Poet and short-story writer Glanish Martis of Alangar conferred with the Leo Rodrigues Family Kittall Youth Award 2026 Mangaluru: Poet and short-story writer Glanish Martis of Alangar received the Leo Rodrigues Family Kittall Youth Award 2026, continuing a 15-year tradition of recognising and honouring young talent in Konkani literature.Abu Dhabi-based entrepreneur and Konkani supporter Leo…
Mangaluru: A final-year BCA student of a private college in city was allegedly attacked with a knife by a fellow student and five others near the college canteen at Ballalbagh Saturday. Police have registered a case and detained two persons.The injured student, Mohammed Unais, 20, is a resident of Malavanthige village in Belthangady taluk.Police said…
Mangaluru: Kundapur Railway Association and Uttara Kannada Rail Sewa Samiti have opposed demands that trains serving Udupi, Kundapur and Karwar must enter Mangaluru Central or Mangaluru Junction, saying such diversions could add two to three hours to the journey.Konkan Railway Consultative Committee member and Kundapur Railway Association president Ganesh Putran and Uttara Kannada Rail Sewa…
Mangaluru: A new Tulu-script keyboard, ‘Kural Tulu Touch ’, that lets users type in the script, create stickers from the text, and share them in digital conversations was launched in Bengaluru Sunday.Software developers Harshith Devadiga and Chaithra Poojary developed the keyboard, which was launched at the Tulunada Janapada Sambhrama organised by Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.The…
Manipal: Six employees of a battery-operated vehicle service provider at the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) campus have been arrested for allegedly diverting passenger fares amounting to Rs 12 lakh through a duplicate QR code, police said.The accused worked for Indeanta E-Mobility Pvt Ltd, which operates battery-powered vehicles to transport students and parents within the…
Health minister UT Khader and the district administrationofficials felicitate athlete MR Poovammaat her house in Mangaluru Mangaluru: Health and family welfare minister UT Khader visited athlete MR Poovamma at her residence and congratulated her on winning gold in the 4x400m relay and silver in the mixed relay at the Asian Games.Khader said Poovamma’s achievement had…
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta said the long-standing demand for comprehensive health insurance coverage for the secondary, or outsourced, workforce of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) will soon be implemented.Addressing the press on Saturday, Chowta said the policy framework, initiated in Feb 2025, had been pursued with ONGC chairman Arun Kumar Singh…
Mangaluru: Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja on Saturday accused state govt of reducing crop insurance compensation for arecanut and other farmers in Dakshina Kannada, warning of large-scale protests unless adequate and timely relief was provided.Poonja alleged that financial support under the crop insurance scheme had declined sharply since Congress govt came to power. Changes to the…
Mangaluru: Riding high on the Karnataka cabinet’s decision taken at the Mangaluru cabinet meeting to recognise Tulu as the second additional official language for administrative and government purposes in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, Tulu organisations are preparing to celebrate Tulu Script Day with a series of events across the coastal region.Observed annually on Oct…
Mangaluru: A consultative meeting convened here on Saturday by Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta on the demand for a high court bench in Mangaluru resolved to make a strong case before the three-member committee appointed by the high court to study the feasibility of establishing one.Advocates, elected representatives and other stakeholders acknowledged that the…
