from New Mangalore Port to Colombo Port via Goa port Based on the specific intelligence about concealment of contraband goods in the said container, the same was called back from Colombo port. The said container was not offloaded at Colombo as per instruction of DRI and was kept on board the vessel. The same vessel arrived at New Mangalore Port on 18.08.2014 and off loaded the container today, ie, 20.8.2014. On detailed examination, it was found that the goods already stuffed by the exporter initially was substitu

ನಂತೂರು ಸರ್ಕಲ್ ಸುಗಮ ಸಂಚಾರ ವ್ಯವಸ್ತೆಗೆ ಐವನ್ ಸೂಚನೆ

ಮಂಗಳೂರು, ಆ.11: ನಂತೂರು ಜಂಕ್ಷನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಹಾದು ಹೋಗುವ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿರುವ ಸರ್ಕಲ್ ಅವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಇದರಿಂದ ಸುಗಮ ವಾಹನ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಅಡ್ಡಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಇದರಿಂದ ನಿರಂತರ ಟ್ರಾಫಿಕ್ ಜಾಮ್ ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿಯನ್ನು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರು ಅನುಭವಿಸುವಂತಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದುದರಿಂದ ನಂತೂರು ಸರ್ಕಲ್ನ್ನು ವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕವಾಗಿ ಪೂನಃ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸುವ ಇಲ್ಲವೆ ಸುಗಮ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುವಾಗುವಂತೆ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಶೀಘ್ರ ಕ್ರಮಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ವಿಧಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ ಸದಸ್ಯ ಐವನ್ ಡಿಸೋಜಾ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ನಗರದ ಸರ್ಕಿಟ್ ಹೌಸ್ ನ ಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಪ್ರಾದಿಕಾರದ ಪ್ರೊಜೆಕ್ಟ್ ಮ್ಯಾನೇಜರ್ ಶ್ರೀರಾಮ್ ಮಿಶ್ರಾ ಹಾಗೂ ಟ್ರಾಫಿಕ್ ಎಸಿಪಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮನಪಾ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ನಂತೂರು ಸರ್ಕಲ್ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಳೆ ನೀರು ನಿಂತು ವಾಹನ ಸವಾರರಿಗೆ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ವಿಷಯವಾಗಿ ಅವರು ಸಮಾಲೋಚನೆ ನಡೆಸಿದರು. ನಂತೂರು ಸರ್ಕಲ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ರಾ. ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಗೆ ಅಂಡರ್ ಪಾಸ್ ಸೇತುವೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣದ 58 ಕೋಟಿ. ರೂ. ವೆಚ್ಚದ ಯೋಜನೆ ರೂಪಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಅದರ ಟೆಂಡರ್ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟೇ ಆರಂಭವಾಗಬೇಕಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಪ್ರಾದಿಕಾರದ ಪ್ರೊಜೆಕ್ಟ್ ಮ್ಯಾನೇಜರ್ ಶ್ರೀರಾಮ್ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ನೀಡಿದ್ದರು. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಿಸಿದ ಐವನ್ ಡಿಸೋಜಾರವರು ಯೋಜನೆ ಕಾರ್ಯಗತಗೊಳ್ಳಲು ಸ

Delayed commissioning of project causes losses to MRPL

Mangalore,Feb.10: The Board of Directors of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, a subsidiary Company of ONGC and a Category I Mini Ratna, approved its un-audited results for the third quarter of Financial Year 2013-14. The loss for the third quarter of 2013-14 stood at 248 crore as against loss of 360 crore in the corresponding quarter of last year. The progressive commissioning schedule of MRPL Phase III Expansion project is delayed, The last three major secondary processing units viz Delayed Coker unit/Coker Hydro Treater and Petroleum Fludic catalyst cracking unit including power plant are remaining to be commissioned. The overall project progress as on 15th January, 2014 is 99.50 %. The work progress of CPP by BHEL continues to be a major factor for delayed commissioning of units. The overall progress of Polypropylene Project has reached 93.40 % as on 15th January, 2014. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS: The Throughput fo