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,…
Mangaluru: The department of animal husbandry and veterinary services is partnering with the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) for a joint vaccination drive targeting stray dogs in the 60 wards to make the coastal city rabies-free.Dr Arun Kumar Shetty, deputy director, department of animal husbandry and veterinary services, said that nearly one lakh pet dogs have…
Mangaluru: In a case where a minor girl was kidnapped under the pretext of love and sexually assaulted, the additional district and sessions FTSC-II (Pocso) court found the accused guilty and sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. Mahesh Madara, 20, a resident of Hole Munnuru in Rona taluk of Gadag district, was convicted.The…
