Mangaluru: Following the announcement of pre-university examination results, govt PU colleges across the district have begun remedial classes for students who were unable to clear the exams in their first attempt.It is learnt that a majority of the unsuccessful candidates are from govt PU colleges. The remedial classes began the day after the results were…
Mangaluru: The state-level Chinnara Mela, organised by Alva’s Education Foundation and Alva’s Ranga Adhyayana Kendra, was inaugurated at Kannada Bhavana in Moodubidire on Sunday. Inaugurating the programme, foundation president M Mohan Alva highlighted the importance of enthusiasm and time management in life, noting that camps led by Dr Jeevan Ram Sullia significantly contribute to the…
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada DC Darshan HV expressed concern over pet shops in the district operating without mandatory registration under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.Pet shops selling live animals and birds must be registered under the Act, the DC said while chairing a meeting of the Dakshina Kannada District Animal Welfare Association at the…
Mangaluru: A major biodiversity conservation conference held on the banks of the Kumaradhara River at Urumbi in Kadaba taluk of Dakshina Kannada district recently has put forth a series of strong demands aimed at protecting river ecosystems and halting environmentally damaging projects across the Western Ghats.Organised jointly by the Kumaradhara Environment Protection Committee, Save Western…
Mangaluru: The city’s residential rental market has seen strong post-Covid growth, with rents rising 20–35% since 2021 amid demand for premium housing, migrant inflow, rising land prices and increased investor activity.Central areas now offer rental yields of 4–6%, outperforming several tier-2 cities in Karnataka. The surge is driven by infrastructure upgrades, lifestyle shifts and growing…
Mangaluru: MLC Manjunath Bhandary said that to empower govt schools in the rural areas of two coastal districts and provide quality infrastructure for students, the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) released grants under its CSR fund to selected educational institutions in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts.Despite a significant increase in student numbers in several…
Udupi: Manipal police arrested four accused in connection with the kidnapping of a man and successfully rescued the victim following a coordinated interstate operation. The accused are Ramanath Shreenu, 30, Mohan Ramavath, 22, Paramesh, 30, and Palthya Vijay, 25, from Devarakonda taluk, Nelagonda district, Telangana.According to the complaint, on March 31, at 8.15pm, Rama Madivala…
Mangaluru: Expressing pride in her son’s run, Ayush Shetty’s mother, Shalmili Shetty, said the family had no regrets after he finished runner-up at the 2026 Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo. Ayush lost to Shi Yuqi in the final to take the silver medal.“We need to understand his stage. He has been performing consistently, and his…
Mangaluru: The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, launched NOMAD (Node for Open-source Mobile AI Deployment), a fully operational AI research platform designed for deployment in field conditions. NOMAD is built to function in remote, resource-constrained and disaster-affected environments where conventional cloud infrastructure is unreliable or unavailable.As AI systems increasingly depend on centralised data…
Mangaluru: Event planners, caterers, photographers and other stakeholders in the wedding and hospitality industry are facing uncertainty amid the ongoing West Asia crisis, as regular flight services to Gulf nations remain disrupted.Industry sources said the impact is being felt across communities, particularly among coastal Karnataka families that share close ties to West Asia. With relatives,…
