Street vendors protest inside MCC building in Mangaluru on Friday Mangaluru: The 24-hour protest by street vendors, demanding unrestricted access to the Sunday Bazaar and the fulfillment of various other demands, concluded on Friday, after an intensified demonstration at the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) office.Frustrated by the absence of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) commissioner,…
Udupi: Udupi district police have generated 2,700 traffic violation e-challans in about 45 days, using technology-driven enforcement, and have also significantly reduced violations.The district police commissioned automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras at six key locations in the district on May 21. Since the cameras became operational, speeding by two-wheelers, three-wheelers and light motor vehicles…
A Udupi-based complainant reported that Zeenath had obtained Rs 70 lakh from them in installments for personal use Udupi: Two additional cases of fraud and blackmail have been registered against 41-year-old Zeenath at the Udupi City police station, following her initial arrest on July 2.On July 2, a Udupi-based complainant reported that Zeenath, along with…
Mangaluru: With the normalisation of LPG supply, hotels and eateries in the city have largely shifted from firewood to gas, with only a few still operating on firewood. However, despite this shift, fresh war tensions in West Asia have created uncertainty among hotel operators over possible supply disruptions and price fluctuations.Kudpi Jagadish Shenoy, president of…
Mangaluru: A 30-year-old man from Ramanagara was found dead in an apparent suicide at a lodge in Ajjihitlu, Subrahmanya village, on Thursday evening.The deceased is Madhu S., a resident of Uchamanadoddi in Ramanagara. According to the complaint filed by the lodge’s lessee, Jagadeesh Padpu, Madhu had checked into the lodge on Wednesday afternoon.The incident came…
Mangaluru: Based on credible information that some Bangladeshi nationals were residing at an under-construction building, Surathkal police conducted a raid on Thursday. During the document verification for a total of 54 construction workers, police found eight Bangladeshi nationals residing there illegally, said city police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy. The commissioner said it has been learnt…
Udupi: A worker was found dead inside an anganwadi centre in Byndoor of Udupi district on Wednesday. The deceased is Ashwini, 29. A resident of Nagoor village in Byndoor, she had been working as an anganwadi assistant at the Nempu Anganwadi Centre for the past three years.According to the complaint filed by her aunt, Jyothi,44,…
Mangaluru: Health minister UT Khader will inaugurate the first edition of the CII healthcare summit in the city on Saturday.Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Mangaluru chairperson Abhinav Bansal told reporters in the city on Thursday, that this edition’s summit will be held under the theme ‘Advancing Coastal Karnataka as Healthcare Destination,’ at Hotel Avatar.Bansal said…
Mangaluru: Mangaluru South police have arrested a man who had been absconding for over 12 years in connection with a dacoity and kidnapping-for-ransom case. The suspect had been declared a long pending case (LPC) offender, after evading arrest since the registration of the case in 2014. The arrested accused is Shakeel,33, a resident of Jeppu.According…
Mangaluru: A CISF personnel, who was on leave and had returned to his hometown in Dakshina Kannada, died in a road accident near KPT on National Highway-66 on Wednesday.According to the complaint registered at the Traffic East police station, the deceased has been identified as Seetharam Gowda, who was serving with the CISF and was…
