Sullia: Sullia police Friday registered a case against two persons for alleged illegal sand mining and seized over 50 tonnes of sand worth approximately Rs 1.2 lakh at Shettiyadka in Thodikana village.Police said Santosh BP, along with police staff, raided the location and found nearly 20 tipper-loads of sand, weighing over 50 tonnes, stored at…
Mangaluru: A black freshwater fish, locally known as ‘kaage meenu’, has been identified as a new species during freshwater biodiversity exploration studies in the Cauvery river basin of Karnataka by scientists from the PAGR Centre of the ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBFGR), Kochi. The species has been named Labeo kaage.The discovery was made…
Mangaluru: The state cabinet approved a comprehensive master plan for the development of Kukke Subrahmanya Temple at an estimated cost of Rs 604.6 crore.The approval was granted during a cabinet meeting chaired by CM Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru, according to Temple Management Committee president Harish Injadi. He said the project includes around 19 major development works…
Udupi: A dispute over the ownership of a car led to public commotion near the Ayyappa Swamy Temple at Kumbhashi, following which Kundapur police registered a case on Saturday against those involved in disturbing public peace.According to a complaint filed by ASI Wilfred D’Souza of Kundapur police station, he and other police personnel were on…
Mangaluru: Governor of Andhra Pradesh and former Supreme Court judge S Abdul Nazeer Saturday said education is meant to train the mind and not merely stuff the brain with information, stressing that literacy is only one component of true education.He was speaking at the inauguration of the 3rd All India Moot Court Competition at Sujnana…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court has enhanced the compensation awarded to Dhiraj, a painter from Kundapur in Udupi district, to Rs 44.9 lakh with 6% annual interest after holding that the head injuries he sustained in a road accident resulted in 100% functional disability.The enhanced compensation is over four times the Rs 10.3 lakh earlier…
Mangaluru: Officials seized 679.3 kg of rice from the public distribution system (PDS) allegedly stored illegally in an autorickshaw at Shivaji Nagar in Vittal Kasaba village of Bantwal taluk Saturday.Food inspector Prashant Shetty, along with office staff, PSI Ramakrishna and police personnel, inspected an autorickshaw parked in the courtyard of a house and found 15…
Mangaluru: A construction worker from Bihar died on the spot after being run over by a road roller in Uppinangady on Bengaluru-Mangaluru national highway on Saturday. The deceased was Ramachandra Shikari, 56. According to police, the accident took place near Aditya Hotel at Gandhi Park in Uppinangady when a road roller was allegedly driven negligently…
Mangaluru: Concerns over implementation, faculty readiness and infrastructure have emerged as Karnataka moves to overhaul allied health science courses in line with National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) guidelines from the 2026-27 academic year.Stakeholders have flagged lack of clarity on implementation, variations in infrastructure and faculty quality, and operational issues linked to the…
Mangaluru: Surgeons in Mangaluru are increasingly opting for allografts — bone and tissue obtained from donors — to treat complex injuries and reconstruction cases, reducing the need for autografts taken from a patient’s own body.The shift gathered pace after the establishment of the Prof M Shantaram Shetty Tissue Bank at KS Hegde Charitable Hospital nearly…
