2026

Sullia MLA Bhagirathi Murulya Mangaluru: Sullia MLA Bhagirathi Murulya has urged forest department and the district administration to take permanent measures to prevent elephants from straying into agricultural fields and plantations in Dakshina Kannada.Murulya was speaking at the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting chaired by Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta Saturday.She…

Image for representation only Udupi: Traffic signal equipment worth about Rs 8 lakh, stored near Udupi’s Kalyan Jewellers junction for nearly three years after a signal installation project was delayed, has reportedly been stolen.According to a complaint by Srinivasa Yeluri, AVP (operations), ACS Technology Ltd, Hyderabad, the equipment was brought to the site on July…

Mangrove plantation drive along the banks of the Netravathi River in Mangaluru Mangaluru: To restore the ecological balance of the Nethravathi River ecosystem, environmentalist and founder of Vana Charitable Trust Jeeth Milan Roche has launched a large-scale mangrove plantation drive along the riverbanks.Roche’s team, assisted by 41 volunteers, planted 3,000 mangrove saplings in a single…

Dakshina Kannada MP Captain Brijesh Chowta chairs a DISHA meeting in Mangaluru Saturday Mangaluru: Deputy commissioner Darshan HV said 68% of the waterfront project had been completed.He was speaking at the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting chaired by Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta. The project was delayed as port land had…

Fake visa scam Immigration and passport control at the airport. woman border control officer puts a stamp in the US passport of american citizen. Concept Udupi: A man seeking a visa to work abroad was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.5 lakh by fraudsters who contacted him after he applied through a website advertised on Facebook….