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Budget session of the MCC:

The 2001-02 Budget Plenary session of the Mangalore City Corporation took place this past week at the MCC auditorium. On this occasion Mayor Smt. Sundari, Deputy Mayor Sri. Basheer Baikampadi and the Commissioner Sri. J.R. Lobo, members of the standing committees, Leaders and members of the opposition, officials of the MCC and others were present.

Amanath Co-operative bank in Mangalore:

The Bangalore Based Amanath Co-operative Bank Ltd. Has opened its branch in Mangalore at West coast Commercial complex in nellikkai Road near state bank of India. The former chief minister of Karnataka, Sri.M.Veerappa Moily, inaugurated the branch on the 24th of this month. This bank which holds a scheduled bank status, also possesses an ATM facility, which was inaugurated by the minister in charge, DK district Sri. Ramanatha Rai. On this occasion MLA Sri. Yogish Bhat, Sri, UT Fareed, Sri. K.M.Ibrahim, Sri. Vijayakumar Shetty, Rajya Sabha member Sri. Rahaman Khan and others were present.

Annual Conference of DK telephone Booth Owners association

To attract the attention of the central and state governments and the Bharath sanchar Nigam Limited to the problems faced by the public call booth owners, in the dakshina kannada telecom district, a conference of the booth operators was organized on the 25th of March at the Koragappa Memorial Hall, of the Kudroli temple in Mangalore. It was inaugurated by the Udupi Loksabha Member Sri.Vinaya Kumar sorake and was presided over by MLA Sri. Yogish Bhat. A face to face discussion with the representatives of the people and the officials of the BSNL was also held at the same meeting with a view to find a permanent solution to the various problems faced by the PCO operators. On this occasion Sri. D.U.Sadananda Gowda, the MLA from Puttur, and Sri. K.J. Chacko, General manager DK telecom district, and Sri. B. K. Bajpayee, Manager Udupi zone were present.

Sultan Battery renovated:

Sultan Battery, a blast from the past, which is believed to have been built by Tippu Sultan to counter the attack from the British war ships, was in a very dilapidated condition. Several cracks, missing stones, damaged stairs had destroyed the beauty of this mini tourist attraction. But thanks to the efforts of Sri. Yogish Bhat, MLA, the archaeological survey of India has taken up the renovation of the sultan battery. The sultan battery now fully renovated has been once again attracting visitors from all over the place. Here is a look:

Our New studio and Office:

Sri.T.C.M.Shareef, DYSP, inaugurated our new studio and office on The 26th of March at 4 pm. Sri.Basheer Baikampadi, Deputy Mayor, inaugurated the office. It was presided by Sri. Kallige Tharanatha Shetty. The Head priest of the Bajpe Sri. Shaneeshwara Temple, Sri. Ananda Poojari blessed the studios. Sri. Ivan D'souza, Sri. P.P. Hegde, Sri. Balaraj Rai, Sri. Narayana Shetty, advocates were the guests of honor. On this occasion Sri. Rohit Raj, CEO of New Mangalore channel, J, Vishwanath, Smt. Mamata Rohit Raj and others were present. Viewers are requested to send their news and advertisements, bouquets and brickbats to the new address which is: New Mangalore channel, Karikal complex, Opp medical chambers, Don Bosco Hall cross road, Balmatta, Mangalore - 575002. Phone: 427281.

Blood donation camp:

A blood donation camp was organized under the joint sponsorship of Sri. Swami Bhaktha Yuvaka Mandali and Lions club, Bendorewell this past week at the Kodikal School. Sri.Padmanabha Amin, corporator, Mangalore City Corporation, inaugurated it. MJF Sri. Nagesh Kumar president Lions club, bendorewell and Sri. Malik, sub inspector, Urwa police station were the guests of honor. On this occasion Dr. A. D. Bhandari, Attached to the Mangalore nursing home, Sri. Durgaprasad Mallya, President of the SBY mandali and Sri. Shankar Amin Vice president were also present.

Protest:

The members and workers Janatha Dal secular, Bengere Zone, Mangalore staged a protest at the Mangalore city corporation premises against the high handedness of sri. M. Farooq, Corporator this past week and demanded his resignation. It is alleged that Sri. Nasir Hussain a social worker and worker of the JD(s) had complained to the Mangalore city corporation about the low quality of the developmental work in the Bengere area and the unnecessary wastage of money in the name of development. In retaliation it is said that sri. Farooq employed a few goons and beat Sri. Nasir. The president of the district JD(S) Sri. Ivan D'souza, Sri. Farooq Ullal, President of the Ullal Yuva Janatha Dal, City JD(s) president Sri. Mohammad usman and others were also present.

Cheaper Internet Access from Vasnet Communications private Ltd.

VasNet Communications Pvt. Ltd. A local Internet Service Provider, based in Mangalore has been providing high quality and cost effective connection to the Internet. VasNet communications dial up Internet access service is designed for people wanting to explore the world of the World Wide Web from their home at amazing speed and backed by a good Support and Technical team and with a subscriber base of 2000 plus providing you with connection speeds from 33.6 Kbps to 56Kbps (subject to clean telephone lines). Now connecting to the Internet is not very costly with vasnet having slashed the tariffs. The tariffs now stand as follows:

Vasnet also undertakes development of web sites and software development at reasonable rates according to a press release received by us.