Nails and bones of leopard seized by Shankaranarayana Range Forest officials and staff Udupi: Shankaranarayana range forest officials and staff arrested four persons in connection with the killing and discarding of a leopard in Siddapura village of Kundapura taluk.A case in this regard was registered on Feb 4, and the accused were arrested on Thursday.A…
Mangaluru: Karnataka higher education minister MC Sudhakar on Friday said the state govt has repeatedly urged the Union govt to discontinue the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), citing student distress, the rapid growth of coaching centres and recurring controversies surrounding the examination.Speaking in the city on the sidelines of an event, Sudhakar said Karnataka had objected…
Retired meteorological officer RJ Vaz pays respect to IX 812 air crash victims at the memorial at Kulur in Mangaluru on Friday Mangaluru: Sixteen years after the tragic crash of Air India Express Flight IX 812 at Mangaluru International Airport, memories of that ill-fated morning continue to haunt retired meteorological official RJ Vaz.Only eight persons…
Mangaluru: Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management will inaugurate its Industry Integrated Work Space at its campus on Saturday, in a move aimed at deepening industry-academia collaboration and creating a future-ready innovation ecosystem for students.Addressing reporters on Thursday, college principal SS Injaganeri said the programme will feature the launch of Industry Integrated Workspaces developed in…
Mangaluru: The Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, in association with Mphasis Foundation, will inaugurate the Mphasis AI and Robotics Lab on its campus on Friday.The lab will be inaugurated by MC Sudhakar, minister for higher education, government of Karnataka. Principal SS Injaganeri told reporters on Thursday, that the programme will also be attended by…
Mangaluru: A team of officials from the Special Investigation Team (SIT), State Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), and Scene of Crime Officers (SOCO) conducted an operation in Banglagudde in Dharmasthala on Thursday.The team reportedly conducted the recreation of a crime scene in connection with the Dharmasthala mass burial allegations levelled by former sanitation worker CN Chinnayya….
Kottara Chowki in Mangaluru which gets flooded every rainy season Mangaluru: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched monsoon preparedness works in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts with focus on drain cleaning and flood mitigation measures along national highways.NHAI project director Abdulla Javed Azmi said that Kottara Junction has been identified as the most…
Mangaluru: Following the death a 35-year-old man from Gerukatte in Belthangady, the deceased’s kin has alleged medical negligence on part of a private hospital which initially treated the injured.According to complainant Nasiruddin P, on the night of May 14, his brother, Muhammad Sharif P, was injured by a bull at home and was admitted to…
Mangaluru: Police in Belthangady have registered a case against three men from Kasaragod, Kerala, for allegedly sexually harassing three young women from Mangaluru at a local waterfall on Wednesday.The three women, who are students in Mangaluru, had visited the waterfall along with accused Abdul Khader Altaf,36, Faizal Adil, 27, and Usman Saleem,18. During the visit,…
Mangaluru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) conducted a special encroachment clearance drive on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru stretch of NH-75 in coordination with tahsildars and the police department.According to a release from the authority, the operation focused on restoring the highway’s right of way by removing unauthorised access points to ensure smoother traffic flow and…
