Mangaluru: Crude oil tanker ‘Lila Jamnagar’ with 2.7 lakh tonnes crude arrived at New Mangalore Port and is discharging crude at single mooring point (SPM). The vessel arrived from Zhoushan port in China. ISPRL is receiving the cargo.LPG tanker ‘Aurora’ with 43,910 tonnes of LPG is now berthed at New Mangalore Port and is discharging…
Mangaluru: The two-day PhysioCon 2026, an international physiotherapy conference organised by the South Canara Physiotherapy Teachers Association will be held at the TMA Pai Convention Centre from April 10. The conference theme is ‘Movement is health-moving into the next era through technology and autonomy.’Organising chairman UT Iftikar Fareed, who is also chairman of the Karnataka…
Mangaluru: The first six-day in-person cohort of SaathiShift, a startup focused on providing personalised companionship services to senior citizens, was held recently, with a strong emphasis on learning how to care for someone else’s parent with empathy and responsibility.The Companion Training Programme, conducted in partnership with Luminara Group for mental health, brought together a diverse…
Mangaluru: South Canara District Central Co-operative Bank (SCDCC) posted a profit of Rs 131.1 crore for the year ended March 31, 2026, an 18.7% increase from Rs 110.4 crore last year, said president MN Rajendra Kumar. Speaking to reporters Saturday, he said the 112-year-old bank recorded total business of Rs 20,226.1 crore in 2025-26, up…
Mangaluru: Escalating West Asia conflict has disrupted Easter home travel plans for expatriates from Karnataka’s coastal districts, employed in the Arabian Gulf region and Israel, with many forced to remain abroad during one of the busiest homecoming periods of the year. For non-resident Indians from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada, Easter is traditionally a…
Mangaluru: The Bishop of the Diocese of Mangalore, Most Rev Fr Peter Paul Saldanha, has called for peace, dialogue and reconciliation in his Easter 2026 message, urging people to respond to a world increasingly scarred by violence and division.Extending Easter greetings to citizens, Bishop Saldanha said the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is not only a…
Mangaluru: The Palakkad division of Southern Railway has closed the financial year 2025-26 on a historic note, achieving a total freight loading of 7.3 million tonnes (MT), the highest in the last decade. The division has exceeded its annual Revenue Budget (RB) loading target of 7.3 MT, marking a significant milestone in its operational history….
Mangaluru: Paramesh Sankrappa Bandi, a trader in spices from the temple town of Kukke, achieved an extraordinary feat of patience and precision by inscribing the entire Sri Rama Raksha Stotra on 476 grains of rice. Popularly known as ‘Micro Art Paramesh’, he completed the task in 10 hours of continuous work, without the aid of…
Mangaluru: A video conference was held under the chairmanship of Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Narwade Vinayak Karbhari with taluk panchayat executive officers and gram panchayat development officers regarding maintaining cleanliness in rural areas of Dakshina Kannada.It was instructed to identify and impose fines in cases of waste dumping and burning of waste on roads and…
MANGALURU: A woman sustained injuries after being hit by a car while crossing the road in Bantwal taluk on Wednesday. According to the police, the accident took place at Sajipamunnur of Dakshina Kannada district when Bharathi was crossing the road reportedly along with her daughter. The impact of the accident left her critically injured. The…
