Udupi: Udupi police have arrested a local doctor and a resident for their alleged involvement in an illegal adoption and child trafficking racket involving a one-month-old baby girl. The arrested are Dr K Surendra Kamath, 76, a resident of Bannanje, and S Prakash, 50, a resident of Rajiv Nagar, Nejaru.Udupi SP Hariram Shankar said a…
Echoes of Keys: Pulikkottil Kaku Ittianam, 91, with her typewriter, revisits the rhythm of a career spent shaping official words one keystroke at a time in Mangaluru Mangaluru: On some mornings, even now, Pulikkottil Kaku Ittianam says she can almost hear it — the steady clatter of keys, the sharp bell at the edge of…
Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta addressing the gathering after inaugurating a newly developed road in the Parakkalu Koraga Colony, in Kadaba taluk. Dakshina Kannada Mangaluru: Under the Union govt’s Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) scheme, a newly developed road in the Parakkalu Koraga Colony, spanning the Ramakunja, Perabe, and Alankar gram…
Top tier: Fr Praveen Martis, vice-chancellor of St Aloysius (deemed to be university), addresses the media in Mangaluru Monday Mangaluru: St Aloysius in city has become the second deemed-to-be university in Karnataka to secure the University Grants Commission (UGC) Category-I status.Addressing the media, vice-chancellor Fr Praveen Martis said the recognition was conferred considering the institution’s…
Civic apathy: Residents near Urwa Market have raised serious concerns over waste transfer behind the temporary market, alleging an unbearable stench affecting daily life Mangaluru: Residents near Urwa Market have raised serious concerns over waste transfer operations behind the temporary market, alleging that the foul smell has become unbearable and is affecting daily life.Despite being…
Picture for representation only. Koraga community is an indigenous group on the coast identified as a particularly vulnerable tribal group in Karnataka. Mangaluru: The population of the Koraga community, an indigenous group on the coast identified as a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) in Karnataka, is declining.A basic survey conducted under the direction of the…
Students of Alvas Institutions, Moodubidire performing yoga Sunday Mangaluru: Hundreds gathered across Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts Sunday for International Yoga Day celebrations.Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta said International Yoga Day, which began in 2015, is a global honour for India’s cultural heritage and ancient lifestyle. He inaugurated and spoke at the event organised…
Gold ornaments weighing approximately 60g had been stolen Mangaluru: In a theft reported at Kanyadi in Belthangady taluk, gold ornaments worth Rs 7.9 lakh were stolen from the house. The complainant had locked her house while leaving for work on Saturday. Upon returning home in the evening, she noticed that gold ornaments weighing approximately 60g…
Picure for representation only Mangaluru: Two of Mangalore University’s four constituent colleges, in Nelyadi and at Bannadka in Moodubidire, are in their final academic year and are likely to shut down from the next academic year if the state govt does not act on the university’s request for support.Admissions have not been taken for the…
Pic for representation only Mangaluru: A report by a Karnataka govt-appointed committee on declaring Tulu a second official language is awaiting action, pending a cabinet reshuffle.Speaking to TOI, Dr Taranath Gatti Kapikad, president of the Karnataka Tulu Academy, said discussions on the report submitted in March can take place only after the new minister assumes…
