Udupi: Udupi MLA Yashpal Suvarna Friday visited the Baje Dam, the drinking water source for Udupi city, and inspected water storage levels.During the visit, he reviewed the dam’s storage capacity and inflow situation and directed officials to take precautionary measures to ensure an uninterrupted water supply to city residents.He noted that water is also being…
Udupi: In a crackdown on illegal cricket betting, special executive magistrate and SP, Udupi district, Thursday issued an externment order against an accused.The accused has been identified as Bharath Jayaram Das,34, of Varamballi village in Brahmavar taluk of Udupi district.Three cases related to cricket betting have been registered against him at Kota and Kundapur police…
Prices of cheaper liquor are expected to rise by around 20%, while premium brands may become cheaper by 5% to 12%, and in some cases by as much as 20%, say traders Mangaluru: Liquor vendors and hospitality industry representatives in the coastal districts of Karnataka have reported sharply divergent impacts from the state’s new alcohol‑in‑beverage…
World Konkani Centre at Shaktinagar, Mangaluru to host the two-day event Mangaluru: World Konkani Centre at Shaktinagar will host the two-day Vishwa Konkani Samaroh 2026 on May 17 and 18, bringing together writers, scholars, artists and language enthusiasts from Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Kerala.World Konkani Center president CA Nandagopal Shenoy said on Friday that the…
Dwindling Numbers: A handful of participants fish in the Nandini river during the annual mass fishing festival of Sri Kshetra Khandige Dharmarasu Sri Ullaya Daivasthana Friday Waters under threat: Members of the Nandini Nadi Samrakshana Samiti raise concerns over pollution in the Nandini River Friday near Sri Kshetra Khandige Dharmarasu Sri Ullaya Daivasthana Dwindling Numbers:…
National Environmental Care Federation members on Thursday are inspecting the temporary bund constructed across the Phalguni River as part of the ongoing overbridge construction project between Sultan Battery and Tannirbavi in Mangaluru Mangaluru: Seeking urgent intervention, National Environment Care Federation (NECF) has written to the Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner over a coffer bund built across…
Theft in head constable’s house in Mangaluru Mangaluru: Thieves allegedly broke into the house of a head constable attached to the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) and stole gold ornaments, diamond jewellery and cash worth around Rs 15 lakh at Kaniyoor village, within Uppinangady police station limits.Sources said Karunakara Gowda, who is serving as a…
Speaker UT Khaderany said activity causing inconvenience or posing a danger to public life would not be tolerated Mangaluru: Speaker UT Khader Thursday sought stringent action over the oil leak incident in Ullal and directed that the fish meal factory owners linked to the container bear the entire medical expenses of those injured.Calling the incident…
Bishop of Mangalore diocese Fr Peter Paul Saldanha (centre) ordaining four Discalced Carmelite deacons to the priesthood at the Infant Jesus Shrine Thursday. Mangaluru: Four Discalced Carmelite deacons were ordained priests at the Infant Jesus Shrine here Thursday by Bishop of Mangalore Fr Peter Paul Saldanha.The newly ordained priests are Rev Fr Alwyn D’Souza, Rev…
The trend is similar to the Covid‑19 period, when students returned from Gulf countries to continue their studies in their hometowns, says school managements Mangaluru: As the West Asia crisis disrupts livelihoods in the Gulf, private schools in undivided Dakshina Kannada are seeing more students return midstream, leading to a modest rise in admissions.Anthony Joseph,…
